Popular YouTuber Philion posted an investigation in which he accused the creators of BAYC of using symbols of racism and white supremacist.

Filip Rusnak, known as Philion, claims that the video is the result of research, including the involvement of experts in the arts and Internet culture. He devoted “hundreds of hours” to it.

The impetus for history research was a note from digital artist Ryder Ripps, who drew similar parallels in January 2022. To do this, the latter sent material to a privately acquired domain, consistent with the pseudonym of the co-founder of Yuga Labs.

According to Philion, BAYC is a “big alt-right joke” that uses language, symbols, and memes from an anonymous image board site. 4 channels.

“BAYC is a big riddle […] with hidden meaning […] “biggest troll” […] “It’s a nice little social experiment,” the researcher added.

According to him, the BAYC NFT footage contains racist caricatures of blacks and Asians, and the symbolism and language used “similar to those used by the Nazis.” Especially the adherents of this theory, with the BAYC logo “dead head“, blogger sure.

He noted that in both cases 18 teeth were depicted. [число, которое ассоциируется с Адольфом Гитлером]. The researcher also drew parallels with the date of death of the founder of Nazism and the settlement of BYAC. – Both events and the launch of the Otherside metaverse took place on April 30.

The BAYC-based blogger refers to the phrase on the gates of Buchenwald, the “passwords and codes” of the modern far-right, and the claim that the nicknames chosen by the founders of the NFT collection are “not random”.

Philion urged viewers to pressure BAYC owners to burn their tokens.

“I want every famous actor, athlete and influencer to burn their damn monkeys” – said the author of the video.

In January, following the Ryder Ripps accusations, the Yuga Labs team revealed that the image of the monkeys has been used by many like them and those who have invested heavily in crypto projects. DYOR. The skull in the image became the “death” personification of the boredom they experienced.

A month later, extremist Mark Pitkawedge said there was no connection between the BAYC logo and Totenkopf, “all skulls are similar to some extent.”

The expert agreed that the use of a gold chain and sushi chef’s headband were common features for African Americans and Japanese, respectively.

As a reminder, machine learning expert Yannick Kilcher has created an app that creates BAYC-style images.

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