Forj have proposed an Ape Improvement Proposal (AIP) for the creation of a dedicated Bored Ape project incubator and launchpad driven by $APE token to the ApeCoin DAO.  The ApeCoin community can now vote on the proposal until 1am 18th May UTC.

The AIP-209 proposal by Forj, titled “Ape Accelerator Powered By ApeCoin”, will help the ApeCoin and BAYC ecosystem by incubating and facilitating projects that contribute to, and utilise, ApeCoin and BAYC IP ecosystem growth.

Projects looking to launch through the Ape Accelerator will require $APE token to submit a proposal, and holders of $APE and BAYC Ecosystem NFTs will be able to access the launchpad to invest in such projects.

At Forj, we have been speaking to builders in the Yuga Labs ecosystem and many of them are experiencing issues that we firmly believe can be solved with a new $APE powered launchpad.

From the research we’ve conducted, the challenges can be broken down into three areas. 

1. A lack of Web2 audience
2. A lack of ongoing utility in projects
3. A lower frequency of interaction

Ape Accelerator greatly contributes to BAYC IP ecosystem growth by building a launchpad for new projects dedicated to driving value for BAYC stakeholders, providing incubation and advisory services to cover Strategic Partnerships, Storytelling, Tokenomics design, Capital Support and Distribution – whilst forming the strategic incubation vertical to maximize cohort synergy for Yuga’s ecosystem growth.

It is the belief within Forj that the Ape launchpad will not only be a boon for builders, but that it will also give ApeCoin DAO Contributors the chance to get in early on promising Ape themed projects.

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You can vote for the proposal now until 1am UTC on 18th May 2023.

Welcome along to our latest Week In Review, and our first in the month of May! So, without further ado…

TasteMakerz Game Review on The DAM Show!

You, Me, & Web3 Shortz with Viker’s Dan Beasley

In our latest You, Me, & Web3 Shortz, Viker Games co-founder Dan Beasley joined us to discuss the PolkaPets and Viker collaboration!

The partnership includes an amazing integration of ALL PolkaPets into the Viker mobile games platform, including 6 new games. We launched the news with a $5000 tournament on the popular games title, Solitaire.

Dan also discusses Web3 mobile gaming, its development, and talks about how you might be able to get involved in the future.

Listen to the episode here.

Polka Pets x Viker $5000 Tournament Results!

On Monday the door closed shut on our amazing $5000 Solitaire tournament with Viker Games, BUT the stats were quite something!

Total games played: 30344

Total games won: 9577

Average games played per user: 59.49 ≈ 60

= Mind blown!

Congrats to everyone who played! Check to see if you bagged yourself a prize now.

Keep an eye out for future game collaborations. We’ve got some real treats on the way!

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

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As we hurtle towards the end of another month and look ahead to May, settle back and take some time out of your day to enjoy our latest Week In Review!

$5000 Polka Pets x Viker Solitaire Tournament Launched!

This week, PolkaPet World and VIKER introduced a new collaborative NFT mobile games integration!

And, there’s more, because your #PolkaPet can NOW be used across a range of mobile games from Viker.

To celebrate, from last Monday, a 7 DAY tournament was launched with $5k in $PETS to be won!

The good news is, you can still join in! 

Play now here…

PolkaPets x Viker x Polygon AMA

It was a busy week of live events too with the PolkaPets x Viker x Polygon AMA taking place on Thursday. Hosted by the team at Polygon Games, Forj CMO Chas Stanton and Viker co-founder Dan Beasley discussed the Solitaire Tournament in front of a live audience, and took questions from a selection of the listeners. 

You can listen to the full recording here.

It was the second of two live Twitter shows as 24 hours earlier Forj CEO Harry Liu joined Chas and Dan for the latest edition of You, Me, & Web3 LIVE. 

You, Me, & Web3: Sébastien Borget

In the latest edition of You, Me, & Web3, we speak with The Sandbox co-founder Sébastien Borget.

The Sandbox decentralized Metaverse is a virtual world where players can create, play, own, govern and monetize their experiences using NFTs & SAND, the main utility token of the platform. 

Listen here, as Seb talks to Tom McDermott about numerous subjects including user engagement, the metaverse and its role in entertainment, The Sandbox’s mission to empower creators, content accessibility, monetization, and much, much more.

You, Me, & Web3 Shortz: Dan Beasley, Viker

And, if we hadn’t already provided you with enough content to digest, we ended the week with a You, Me, & Web3 SHORTZ special. Viker co-founder Dan Beasley was the guest and discussed the Polka Pets and Viker collaboration as well as mobile gaming, its development – and explained how there’s still time for you, the listener, to get involved.

You can hear what Dan has to say here.

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

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In the latest edition of You, Me, & Web3, we sit down with Sébastien Borget from The Sandbox.

Listen as Seb talks to journalist Tom McDermott about user engagement, the metaverse’s role in entertainment, the mission of The Sandbox to empower creators, content accessibility, monetization, and plenty more.

Some You, Me, & Web3 highlights

Sébastien on the mission of The Sandbox

“At The Sandbox our mission is to empower anyone to become a creator and we do this by making content creation as accessible as possible.

“We want creators to not only own what they make, but be able to monetize it and enjoy it in the context of a virtual world.”

Sébastien on the metaverse

“We are not trying to replicate the physical world or what exists in other platforms, we have a chance for the metaverse to be a new form of entertainment, with a new form of expression and a new format.

“It provides you with the opportunity to reinvent and redefine yourself with your community.”

Sébastien on what the next 12/18 months might bring

“So many landowners will be publishing to their community and their experience. It will create hopefully a lot of excitement and more and more users will come in and explore and stay.”

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Uo can listen to previous episodes of the You, Me, & Web3 podcast right here.

In the latest edition of You, Me, & Web3, we speak to Loretta Chen from Smobler Studios about the role creators will have in helping to develop the metaverse, Web3 diversity, and how she plans to empower more women to get involved in the space. 

If you missed any of our previous editions, you can listen to them here.

It’s time for this week’s review. This week we’ve got a new game partnership announcement, a new free report, and a new You, Me, & Web3 show. Let’s go!

Pixels Game Announced for TasteMakerz

This week we teased the launch of a brand new game with Pixels, an Animoca Brands ecosystem web3 project.

More to be announced in the coming days! Check out the teaser here.

TasteMakerz April Report

On Thursday of this week, we published the latest TasteMakerz update via a Twitter thread by CEO Harry.

If you missed it, you can find out all you need to know here.

You, Me, & Web3 with Smobler’s Loretta Chen

In the latest edition of You, Me, & Web3, we spoke to Loretta Chen from Smobler Studios about the role creators will have in helping to develop the metaverse, Web3 diversity, and how she plans to empower more women to get involved in the space.

Listen to the latest episode here.

Forj Hit NFT.NYC

Did we miss you? Our team attended NFT.NYC in New York City (Hudson Yards and Times Square) for #NFTNYC2023 April 12–14, and we had a blast.

It was great to hear some of the fantastic speakers, and catch-up with friends old and new. Here’s to next year!

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

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Happy Easter and welcome to the latest Forj Week In Review!

Without further ado, here’s a selection of things we’ve been doing across the last seven days…

Binance NFT partners with TasteMakerz!

Binance NFT has partnered with TasteMakerz from Forj to offer its community 10 Lite Report NFTs, valued at $50.

Each NFT grants the holder access to a research report all about UGC in Yuga’s Otherside.

You can catch-up with all the instructions on how to take part here.

Forj CEO Harry Liu appears on Ultiverse Live Show

On Thursday, Forj CEO Harry Liu appeared on the latest edition of Ultiverse Live Show, and if you missed it, that’s absolutely no problem at all — because you can watch the entire show here.

You, Me, & Web3 LIVE with Wale Swoosh

We hosted our latest You, Me, & Web3 LIVE episode on Wednesday with special guest, popular Web3 commentator Wale Swoosh!

In a wide ranging debate, we covered numerous topics including Legends of the Mara, UCG opportunities in The Otherside, and plenty more…

You can listen to the full episode here.

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Medium| Discord

It’s been another fun-packed week at Forj — as we released our latest You, Me, & Web3 Shortz episode, hosted another Live Twitter Space alongside some excellent guests, and airdropped all Metaprints Genesis holders (and others!) a FREE report!

You, Me, & Web3 Shortz: Footium

Are you ready for the future of football management gaming?

Have you mastered Fifa, Football Manager, and the various other soccer apps on your phone? Well, allow us to introduce you to Footium co-founder James O’Leary, and Footium COO George Benton, who discuss the future of football management games and how you can play your part.

Listen to the complete episode here.

You, Me, & Web3 LIVE: Otherside 2nd trip, plus #BAYC special guests…

Listen in two parts as CMO Chas Stanton and Tom McDermott speak to special guests about the Otherside 2nd trip, #BAYC involvement, Web3 education, and what the best way is to convert the mainstream over to the wonderful world of Web3.

Part one

Part two

TasteMakerz Lite Report airdrop

Check your wallets!

Lucky recipients of a FREE Lite Report NFT now have access to an exclusive report detailing the latest state of The Otherside metaverse ecosystem, and the UGC projects emerging from it. You don’t want to miss it!

If you have your NFT in your wallet head to the TasteMakerz Discord .

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Medium| Discord