ApeCoin: APE price climbs 55% in three days as a 'BAYC land drop' rumor goes viral

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Owners of the fashionable Bored Ape and Mutant APE nonfungible tokens (NFT) could person virtual lands connected the Yuga Labs' upcoming "Otherside" metaverse.

 APE terms  climbs 55% successful  3  days arsenic  a 'BAYC onshore  drop' rumor goes viral

ApeCoin (APE) terms has exploded higher connected anticipations that it would go a de-facto outgo token successful an upcoming metaverse onshore sale.

APE price swelled astir 28% successful 1 time to scope implicit $17 per token connected April 20. The rally came arsenic a portion of a rebound from three-day lows nether $11, resulting successful a 55% gain.

APE/USD four-hour terms chart. Source: TradingView

BAYC onshore airdrop

A rumor circulating crossed societal media platforms since April 18 suggested that the owners of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) NFTs whitethorn person virtual lands connected the Yuga Labs' much-anticipated "Otherside" metaverse platform.

Alpha leak: these projects volition beryllium car whitelisted to mint Otherside land.
BAYC - airdrop (center land)
MAYC - airdrop (mid land)
CryptoPunks - WL (outer rim)
Meebits - WL (outer rim)
Cool Cats - WL (outer rim)
Nouns - WL (outer rim)
WoW - WL (outer rim)
Toadz - WL (outer rim) pic.twitter.com/gZ5ldAdoQM

— Willy ₿ullish (@WillyTheDegen) April 18, 2022

Otherside volition beryllium an MMORPG crippled wherever players tin employment their NFTs arsenic autochthonal avatars oregon characters. A leaker capitalist transportation deck showed that Yuga Labs expects to gain $178 cardinal by selling virtual lands, with APE acting arsenic the de-facto token to process these purchases. 

Some BAYC NFT owners claimed that Yuga Labs would merchantability the Otherside virtual lands via a Dutch auction. In doing so, the steadfast could acceptable the minimum bid astatine 600 APE, astir $10,700 astatine today's price.

Was conscionable sent immoderate immense alpha re @yugalabs onshore drop. The merchantability volition beryllium a Dutch auction of immoderate benignant starting astatine 600 $APE.

BAYC / MAYC (Airdrop)
Punks, Meebits, Cool Cats, Nounz, WoW, Toadz (Auto WL)

Get your $APE ready. Looks similar we’re gonna request it. #BAYC #OTHERSIDE

— renegademaster / guccibayc.eth (@renegademasterr) April 20, 2022

Given this imaginable use-case, request for ApeCoin whitethorn turn higher, which could partially explicate APE's upside momentum successful the past 3 days.

APE undergoing bullish breakout

The latest bout of buying successful the APE spot marketplace saw the APE/USD brace interruption retired of a classical bullish continuation pattern.

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As Cointelegraph reported earlier, breaking supra the alleged "bull pennant" with decisive volumes could person ApeCoin rally supra $40 successful the adjacent fewer months.

Meanwhile, if the method signifier turns retired to beryllium a "symmetrical triangle" instead, APE's upside people volition beryllium adjacent $22, according to the setup shown below.

APE/USD regular terms chart. Source: TradingView

ApeCoin present targets the 0.236 Fib enactment (~$16) of the Fibonacci retracement graph, drawn from $41-swing precocious to $8.50-swing low, arsenic its interim resistance. A pullback from the said terms ceiling would hazard sending APE toward the triangle's apical adjacent $12.50.

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