# Base's Buzzy AI Play *Author: Bankless* *Published: Jun 4, 2024* *Source: https://www.bankless.com/bases-fun-ai-play* --- [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/06/Group-634.png)](https://bankless.cc/3X63Lbf) Base's Buzzy AI Play Published on June 4, 2024 [ View in Browser ](https://www.bankless.com/metaversal) --- [**Sponsor: Puffer Finance**](https://bankless.cc/4aIdxno) — Supercharge your ETH Staking on the First-Ever Decentralized Liquid Restaking Protocol. [Stake with Puffer Finance](https://bankless.cc/3X63Lbf) .  .  . NFT NEWS BAYC Back at Auction [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/06/Group-15--38-.png)](https://www.bankless.com/dashboard)- 🖼️** Apes go to auction.** On June 18, Sotheby’s will auction off Bored Apes, including the [gold-furred Ape #8552](https://decrypt.co/233775/sothebys-gold-fur-bored-ape-nft-auction), previously owned by the bankrupt Three Arrows Capital. The auction will test the fine art market's appetite for Ape-themed assets, with previous gold-furred Apes fetching high prices. - 🏀 **Dapper Labs settles lawsuit.** Dapper Labs, the company behind NBA Top Shot, settled a years-long lawsuit for [$4M with customers](https://decrypt.co/233621/dapper-labs-reaches-4-million-settlement-nba-top-shot-nft-lawsuit) who claimed Top Shot NFTs were illegally offered securities. - 💰 **Stashh’s new fundraising round.** Stashh Labs raised [$3.3M from investors](https://www.theblock.co/post/298416/stashh-labs-raises-3-million-2-0-nfts), including Animoca, 6th Man Ventures, and Shima Capital, for its Stashh 2.0 NFT marketplace. The marketplace will boast new features like encrypted NFTs, unlockable content, access control, and identity management. .  .  . ANALYSIS Onchain Gaias Explained Bankless Author: [ William M. Peaster](https://twitter.com/WPeaster) [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/06/unnamed-1.png)](https://www.bankless.com/onchain-gaias-explained-bases-fun-ai-play)The Base NFT scene is still wide open. It’s a ripe time for an NFT collection to rise up and become the L2’s dominant profile picture (PFP) project.  The collection with the best prospects for this ascendancy over the next six months? **In my opinion, it’s **[**Onchain Gaias**](https://www.gaias.xyz/)**. ** Onchain Gaias isn’t just a plain old PFP project—it’s already got the makings of a cult following, and it’s working at the crossroads of AI, games, and Farcaster in a way the crypto space hasn’t seen before.  As the collection’s art reveal is nearing and with its AI efforts ramping up, it’s an interesting time to take a closer look at these uber-PFPs.  *Here’s everything you need to know about these promising Base NFTs! *👇  [Read the analysis](https://www.bankless.com/onchain-gaias-explained-bases-fun-ai-play) --- --- *This article is brought to you by [MetaMask](https://www.bankless.com/sponsor/metamask-1776260643?ref=bases-fun-ai-play)*