A handful of festival-goers suffered vision problems and extreme eye pain after attending Hong Kong‘s Apefest, an exclusive event held from Friday to Sunday for Bored Ape Yacht Club – a group of cryptocurrency enthusiasts who own unique digital images of primates that cost tens of thousands of dollars apiece-, its members and their guests. As a matter of fact, more than 20 people reported serious eye injuries after the final day of Apefest, with several of them forced to go to the hospital because of it.
Yuga Labs, the parent company of Bored Ape Yacht Club, spoke with 22 people who had eye problems after Apefest, said…