Mutant Ape Yacht ClubMutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) is a unique collection of apes created as a separate project by the makers of the BAYC.
MAYC was released in August 2021. There were 10,000 Mutant Apes in the collection, which were sold instantly for USD 96 million. But this is not where the ‘mutation’ stopped.
According to CoinGeko, MAYC could be created using a “vial of mutant serum or by minting a Mutant Ape in the public sale.”
What this means is that BAYC creators added a unique system that not only greatly benefited holders of the original Bored Ape NFTs but also raised the popularity bar of the Mutant Apes.
They introduced a new NFT, known as “Serum”. Holders of the Bored Ape cards could add the “Serum”, of which three types are available including mega mutant serum, to their ‘apes’ and convert them into Mutant Apes.
This meant that all 10,000 of the Bored Apes could be converted into an equal number of Mutant Apes. Adding to the already released mutants, the total number of NFTs in the Mutant Apes collection thus reached 20,000.
MAYC NFTs are slightly affordable as compared to the Bored Apes that are currently being hoarded by celebrities and venture capitalists alike.
A Mutant Ape can cost around US$32,600. Some celebrities who own the Mutant Ape Yacht Club NFTs include American rapper Lil Baby, actor Drake Bell, NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, and Ethereum co-founder Taylor Gerring, whose mutant ape was made after exposing a Bored Ape to a mega mutant serum.