Unlock the exclusive nightlife with The Bay Apes NFTs
The NFT boom in 2021 was about collectibles, memorabilia and contact with celebrities and brands. But since then we have come a long way. We are now entering the next era of NFTs, where the Web3 assets are leveraged with high utility and IRL benefits.
—
The Bay Apes is one of the new projects that has this principle at its core. Before we get to this, let me give you a quick understanding of the NFT space in the context of nightlife, culture, music and more.
As an artist and innovator in the Web3 area, I have found a gap between technology, art and culture. Although there has been progress in important niches that are a part of our lives (earnings, finance, investments, etc.), there is still a lot of room for more practical use applications and NFTs.
So, in addition to making smart music for Web3, I started my talk show called Poppin Crypto with Cassius Cuvée. I regularly attend Web3 events and conferences globally, discussing concepts such as the metaverse, NFTs, DeFi and Crypto on my show.
One of the last events I attended was XRP’s Apex Developers Summit, which showcased what the platform had planned for the future while celebrating where they came from. It was an enriching experience where I connected with people from different facets, interacted with them and even made an NFT on XRPL.
Who are the Bay Apes?
On my show recently, I spoke with a special guest named Jamal Trulove. Entering the NFT space, he and his co-founder Bennett Montoya conceptualized the Bay Apes NFT collection that celebrates nightlife and party culture.
“The Bay Apes is the first ever NFT nightclub membership and community offering high utility, proprietary benefits and passive income.”
The Bay Apes community consists of 6800 people with many notable influencers including Symba, Stunnaman02, Marshawn Lynch and Marc E Bassy. Some of the collaborating nightclubs in the San Francisco Bay Area include Valencia Room and Dahlia.
The NFTs consist of three different levels of membership – Elite Monkeys, Male Monkeys and Female Monkeys. The three categories offer different benefits to people who enjoy visiting Bay Area nightclubs, drinking, partying and socializing. Each NFT costs 0.5 Eth.
Utility of The Bay Apes NFT membership
NFT holders get free entry to nightclubs, as well as access to an open bar or free bottle service, and this exclusive NFT benefit is available twice a month. In addition to this, holders also have the option to sell their open bar or bottle service order on Bay Ape’s public marketplace.
Therefore, the Bay Apes NFTs are not only for people who go to nightclubs all the time – rather, the owners of the NFTs can also become facilitators of the nightlife market. This innovative feature is known as the ‘Airbnb of Bottle Service’ as it works in a similar way.
If you compare the price of NFT with the real value of club bookings, access to pub events and bottles, you will see that the latter costs around $8,000 to $15,000 over the course of a year. On the other hand, NFT will give you access to all of these and more for a lifetime of just 0.5 eth, which is about $650 right now.
Currently, Bay Apes NFT nightclub memberships are only available in San Francisco, but they are already expanding to LA. The team is also developing a booking platform for their exclusive NFT club, so get ready for the very first nightlife marketplace platform to launch in the coming months.
Visit www.thebayapes.com for more information on imprinting one of their NFTs and joining their vibrant Discord community.
Partnership and community
Currently, the team is expanding their community and working towards a partnership with Vegan Mob in the Bay Area. The idea is to utilize NFT to get benefits like a meal at this establishment. The funds from the NFT sale will be put into the community for further development of the platform.
This can include developing the marketplace, investing in new partnerships, and thus offering more benefits and tools to the holders of NFT. In the future, there will also be IRL projects and ventures such as exclusive clubs for the community, the people of the Bay Area and the existing Bay Apes holders.
IRL Web3 Community
Overall, The Bay Apes is one of the many Web3 projects that bridge the gap between technology and culture. It serves as a medium that allows people to celebrate where they come from and express who they are through their music on Web3 platforms and metaverses.
Another important project is the decentralized social. It identifies a similar gap between Web3 and Web2. Applications and platforms used for social gathering are not scalable on blockchain due to challenges such as centralization, ownership of content and more.
DeSo aims to solve these challenges and move to the next frontier of the blockchain in the form of social media. It has built apps like Diamond, which act as a hub for creators to reach a global audience, express their skills and even get paid for it.
The platform has over 200 apps built on the chain for people to explore and participate in. With these, DeSo has created an ecosystem for people around the world for different purposes and ways of using social media apps.
With projects like this and The Bay Apes, we are now entering an era where projects aim to form IRL-Web3 communities for more people to join the revolution. Considering how Web3 is the future, these projects will play an important role in advancing the mass adoption of blockchain niches and use cases.
To know more about The Bay Apps and stay updated with their latest developments, you can follow them further Twitter or Instagram.
