Disclosure: Robert Stone is a Liquid partner and Deputy Editor of Crypto Magazine, which is published by CMC Group, the company that runs Liquid. Some Liquid links on DeFi Market Journal are affiliate links. This is news, not a recommendation to buy.

Whitelist applications for Liquid Apes close today, 16 October. Liquid's founders told DeFi Market Journal the mint follows seven to ten days later, which puts it in the last week of October. Applications are on LiquidApes.com.

What a spot gets you

A whitelist spot is the right to buy at the mint, not a free ape. Liquid Apes is 10,000 hand-drawn apes at 0.08 ETH each, minting on Ethereum, with 50% of every mint price locked as liquidity behind the NFT through Liquid.

If you hold a NOT THE LIQUID APES winner

One in ten of the free NOT THE LIQUID APES mints on OpenSea carries a whitelist place. Winners have to register their wallet at LiquidApes.com before today's deadline, or the spot is lost.

Before you buy at the mint

  • Use only the links on LiquidApes.com. Fake mint sites copy every big launch.
  • No real team will DM you a mint link.
  • The locked liquidity is what you could burn the NFT for later. Its value moves with the market, so it isn't a promise of what you'll get back. How Liquid works explains it.

Our full background is in Liquid Apes: Whitelist Closes 16 October, Then the Mint. We'll report the sell-through.

Sources: LiquidApes.com, CMC Group October 2026 newsletter, Liquid's founders, by message.