a16z, Animoca Brands, and other launch partners received 14% of the 1B airdropped ApeCoins, which could give them substantial influence over the ApeCoin DAO (Hannah Miller/Bloomberg)

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a16z, Animoca Brands, and other launch partners received 14% of the 1B airdropped ApeCoins, which could give them substantial influence over the ApeCoin DAO  —  Bored Ape Yacht Club is a wildly popular collection of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, a status symbol coveted by celebrities, athletes and venture capitalists alike.