Daniel Alegre
@dalegre
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CEO, Televisa Univision. All statements and opinions are my own.
Joined April 2009
Today is my last day as President and COO of Activision Blizzard. Thank you to the incredible teams who create truly epic games. Tomorrow I officially start at CEO of Yuga Labs. Couldn't be more excited for this next chapter.
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@YugaLabs — home of @boredapeyc, @othersidemeta, @cryptopunksnfts, and more — is a creative powerhouse driving innovation and storytelling in Web3. I am extremely excited to lead the team to the next phase of growth.
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Thank you to so many for the very kind messages and reception to today's announce. I am excited to join the @boredapeyc with my new Ape. Discovering something new about my Mutant every second!
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I want to address some of the feedback the company and I have been receiving from many of you recently. I respect the relevant, pointed feedback as I know it comes from a place of wanting to see improvements in our Yuga communities. First, I will start with sharing some advice.
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To my kids: meet a new member of the family. Proud to Ape into BAYC #3575. Does #ApeFollowApe still work?
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For those involved in the NFT Trader exploit, return the NFTs and Yuga will provide compensation for identifying the exploit upon safe return of the NFTs.
And if the info below is real, I will gladly put up the ETH to see these 50 apes back to their rightful owners.
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It all started earlier this year with my Mutant Ape which then grew into Captains, Cheetahs, Cowboys, CryptoPunks, Meebits, Kodas and some real Heavies. I end the year so grateful to have met such incredible community members and getting closer to our International friends
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Please see the news below of the announcement I just made internally to our Yuga Labs employees. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to lead this great team and to have connected globally with so many community members. Yuga has such a bright future.
Some news to share:. I am stepping back in as CEO of Yuga Labs. Wylie and I are grateful for all the contributions and operational rigor Daniel has brought to the company, and appreciate his thoughtfulness and mentorship over the past year. I’m reinvigorated to be taking the.
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Remastered.
On January 8th, 2024 we released "Apes Come Home.". To celebrate its 2-Day Anniversary, we're proud to announce: Apes Come Home. Remastered.
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The Yuga Labs Family welcomes a giant and innovator in the tech space as our new Chief Technology Officer - Mike Seavers. Expect more wow from our now!.
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. and then the Apes came back home, all secured, and they all realized they were strong together.
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What a moment. just bought her first Ape at Apefest live with me watching it all go down. Welcome to BAYC Q!!
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So privileged to have celebrated PPMan's special birthday in Tokyo tonight. Happy birthday amigo!
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Home is where the Apes are!.
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Thank you for spending a Saturday night (or Sunday morning) with us. Great questions and turn out. Will do more. Only BAYC can be so awesome.
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Some personal news, I have made the decision to leave my role as President and Chief Operating Officer of Activision Blizzard at the end of Q1 next year to pursue a new opportunity.
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I am honored to have the opportunity to join the Yuga Family soon and grateful to Wylie for his leadership, vision and tireless commitment to the foundational principles that have served the community so well. Your health is an obvious priority Wylie.
All love,.Wylie.
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There have been some questions around what we are looking to do re: LOTM circulating around. Catalysts are planned for in-game rewards, not for auction.
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Yuga Labs is about creators, community and connections. Great to see Meebits community from around the world today in New York City.
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I am very proud of the exceptional work and dedication the teams at Activision, Blizzard and King have brought to our world's players over my three years here at the company. Stay tuned for news on where I will be heading in early 2023.
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Welcome Roar Studios team to the Yuga Otherside! One more foundational building block to bringing our vision to life.
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When I take stock on everything we are doing at Yuga, I am always amazed by the passion our Yuga teams have to continue to provide epic experiences for our communities. Just in the last few days we have:.
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"Sitting" by the dock of the bay. missing and reminiscing what was, excited for what is and ecstatic for what will be. Still some sticker spots available if you see me 😍
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Just touched down in Austin with some of the @yugalabs team for #Consensus2023. I’ll be speaking on the Mainstage Friday with @rosieperper at 11:45pm then will join @overpricedjpegs Happy Hour at 6:00pm.
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Going through my pictures of last night, found this gem from our partnership with BMW.
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Anyone?? Yes! Bringing web3 to the world in our own special way. Community tested, alpha improved, ready to be unclogged.
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The story of this pin. and what makes BAYC community so special. I originally had this pin proudly on my jacket and I lost it at a dinner a few weeks ago - just fell off. At an Apefest '23 pre-party, someone had that pin and I told the story of losing my pin. Without
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One of the many reasons why what we are doing is so exciting - unlike the traditional media model of IP/brand building where everything starts from the creation of company-hired artists and all innovation has to be approved by the leadership, Yuga is turning this model on its
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This is the boat that apes built - BAYC style in Singapore.
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Good-bye Curtis and thank you to all the community for coming together and for our Hong Kong hosts. Safe travels wherever your next journey takes you.
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As this is my first US Thanksgiving as a member of the Yuga-wide community, I didn't know the right protocol on planning how many to cook for tomorrow so I prepared 150,000 turkeys and a few chickens. No need to knock on PPMan's door tomorrow when you all come over. The door is.
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A clear win for Yuga and all creators working to bring web3 experiences to the world. A clear realization for unscrupulous scammers - fire burns.
$1.5m + legal fees and another $100k+ for our anti-SLAPP of all their bullshit. Bad day to be a scammer. Good day to be an ape. Appreciate the note from the judge on how absurd this has all been:. “In addition, Defendants unnecessarily and inappropriately made disgraceful and.
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All in!! Great to meet some friends old and new tonight What a connected community of entrepreneurs and visionaries. Next stop. Korea
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“We do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard”.
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Promoting an ecosystem where creators can thrive creatively and be rewarded for their work is core to our mission of building culture on the blockchain. Excited for this partnership with Magic Eden.
Planting something new for all creators. We’re partnering with Magic Eden to launch the new Magic Eden ETH marketplace - the first major ETH marketplace contractually obligated to honor creator royalties. The marketplace will launch end of 2023, more details soon.
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How can one not love being part of this Yuga Family. And look at what the community from Japan brought to the reunion! Thank you for attending our Austin get-together. Arigato
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Busy day for the @yugalabs team at #Consensus2023. I’ll be joining @coindesk TV at 9am, followed by a Mainstage chat with @rosieperper. at 11:45am, and ending the day with @overpricedjpegs Happy Hour at 6:00pm.
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I can imagine a lot of people hitting zoom in right now.
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I am so glad the community is starting to see our scaled personalization and connection experiences in the Otherside coming to life. Our creative and engineering teams are hard at work pushing the boundaries to bring our vision to life. This is the end of this tweet. Please.
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Almost 20 years ago I joined a small "startup" that fit into three small buildings in what used to be the Sun Micro HQ (tech Darwinism!) I learned during my time at Google the importance of innovation and big ideas. Yuga Labs embodies forward thinking and unique creativity.
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You can find all BAYC licensed MBA businesses here: Wonderful to see this list continue to grow day by day. Apes strong together.
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More to kick off a busy 2024. Back to basics and eating bananas.
What’s up BAYC. This year we’re going back to basics, making sure the club is at the heart of everything we do. A few brief updates with that in mind.
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Happiness is. meeting a Made By Apes entrepreneur. Wake up Bored!
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Very excited to welcome the Proof Team to the Yuga Labs family. There are incredible synergies between what the Proof team has built on so many levels and where we are going with Yuga.
Yuga Labs has acquired @PROOF_XYZ, which includes PROOF Collective, @Moonbirds, Mythics, @oddities_xyz, and @Grails exhibition series. For more information, see the official Yuga News blog: .
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In case I need reminding about the strength of community-based brand building, mid-trip Ape sighting in San Francisco airport.
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Happy to announce that my account access has been restored. I’d like to reiterate that we will never have an announcement from a personal affiliate account. Use official brand channels and to cross reference links you see online - always.
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Welcome to all new members of the community. Happy almost Mutant Monday!.
WELCOME ABORED » @BoredApeYC Members Are Anything But Bored As They Welcome New Primates To The Swamp!. The full story here:
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What a way to complete a rollercoaster 24 hours. Apes strong.
All 36 BAYC and 18 MAYC that the exploiter had are now in our possession. We sent her 10% of the floor price of the collections as bounty. We will be working with the affected victims getting them back to them free of charge. Right after this coffee break. Victims please.
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If you want a sneak peak into my reflections on the first few weeks at @yugalabs, I sat down with Bloomberg and @emilyjnicole to discuss the vision for our company.
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Today we announced a restructuring at Yuga Labs that will help us better serve our communities and execute on our vision for the company. These decisions are not taken lightly as they impact people and roles within the company. Please see details here:
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Old friends, new location. Always happy to see your smiling faces - this time in Seoul.
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Apes follow apes is a thing!.
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The Otherside and the entire Yuga Teams make me proud - they put so much of themselves into this. Psyched to see Apes having fun coming home.
Huge thank you to all the Apes and Voyagers who joined for the Asia session of Apes Come Home (and everyone who is going to tune in later). Appreciate you all bearing with the long silence while we re-tooled our platform from the ground up. Apes Come Home is just the first.
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Like many, I have flown likely too much in my life. At times I stop myself at this sign and say. do I really want to travel again? This time I know Apefest festivities are on the "otherside" of this trip. Heck ya I am ready for this trip! See you soon!
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While I have known Farokh for a relatively brief time, I have come to deeply respect his intellect, insights and passion. I just wanted to put that out there.
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I am really peeved. Gordon sends a note to the entire community before Apefest about what I had to do there. I worked my butt off to comply and I don't get invited to nachos?!?.
Such an amazing time having nachos with @GordonGoner today 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡. Sad you could not make it @_jeffnicholas_ 😭😭😭 maybe next time
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How much Ape can a BAPEd Ape follow if a BAPEd Ape could follow all Apes?.
We've been a fan since way back. Back when streetwear didn't take itself so seriously. We rummaged through the vault and twisted the classics. The BAPE® X BAYC collection first drops exclusively for BAYC members at #ApeFestHK and online on November 4th. More details coming soon.
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Decisions in life. go into an experience or run away scared?. what would Captain Pancho do?
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1. Celebrated Cyrptopunks birthday by kicking off the Artbook project; .2. Announced that Yuga is coming to APAC starting with Tokyo later this month; .3. Teased out the Forge Anime Video and launched Forge Season 1 (I am still building!).4. Launched Meebits Mood with a tip to.
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At the zoo in Washington, DC because someone told me I would find friends here.
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I had seen pictures on X but great to see in person! Thank you EliteApesHK for such a welcome to our global community
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Thank you Laura. I joined Yuga because I believe in the community and how web3 is going to and already is transform(ing) so much in our world for the better. Really appreciate you LR.
We can be bullish about @CryptoGarga coming back as CEO of Yuga while giving @dalegre the credit he deserves and what it meant for Yuga to hire and work with someone of his caliber! . Thank you for your leadership Daniel! Thank you Greg & @GordonGoner for continuing to put BAYC.
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Apefest Going Global! Will be epic.
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And this is the power of Community!.
Apes together strong. Apes even stronger with friends. Check out the official #ApeFestHK Side Event schedule with parties, photowalks, skateboarding, basketball, and more to keep the vibes going all week.
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Sewer is open and off to the races. Excited to see how the leaderboard will end up. Enjoying the ride myself :-).
The sewer is open. Sewer Pass holders, go to to Dookey Dash as many times as you want until February 8th.
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Members, I am deeply sorry for the ordering snafu. Apologies specially for those who woke up very early (or stayed up very late) to join in the ordering system. We will get it right like you all deserve. This is the final tweet from me on this thread. Please do not click on.
Those who have already received a ticket (confirmation screen at checkout, confirmation email, tickets on your tokenproof app, or successful credit card charge) are all set. Apes, thank you for your patience.
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Just learned. great for 3am jetlagged munchy craving. Man I love (Made by) Apes!
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So this is what happened behind my back! Never washing this sweatshirt. Thank you Apes
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Well leave it to the great sources of our community to reveal great news. Glad to have Michael climb aboard!.
New addition to the Yuga team 👀🚨. Michael Ghory comes from Nike, Adidas and Coach. He will serve as Vice President of Apparel and Lifestyle at Yuga. “My expertise is in creating, owning, and championing global apparel businesses, including overall strategic and creative
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Thank you Yat. I couldn't agree with you more. So much to be excited about.
@CryptoGarga Congratulations @CryptoGarga and thank you for all the developments and laying the foundation @dalegre on this next chapter of growth for @yugalabs @BoredApeYC 2024 will be an amazing year for all of #web3.
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After a looong day (even wearing a tie!), a home away from home. This is what it is all about.
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As you know by now, we have engaged with a number of our community members as alpha testers for the new Dookie Dash (thanks!). Our ongoing commitment for early community feedback on what's cooking. Did same with Otherside events in LA, Berlin & Apefest. Build strong together.
So stoked to announce that I’m taking part in the @yugalabsgaming council and got the opportunity to test Dookey Dash early. I loved it and even though I’m not the best at the game, there is so much more to it that gets me excited. Can’t wait for it to go live!
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Capt'n Pancho sighting with a little meebits help. where is he now ?
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Happy 4th of July - agenda for the day - local parade then continuing to forge my organic, free range dairy/high tech/frog world.
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Heading to Vegas, I am reminded of Elvis' moto: Taking Care of Business. As I said last week, 2024 will see so much of what our passionate teams have been cooking in our labs. BGE (Building Great Experiences) + EOC (Empowering Our Communities) =TCB⚡2024
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Japan - Land of vending machines. Even them in their weird way are colorful and artistic.
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Welcome to the gang Mike and great MA!! Excited about the path ahead.
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@GordonGoner Wylie, you will be missed in HKG for sure but your health is obviously an absolute priority. So much of what we have at Yuga was started (and grown) by you as a founder. Looking forward to your continued recovery. We will take many pictures!.
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Some of my most favorite people now in Seoul. "Happy birthday Farokh and Hello (again!) Beeple" said Capt. Pancho happily 🤠
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Thank you to all who participated in our event in Berlin yesterday. Getting real time developmental feedback is invaluable. Getting a glimpse of what Meebits on Otherside will be like.
We introduced Meetropolis, a new island of Otherside. Built on a Steppes biome, Meetropolis is a place where nature and voxels meet.
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Execution on the expansive vision for Otherside depends on deep strategic collaboration with visionary partners who can concretely deliver on our key objectives. Excited to count these great companies as collaborators on this exciting journey. Onward @ericbreid.
Yuga Labs is excited to announce new strategic partnerships with @hadeaninc, @AccelByteInc, @badrhinogames, and @farawaygg that will propel the development of @OthersideMeta. For more, read our official blog:
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While I have known Farokh for a relatively brief time, I have come to deeply respect his intellect, insights and passion. I just wanted to put that out there.
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Have a heavy day today!.
They’ve made it through the rift. HV-MTL Evo 1’s are here.
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One of my unique privileges was working with the Blizzard leadership and Rod Fergusson to bring Diablo IV to "life" while President/COO at Activision Blizzard. Excited to see the world's fans enjoy it this week.
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One of the main reasons for doing Apefest 2023 in Hong Kong was to do exactly this - bring APAC communities closer to our global holders. So good to see such a strong presence from SEA, Central and North Asia.
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