“I woke up at 04:00 and couldn’t see anymore. Had so much pain and my whole skin is burned. Needed to go to the hospital,”
Yuga Labs ran ApeFest in Hong Kong from November 3 to 5, open only to Bored Ape holders. Attendees woke up at night with burned skin and vision loss after laser and blacklight-heavy shows. One says a doctor blamed the stage UV lighting. The NFTs already cost buyers thousands of dollars when the project crashed. Then the party burned their eyes.