In the buildup to today's Otherside metaverse drop by Bored Ape Yacht Club creators Yuga Labs, top NFT marketplace OpenSea has announced it's now accepting ApeCoin.

This comes just days after APE became the largest metaverse token by market cap.

ApeCoin, as of this writing, was up 1.3% over the last 24 hours and more than 33% over the last week, according to data compiled by CoinMarketCap.

Otherside is a metaverse game world—built in partnership with NFT game publisher Animoca Brands—featuring a number of projects, including the Apes, CryptoPunks, Meebits, and Cool Cats.

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What You Need to Know About the Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Otherside NFT Drop

The Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT ecosystem is expanding. Last month it was the launch of ApeCoin, an Ethereum token to power Web3 applications—and now it’s Otherside. What is Otherside? It’s a metaverse game world that will bring together various NFT projects including the Apes, CryptoPunks, Meebits, Cool Cats, and more. Bored Ape creator Yuga Labs is developing the experience in partnership with NFT game publisher Animoca Brands. On Saturday, Yuga Labs will launch “Otherdeed” NFTs for the game, whi...

Yuga Labs also is planning to launch "Otherdeed" NFTs, believed to be similar to those of The Sandbox and Decentraland that signify ownership of virtual land.

Otherdeeds will be made available for public sale, and they'll be given to Bored Ape and Mutant Ape owners.