In the latest edition of You, Me, & Web3, we are joined by Women of Web3 Podcast host Lauren Ingram.
Listen below, as Lauren speaks about her community, why Web3 appeals to women, what impact they can have, and talks honestly about some of her concerns.
Lauren has recently been listed as one of the most influential women in crypto, and explains why creativity and sharing is so important.
It’s time for another Week in Review, where we look back at all the events of the past week across the Forj family, and as always we have lots to cover! Firstly our Ape Accelerator proposal was featured in NFT Evening, Metaprints revealed a first look at the MANTRA metaverse experience, and PolkaPets have dropped a VERY special BondSwap edition.
Let’s dive in!
Ape Accelerator Featured in NFT Evening
You may or may not have heard (!), but Forj won the ApeDAO’s approval for the launch of the Ape Accelerator, a brand new incubator and launchpad geared towards the ApeCoin ($APE) community.
We got extensive coverage of the news, and we’re delighted to have been featured in NFT Evening.
Metaprints Reveals MANTRA Metaverse Experience Design
We all know that bear markets are for building, and that’s exactly what our team at Metaprints have been doing at scale behind the scenes, as we gear up for a metaverse resurgence. Our 10 branded experiences, set to be launched on The Sandbox, are in development, and we gave our Metaprints community a sneak peek at the MANTRA (formerly MANTRA DAO) design.
PolkaPets Launch BondSwap Gold Special Edition
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.
Another week, another Forj Week in Review! In this update we’ve got the winners of our $10,000 TasteMakerz Burgerz Challenge game with Pixels, the latest You, Me, & Web3 Live with JBond, and a load of great games from Viker to play with your PolkaPet.
Let’s dive in…
Following the end of our TasteMakerz Burgerz Challenge game with Pixels, this week we announced the results! Our winners will receive a share of $10,000 worth of $BONDLY.
The game was a huge success and saw over 1 MILLION burgers made in just 4 weeks by our players, as they sought to grab themselves a spot on the leaderboard.
There were also prizes for the Top 100 and Top 1000 players, check our TasteMakerz thread on Twitter for the full results.
This week we welcomed JBond yet again, this time for a live discussion on how to grow a Web3 business using decentralised IP.
It’s a particularly relevant topic as we celebrate the ApeCoin DAO’s approval for our Ape Accelerator, which will eventually become an engine for growth for the BAYC ecosystem through projects just like the ones JBond has founded.
This is an episode worth listening to again! It’s available now on Twitter.
This week we’ve been revealing more games from Viker that allow you to connect your PolkaPet NFT to earn DOUBLE your crypto! Games revealed so far include Solitaire, Wheel of Crypto, Sudoku, and now Chess too!
Viker’s Play-to-Earn mobile games allow you to get paid in crypto such as Bitcoin just for playing, and there’s more to come from our collaboration with the Animoca Brands-backed project.
Watch this space..
Welcome to a celebratory Week In Review as we look back at a mammoth few days at Forj HQ!
Forj receives ApeCoin DAO approval to build first Bored Ape Yacht Club ecosystem accelerator
What a day Wednesday was as we were granted approval from the ApeCoin DAO to launch Ape Accelerator, an incubation platform for the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) community.
This new initiative, which was submitted and approved via ApeCoin DAO’s Idea Proposal system (see AIP-209), will incubate and launch projects that strengthen the BAYC community and ApeCoin ecosystem, and will be powered by ApeCoin tokens (APE).
Ape Accelerator aims to engage the ApeCoin community as Initiators, Voters, and Participants. Initiators can submit proposals for projects to be incubated, while Voters can use their APE tokens to vote on whether the proposed projects should be launched. Participants will be able to support approved projects by purchasing NFTs and other tokens.
Harry Liu, CEO of Forj, said of the new initiative: “We are thrilled to have the support of the ApeCoin DAO community to bring Ape Accelerator to life. Our goal is to create new opportunities for builders and creators within the Bored Ape Yacht Club ecosystem, and with Ape Accelerator we can empower projects that will achieve just that.”
More details about Ape Accelerator.
TasteMakerz flipping to success!
In collaboration with Web3 metaverse game Pixels, TasteMakerz’s incredible community of chefs have together flipped 1 MILLION burgers in our superb TasteMakerz Burgerz Challenge game. The game, played by thousands daily, is an addictive burger-making quest featuring Bored Ape characters.
Interested? Join the fun here.
You, Me, & Web3: Bored Ape (BAYC) IP Growth w/ JBond
On Thursday we released our latest episode of our You, Me, & Web3 Podcast with JBond.
In a very special edition and with AIP-209 passing, we invited leading Bored Ape Yacht Club IP advocate JBond on the show to discuss what the future holds for democratization of Web3 and #BAYC IP.
It’s an episode you won’t want to miss!
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.
Of course you do!
The real question is; do you think you have what it takes to make some delicious burgers for a selection of our favourite Bored Apes?
If you still do, then read on, because this challenge is absolutely for YOU!
TasteMakerz, in association with Pixels online have come up with the Burgerz Challenge — an immersive adventure set in the Pixels World with a WHOPPING $10,000 in cash prizes, featuring original Bored Ape Yacht Club characters, alongside TasteMakerz characters Wabi and E!
See the announcement below:
https://twitter.com/TasteMakerz_XYZ/status/1648439343588184065?s=20
The breakdown is as follows…
We’ve $10,000 worth of $BONDLY to be won in total while the game is live, $7,000 for in-game scores, and a further $3,000 for related prize draws!
It really is as easy as 1,2,3…
Firstly, be sure to log in here to get started! If this link doesn’t work then copy and paste the following → pixels.xyz/tastemakerz.
You can play as a guest (for funsies!) OR connect your wallet. Remember: you only get on the leaderboard by tracking your progress!
Next, get to the Bored Burgers restaurant to begin the #TasteMakerz challenge with Wabi and E!
The aim from here is to gain the highest position on the leaderboard by completing as many tasks as possible quickly, and grabbing badges along the way!
Easy. Right?
Once you’ve done that, make sure that you share your score for a chance to win, using the hashtag #TMZBurgerChallenge on Twitter.
We’ve got $1,000 of $BONDLY to give away ($200 x 5) to five randomly-selected players who share their score once they’ve completed the challenge! *We did say there would be more prizes up for grabs… 😉*
REMEMBER! Don’t forget to use #TMZBurgerChallenge + tag @TasteMakerz and @Pixels_Online on the Tweet. Simply copy and paste our two examples in bold here to make sure you get it 100% CORRECT!
BONUS! If you’re part of the TasteMakerz Guild there’s even more reason to take part and WIN!
We’ve got an additional $1500 in $BONDLY to hand out between EVERY Guild member who uses their new Twitter thread ‘burger-making’ skills to cover the TasteMakerz x Pixels partnership, the game concept, or their own experience playing it.
Just make sure to send it to our team on Discord.
Good luck and happy cooking!
Incubated by Forj, an Animoca Brands subsidiary, TasteMakerz is a brand new and unique Web3 educational guild built with ‘learn and earn’ immersive storytelling, and led by its community.
Offering a subscription-based learning hub, members have access to cutting edge industry reports, web3 learning modules, interviews with industry leaders, and plenty more — all while participating in quests to rise up the ranks to become a TasteMaker!
In a very special episode of You, Me, & Web3, recorded around the time of AIP-209 passing, we invited leading Bored Ape Yacht Club IP advocate J Bond onto the show to discuss amongst other things, what the future holds for the democratization of Web3 and #BAYC IP.
It’s an episode you won’t want to miss!
Don’t forget that you can subscribe and listen to previous episodes of the You, Me, & Web3 podcast by clicking here.
Ape Accelerator will incubate and launch new projects that strengthen the Bored Ape Yacht Club and ApeCoin ecosystems
18 May 2023 – Forj, an Animoca Brands subsidiary and a Web3 technology leader, has been granted approval from the ApeCoin DAO to launch Ape Accelerator, an incubation platform for the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) community.
This new initiative, which was submitted and approved via ApeCoin DAO’s Idea Proposal system (see AIP-209), will incubate and launch projects that strengthen the BAYC community and ApeCoin ecosystem, and will be powered by ApeCoin tokens (APE). A grant of APE tokens was approved by the ApeCoin DAO community for the purpose of building and launching Ape Accelerator.
Ape Accelerator aims to engage the ApeCoin community as Initiators, Voters, and Participants. Initiators can submit proposals for projects to be incubated, while Voters can use their APE tokens to vote on whether the proposed projects should be launched. Participants will be able to support approved projects by purchasing NFTs and other tokens.
The launchpad within Ape Accelerator will initially operate on the Ethereum network and feature a tiered structure for participation, based on users’ APE stakes and qualifying NFT holdings. User tiers will determine benefits such as priority sales, higher purchase limits, and better allocations of rare NFTs. Tier requirements can be defined through an ApeCoin DAO voting process.
More details about Ape Accelerator are available by clicking this link https://forum.apecoin.com/t/aip-209-ape-accelerator-powered-by-apecoin/10818
Harry Liu, CEO of Forj, said of the new initiative: “We are thrilled to have the support of the ApeCoin DAO community to bring Ape Accelerator to life. Our goal is to create new opportunities for builders and creators within the Bored Ape Yacht Club ecosystem, and with Ape Accelerator we can empower projects that will achieve just that.“
Yat Siu, the co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, said: “Ape Accelerator is an innovative approach to leverage the democratic potential of the BAYC and ApeCoin ecosystem, and to empower creators and showcase the power of community governance in Web3. We’re looking forward to the incredible projects that will emerge from this initiative.”
Forj has been a BAYC holder since May 2022 and has consistently sought to empower BAYC intellectual property and foster community growth. In a recent partnership with The Sandbox, Forj built a Bored Ape-themed metaverse experience, Monkeying Around, which attracted 46,000 unique players.
Ape Accelerator will launch later this year. Projects interested in being incubated on the Ape Accelerator can contact Forj at ApeAccelerator@Forj.Network.
About Forj
Forj, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, 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 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 Game-Fi project PolkaPet World.
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About Animoca Brands
Animoca Brands, a Deloitte Tech Fast winner, a Fortune Crypto 40 company, and one of the Financial Times’ High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2023, is a leader in digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification that is working to advance digital property rights and contribute to the establishment of the open metaverse. The company develops and publishes a broad portfolio of products including original games such as The Sandbox, Phantom Galaxies, Life Beyond, Crazy Kings, and Crazy Defense Heroes, and products utilizing popular intellectual properties including Disney, WWE, Snoop Dogg, The Walking Dead, Power Rangers, MotoGP™, and Formula E. It has multiple subsidiaries, including The Sandbox, Blowfish Studios, Quidd, GAMEE, nWay, Pixowl, Forj, Lympo, Animoca Brands Japan, Grease Monkey Games, Eden Games, Life Beyond Studios, Notre Game, TinyTap, Be Media, PIXELYNX, and WePlay Media. Animoca Brands has a growing portfolio of more than 380 Web3 investments, including Colossal, Axie Infinity, OpenSea, Dapper Labs (NBA Top Shot), Yield Guild Games, Harmony, Alien Worlds, Star Atlas, and others. For more information visit www.animocabrands.com or follow on Twitter or Facebook.
Hello and welcome along to the latest Forj Week In Review. It’s been a week full of live shows, new proposals and fresh announcements. Here’s just a taste of what we’ve been doing…
Forj Launch Ape Accelerator (AIP-209) Proposal
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.
You can find out more information about the proposal on our Twitter thread here, and you can vote for the proposal now until 1am UTC on 18th May 2023.
You, Me, & Web3 Twitter Space
On Wednesday, we hosted our latest You, Me, & Web3 Twitter Space.
It was a fun and action packed session hosted by Tom McDermott – who was joined by Forj CEO Harry Liu, Forj CMO Chas Stanton, Rug Radio’s Pukerainbow, Andrew from ApeBeverages, and ApeBeverages investor @17iKoola.
Listen here as they discuss numerous topics including the state of the NFT market and Ape IP! It was an utter hoot!
Metaprints Joins OMA3 Metaverse Alliance
The collaboration between Metaprints and OMA3 holds immense potential, as OMA3 has established collaborations with several renowned Web3 industry giants such as Dapper Labs, Decentraland, The Sandbox, Animoca Brands, and Upland among others.
“We are excited to join OMA3 to research how metaverse worlds are able to benefit from further integrations on the chain” said Harry Liu, CEO of Metaprints.
“The goal here, of course, is to develop a seamless connection with users, regardless of which world they are in. By working together in this alliance, solutions can be developed that will benefit communities and bridge the gap between these virtual worlds and Web3 beginners or builders.”
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.
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.
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.
