The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has sued Mohamed-Amin Atcha, Mohamed Rilaz Waleedh and Daood Hassan for their involvement in the 2021 Evolved Apes NFT scam. The project promised to develop a video game, but after the fundraising ended, anonymous developer Evil Ape disappeared, transferring 798 Ether coin (about $3 million). The case is seen as part of a "rug pull" scam in which developers raise funds by selling NFTs or tokens and then abruptly close projects and disappear. According to statistics, similar scams have resulted in more than $14.5 billion in losses since 2011.

Odaily Planet Daily News According to encryption KOL Bonzo revealed on social media, the APE tokens worth 52 million US dollars (15 million pieces) to be unlocked on May 17 will mainly flow into the ApeCoin DAO vault, Yuga Labs, and "boring ape" BAYC The founder of the project, so it is not expected to bring a lot of selling pressure to the market. In addition, the number of APE staking distribution will be reduced from 30 million to 20 million on June 13, which means that the APE staking pool will lose 10 million pledged tokens, and the reduction in staking distribution may cause APR (annual return on investment ), and the data shows that nearly 60% of Bored Apes have been pledged, which shows that the community participation is very high.