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APE Token Tied to Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs Sinks 80% in Opening Hours
The ApeCoin token airdropped to Bored Ape NFT owners is off to a rough start, falling from $39.40 to as low as $6.48.
By Eli Tan
Updated May 11, 2023, 4:58 p.m. Published Mar 17, 2022, 3:31 p.m.
UPDATE (March 18, 15:32 UTC): Bored Ape Yacht Club’s ApeCoin Surges 90% on Second Day of Trading
ApeCoin, the token linked to the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible token (NFT) collection, is down about 80% in its first two hours of trading.
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The token was airdropped to Bored Ape NFT owners this morning after being announced yesterday as a part of a larger ApeDAO campaign, but holders quickly selling the coin have sent its price plummeting.
The token has fallen from its highest price of $39.40 to a now stable $8.90, trading for as low as $6.48, according to CoinMarketCap. The total market cap for the token now sits at a whopping $2.4 billion, making it currently the 49th-largest coin.
If earlier airdrops are any indication, however, that ranking isn’t likely to stick.
(1/3) Airdrops: A Brief History pic.twitter.com/UWMh5dqVmt
— Justin Trimble (@justintrimble) March 17, 2022
Owners of Bored Ape NFTs were airdropped 10,000 ApeCoins a piece, with 15% of the total supply being available to claim this morning.
Of the remaining supply, 47% will be sent to the Ape DAO treasury, 16% to parent company Yuga Labs, 8% to the BAYC founders and 14% to launch contributors.
The floor price for a Bored Ape NFT briefly fell to 79 ETH (roughly $220,000) following the airdrop but has since rebounded to 90 ETH (roughly $250,000).
Read more: Token Linked to Bored Ape Yacht Club Launches
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