> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.zilswap.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.zilswap.io/tbm/the-bear-market-archives/about.md).

# Introduction

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**Thank you to everyone who has adopted our bears!** This page is left for historical reference
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### About

In celebration of Switcheo Labs' and Zilliqa's 1-year pawtnership, a standalone [**randomly-generated**](/tbm/the-bear-market-archives/attribute-generation.md) NFT collection of 10,000 beary adorable bears — [**The Bear Market (TBM)**](https://thebear.market) — will be released on 15 September. TBM will also be the very first collection available for trading when the ZilSwap NFT Marketplace goes LIVE. To learn more about this exclusive collection, visit [**thebear.market**](https://thebear.market)**.**

### Release Details

* Maximum bear population: **10,000 bears** \
  *(9,800 for sale, 200 reserved for the team and drops)*
* When: **15 Sep 2021, 8am UTC (for 48 hours only)**
* Where: [**thebear.market**](https://thebear.market)
* Minting fee: **2,000 $ZIL**

### Official Channels

* [**@bearmarketnft**](https://twitter.com/bearmarketnft) on Twitter
* [**Discord**](https://discord.gg/zilswapio) (#🐻**the-bear-market** channel)

![A preview of The Bear Market.](/files/-MifPcfODy3Cuo7s7yRf)