Welcome to the weekly summary of NFT ecological hot events produced by NFT infrastructure NFTScan.
Period: 2024.08.19~ 2024.08.25
NFT Hot News
01/ CryptoPunk 5822 sold today for an undisclosed price, previously sold for 8000 ETH in 2022
On August 19, according to nft now, CryptoPunk 5822 was sold at an undisclosed price today and is currently held by the address starting with 0xc121. CryptoPunk 3443 is one of 9 Alien Punk that was sold in 2022 for 8000 ETH.
02/ The U.S. court dismissed O’Neill’s accusation that he was the “controller” of the NFT project Astrals
On August 19, CoinDesk reported that according to court documents filed on Friday, the U.S. court made a partial support and partly dismissal ruling on the class action lawsuit filed by legendary basketball player O'Neal for his role in the NFT project Astrals. Astrals is a project involving 10,000 NFT 3D avatars and a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) designed to "incubate innovative projects."
03/ NFT Community ARC completed US$4.5 million in financing, led by Arcane Group
On August 20, NFT community ARC completed US$4.5 million in financing, led by Arcane Group, with 163 members participating, including Adrian Lai (The Newman Group), Arthur Cheong (Defiance Capital), Cecilia Lee, Germaine Jiang ( Mask Network) and Chris Sirise (LiquidX Studio), among others. ARC plans to launch a cryptographic incubator to provide support for new Web3 projects.
04/ Azuki releases an animated short film directed by animation producer Yasuda Feng, including Beanz and Mizuki
On August 20, Azuki released a new animated short film with the caption "It is a trap!". The animated short film includes Beanz and Mizuki (Elemental #9195) and was directed by animation producer Yasuda Feng. Yasuda Phenomenon stated that several episodes of the anime have been produced.
05/ Chain gaming studio Vulcan Forged launches WRYON airdrop
On August 20, chain game studio Vulcan Forged issued an article stating that the WRYON airdrop has been launched, and users who hold Pixely or Troy Land NFT can receive the airdrop.
06/ Aptos ecological NFT market Topaz will cease operations
On August 21, Topaz, the Aptos ecological NFT market, tweeted that it would cease operations. Officials said the decision was made after careful consideration.
07/ MEET48 has reached a cooperation with Pencils to provide users with free Soul NFT and point improvement rewards.
On August 21, Web3 intelligent social metaverse MEET48 announced a cooperation with Scroll ecological DeFi protocol Pencils Protocol, allowing users to receive free Soul NFT from Pencil Protocol and receive a 1.1 times increase in Pencil Points rewards.
08/ Magic Eden Foundation is about to launch token ME
On August 22, the Magic Eden Foundation announced that it would soon launch a token called ME (the previous token name was tentatively named "NFT"). The ME Foundation will issue the token through the Magic Eden wallet. Matt Szenics, director of the ME Foundation, said, "The decision to change the name stems from the expansion of Magic Eden's business scope, which is no longer limited to the NFT market."
09/ FBI will use NFT to contact Clucoin crypto scam victims
On August 23, according to Cointelegraph, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Florida issued a statement stating that CluCoin founder Austin Michael Taylor pleaded guilty to wire fraud on August 15, and the FBI will use their NFT to “confirmed Victims" provided notice of planned compensation. This is the first time law enforcement has publicly stated that it will use NFT to contact victims.
10/ Monster Lord will start the first round of NFT pre-sale at 18:00 on August 23, with a total of 1,000 pieces.
On August 23, Monster Lord, the innovative trendy social platform of Web3, will launch the first round of Meta Monster Card NFT pre-sale at 18:00 on August 23, with a total of 1,000 pieces. Meta Monster Card NFT is a unique identifier in Monster Lord and is a necessary NFT to participate in the Monster Foundation's exclusive game "Monster Gold Rush".
NFT on-chain data
01\ NFT multi-chain data overview
As of August 26, 2024, NFTScan currently supports Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNBChain, Polygon, Solana, Mint, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Optimism, zkSync, Sei, Starknet, Aptos, Mantle, Linea, Base, TON, Blast, Gravity, Scroll, Viction, Fantom, Moonbeam, PlatON, and Cronos are 25 mainstream blockchain networks, producing a total of:
Number of NFT contracts: 4,615,309
Number of NFT assets: 2,070,332,196
Number of records on the NFT chain: 6,864,006,270
Total market value of NFT assets: $21,282,520,130
Total historical NFT transaction volume: $105,878,163,501
02\NFT trading market trends
This week: OpenSea and Blur dominate the market, with the overall transaction volume reaching the highest on August 24, with the Blur market reaching a maximum of $4.838 million at 0:00. NFTScan includes 233 trading markets with a total transaction volume of $95.7m in 7d. OpenSea ranked first in terms of transaction volume this week, and the distribution of market transaction volume is relatively stable. The top six trading markets and their proportions are as follows:
OpenSea: $27,698,448 (28.93%)
Blur: $26,095,639 (27.26%)
Element: $9,545,995 (9.97%)
MagicEden: $8,787,463 (9.17%)
CryptoPunks: $7,976,611 (8.33%)
CoralCube: $5,083,945 (5.31%)
03\Head NFT blue chip trend
The current total market value of the 19 blue-chip contracts is 773,077 ETH, accounting for 28.57% of the total market value of NFTs.
This week: The total transaction volume of blue-chip NFT was 8.81k ETH, and the total market transaction volume was 16.97k ETH. The transaction volume of blue-chip NFT accounted for a smaller proportion of the market. As of 00:00 on August 21, the transaction volume reached a maximum of about 2.3k ETH.
04\TOP 10 Wallet
NFTScan analyzed the top 1,000 NFT holding value wallet addresses. The current top 10 holding values are as shown in the figure below:
Top1 wallet:
0xab14624691d0d1b62f9797368104ef1f8c20df83
This wallet address holds 4,815 NFTs (including 3 NFT Collections), currently holds assets of 64,785 ETH ($177,301,004), and has 7,459 interactions.
05\NFT Project Ranking List
The Top 10 NFT projects with the most popular and highest transaction volume on the Ethereum network are as shown below:
CryptoPunks ranked first this week, with the floor price stable at around 29.39e last week, and the 7d transaction volume reached 2,859e; BoredApeYachtClub ranked second with a transaction volume of 2,148e, and the current floor price is 13.989e; Pudgy Penguins with a transaction volume of 1,988e The transaction volume ranks third, and the current floor price is 11.02e; the overall market transaction volume and floor price of most blue-chip NFTs are on the rise.
06\Popular NFT Express
This week’s top NFTs are the CryptoPunks series:
On August 19, according to nft now, CryptoPunk 5822 was sold at an undisclosed price today and is currently held by the address starting with 0xc121. CryptoPunk 3443 is one of 9 Alien Punk that was sold in 2022 for 8000 ETH.
Data shows that the current floor price is stable at 29.39 ETH, and the highest transaction price is 124,457.07 ETH. The total transaction volume on Ethereum currently exceeds 1.2M ETH. The transaction distribution in the past 7 days is mainly CryptoPunks: 2.86k (100%) units of ETH, 7d transactions The number of entries reached 106 times.
