On Friday Yuga Labs (the firm behind Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC), non-fungible token (NFT), collection, announced that it had acquired intellectual property for the Cryptopunks brand and Meebits brand. Furthermore, after obtaining the IP from Larva Labs, Yuga has decided to give “full commercial rights to the NFT holders.”

Bored Ape Makers Yuga Labs Acquires Cryptopunks And Meebits Collections from Larva Labs

Last year and during the course of 2022, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have seemingly become a mainstay within the crypto industry. One of the teams behind the fifth-largest NFT collection, in terms of all-time sales volume, Bored Ape Yacht Club, announced the acquisition of the IP tied to two other popular NFT collections. These two collections are the Larva Labs’ Cryptopunks or Meebits collections.

From the Yuga Labs official Twitter account, the team tweeted:

Some big news to share today: Yuga has acquired the CryptoPunks and Meebits collections from Larva Labs, and the first thing we’re doing is giving full commercial rights to the NFT holders. Similar to what we did with the MAYC and BAYC owners.

‘What’s good for punks is good for apes ‘

While BAYC is fifth in NFT projects by sales volume (ATSV), dappradar.com NFT stats show that Meebits has the highest ATSV record with $7. 54 billion in ATSV. With $2, Meebits’ sister-project Cryptopunks is below this collection. 65 billion in ATSV, in comparison to BAYC’s ATSV which is $1. 41 billion. Yuga’s Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) is the ninth-largest in terms of ATSV with $895. 53 million at the time of writing.

Yuga posted a Twitter thread Friday stating that they have “always admired” Cryptopunks as well as the founders of Larva Labs. The team said that they are proud to represent the brands they have built in the future Yuga is building. In a tweetstorm, Yuga stated that the BAYC ecosystem would “remain the core” of the firm.

” We believe that what is good for Punks, is also good for Apes and all of the space. The same goes for Apes. “We want to grow the pie and not fight for slices,” Yuga’s announcement concluded.

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