An NFT Weekly Recap: 11/21–11/27 by Metaverse HQ
Monday 11/21
Another quiet day in the marketplace as Thanksgiving week begins for those who celebrate. It was a mostly red day across the board with the exception of newly minted Cel Mates that brought in over 500E in transactions. OpenSea closed the day at $6.2 million in transactions with, BLUR checking in at $2 million, X2Y2 at $1.3 million and LooksRare just above $700,000. ETH took a deep tumble to the downside and is now hovering above the $1050 mark.
News:
- Flow Blockchain and Mattel announce a new NFT Marketplace on the beginning on 12/15, starting with Hot Wheels branded drop. https://twitter.com/flow_blockchain/status/1594772139172732929?s=20&t=1ttnRv60lQzUihJ2auFvIQ
- Moonbirds announce an “in-chain premiere” and will discuss the details of what this means during a Q&A on 11/22 @ 3PM EST. https://twitter.com/moonbirds/status/1594815652010729472?s=20&t=aPFI-YqS2g374Ztgnb4L8w
- NFL All Day has added two new badges for collectors; one that designates moments that have been crafted and another that shows moments found in Reward Packs. https://twitter.com/NFLALLDAY/status/1594797767871832065?s=20&t=tD3TzgdJ7n4jk-l0MSv7pA
- Vinnie Hagar follows recent Instagram mint success with a 1 second sell out on the popular social media platform. https://twitter.com/VinnieHager/status/1594776242905022465?s=20&t=j6NCze7GVZ8pFvXRtLWGzA
- Memeland Prize Draw #13 results went live today. Check out the results on your Potatoz dashboard. https://twitter.com/Memeland/status/1594702004496265216?s=20&t=1ttnRv60lQzUihJ2auFvIQ
- Chimpers have released a new arcade game for holders to try. https://twitter.com/ChimpersNFT/status/1594718598920110081?s=20&t=1ttnRv60lQzUihJ2auFvIQ
- CyberBrokers unveil a new website. https://twitter.com/CyberBrokers_/status/1594783956662382592?s=20&t=9b-t1oAD8tNrsMz5DuN_fA
- Battlefly has released a governance token. https://twitter.com/BattleFlyGame/status/1594758056478326784?s=20&t=os6_-qYDsNI84X2rlM2EKg
Notable Mint:
- Cel Mates from popular artist McBess opened its mint for those on the Warden List at a .33E price. The project saw good action on the day and currently holds a .51E floor on over 500E volume. https://blur.io/collection/cel-mates-crime-reports
Tuesday 11/22
News was slow today as the hotly anticipated Valhalla mint dominated the headlines. Mekaverse made a comeback with its own game while RTFKT drew winners for its Footballverse Jersey NFTs. Valhalla (.7E, 2600 vol.) was the talk of the town with its buildup being nearly six months in the making. It provided most of the volume traded on secondary with Art Blocks (400E vol.) and McBess’ Crime Reports (500E vol.), accounting for the other big chunks of volume. To get a more holistic overview of the secondary market we will be examining all marketplace volumes. The major four marketplaces today posted a solid $13 million traded on the day. @everyone News:
- In a slightly under the radar move, Apple launched the Gamestop wallet for iOS through the Apple app store. This marks another milestone that Gamestop has reached in their effort to onboard more retail investors and traders. https://twitter.com/Blockworks_/status/1595048252235448321?s=20&t=kKqEhBVk-gAWRtxkukrt8w
- The raffle for RTFKT’s Footballverse Jersey NFTs closed and winners were selected. Winners were notified via email with other applicants winning a waitlist status with minting set to begin tomorrow. https://twitter.com/RTFKT/status/1595169867245592576?s=20&t=siuvpLCtpWP1W8OsPIx-2w
- In news that surely surprised many in Web3, Mekaverse today announced their game/ social hub, Meka-Citadel went live. Mekaverse holders are able to login and view their Mekas within the game while the Mekaverse team promises to build out the game with more features for a rich experience. https://twitter.com/MekaVerse/status/1595130092493361152?s=20&t=T9I_chWx-uTc_Y05xWwOEw
- The Ether Orcs and Digidaigaku crossover event began today with players able to form parties and fight new bosses for exclusive loot boxes and in-game items. https://twitter.com/DigiDaigaku/status/1595193751043022850?s=20&t=3dTPTuox9s9cTUus9L4ojw
Notable Mints:
- Valhalla began their first of three mint phases today where allowlisted users were able to mint their allocation of two NFTs. Around 6800 NFTs were minted from the available supply. Floors quickly shot to 1.5E on secondary before beginning a slow bleed down to .68E before bouncing back up to and consolidating around .7E. Valhalla has traded around 2600E in volume across marketplaces with 3000 unique holders going into its final two mint phases tomorrow. https://blur.io/collection/valhalla
Wednesday 11/23
A lively day in the marketplace as todays big winner, Cel Mates, continued full steam ahead with floors spiking another 21% as the project saw a smattering of sales above 1E. Its counterpart, Valhalla, had another strong volume day with over 800E in transactions, but also scaled down 22% to a .58E floor.
Moonbirds continue to see recent sweeps and big sales with floors bouncing 15% to 7.7E. Chimpers had a strong day on the back of major partnership news and ended with a 23% gain and floors now at 1.35E. BAYC Gold Ape #232 also sold for 800E ($926k) in another welcomed marketplace whale buy.
ETH spent some time flirting with the $1200 range while, OpenSea closed the day with $6.4 million in volume, BLUR at $3.5 million and total marketplace spend clocking in around $14 million.
News:
- Horizen Labs released ApeCoin staking details and unveiled a geoblocker that will be restricting U.S and Canadian residents from using their site for staking purposes. This does appear to be a frontend speedbump with staking still available by contract if needed, however, it brings to light continued discussion points regarding regulatory practices and ongoing SEC Yuga investigation. https://twitter.com/HorizenLabs/status/1595575458891907074?s=20&t=pFzyt9Hx_xONb5IvwgEaaA
- Chimpers announces an exciting collab with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Paramount pictures with a trailer included in this tweet. https://twitter.com/ChimpersNFT/status/1595514208967352348?s=20&t=D_bg78qb9CjojQ-t8_nrXg
- Castaways Founder Dayton Mills tweeted that purchasers who do not apply royalties will be excluded from future airdrops. https://twitter.com/daytonmills/status/1595572064483971073?s=20&t=DcEhdz2ZEUVpoUoalvxodQ
- Pudgy Penguins has launched collector profiles for the Pudgy Marketplace. https://twitter.com/0xLoMel/status/1595480513669525504?s=20&t=5iPvFYMssiwdIK8fVFgL4g
- NFL All Day announces Thanksgiving challenges and Calvin Johnson crafting challenge. https://twitter.com/NFLALLDAY/status/1595464853086384128?s=20&t=SrvQNfc8xpEknmTNUTJeaw
- Yuga Labs and NTS Radio announce a $150k donation to local Miami music programs. https://twitter.com/yugalabs/status/1595485591243980801?s=20&t=SrvQNfc8xpEknmTNUTJeaw
- GoblinTown teases an upcoming toy collection https://twitter.com/goblintown/status/1595582530492809219?s=20&t=5iPvFYMssiwdIK8fVFgL4g
Notable Mints:
- Invisible Friends launched their 3D collection after a brief delay at a .07E mint cost. All Invisible Friend and Clay Boy holders have 1 week to mint. The project saw some steamy action with floors ripping above 0.9E before settling into its current 0.77E range on over 230E in volume.
- The RTFKT x Nike Footballverse Jerseys mint and forge event opened for all allowlist and waitlist members. Over 2800 out of 3333 jerseys have been minted with floors holding in the .03E range on 60E volume. https://twitter.com/RTFKT/status/1595430083984261121?s=20&t=SrvQNfc8xpEknmTNUTJeaw
Thursday and Friday 11/24–11/25
Thursday and Friday saw celebration for those stateside as markets also took the cue to go on holiday with very little action or news. By far the biggest volume mover in the markets was Mutant Ape Yacht Club (11.7E) with 1600E in volume traded, undoubtedly on the news of BAYC’s announcement of the Jimmy the Monkey’s trial beginning on Christmas day. Secondary markets overall also saw fair volume despite the holidays with the two day total across major marketplaces totaling $25 million. ETH meanwhile experienced quite the rally sailing past $1200 and settling in at $1215 to end the day.
News:
- In growing anticipation of the Captainz mint, Memeland launched a wallet checker for Memelist. Users can find this feature on the memeland website. https://twitter.com/Memeland/status/1595802035290394625?s=20&t=7ZzDUdhYq0C1udup6DvvLQ
- In a bit of unexpected news, the official Bored Ape Yacht Club Twitter account announced that the Trial of Jimmy the Monkey would begin on Christmas day. No other details are known other than this being one of the key points for their Roadmap 2.0. https://twitter.com/BoredApeYC/status/1595864347355537408?s=20&t=_a_OvUxnZs0Ynr7XAVSgiw
- ConsenSys, Metamask’s developer, issued a series of tweets in regards to concerns surrounding their collection of user IP addresses. Founder Joseph Lubin attempted to ease fears by declaring no user data would be exploited or monetized. https://twitter.com/ethereumJoseph/status/1596198718339948552?s=20&t=8kGEAf5DK11-mw8zyudD-Q
Weekend Recap 11/26–11/27
There was big volume across the Yuga ecosystem throughout the weekend with BAYC, MAYC and BAKC all seeing their most volume in over 6 months. BAYC (67E) also flipped CryptoPunks (65E) for the 7th time, steering welcomed excitement back into the marketplace.
Art Blocks Friendship Bracelets have jumped almost 70% over the past week and now sit at a .2E floor. Quirkies reclaimed a 1E floor and Acrocalypse saw a 47% jump to .2E as well. Pirate Nation also saw another jump as floor are now holding above 0.1E.
BLUR just barely led weekend marketplace volume with a $13.7 million close, while Opensea saw weekend finished at $13.5 million. Total marketplace transactions totaled $33.3 million over the two day stretch. ETH continues to range just under the $1200 mark.
News:
- RTFKT is challenging creators to partake in its AR Hoodie challenge that will award Rimowa Luggage to the winner. https://twitter.com/RTFKTcreators/status/1596216631549906944?s=20&t=8iZYgZIkdxZCupmLwkk-_g
- Zagabond tweets that he was a part of the team that contributed to the development of Wrapped Ethereum (WETH) from 2017 during his time with 0xProtocol. https://twitter.com/ZAGABOND/status/1596556858205949953?s=20&t=BYVe_ugrZhccVTIzceX7gw
- KPR released a “Proof of Art” to provide details on the inspiration for the art and style of the collection. https://twitter.com/KPRVERSE/status/1596632550151266309?s=20&t=8iZYgZIkdxZCupmLwkk-_g
- OnChain Monkey has introduced a new tokenized authentication protocol that allows for a more efficient experience for all holders. https://twitter.com/OnChainMonkey/status/1596648509486157824?s=20&t=YDmKDRuoOtR0-XHLPj8WGg
- Jenkins the Valet announces the launch of dynamic, gamified NFTs in conjunction with their up coming podcast. https://twitter.com/jenkinsthevalet/status/1596895312450584578?s=20&t=AcRanyBP0bRZteKQS5CAGg
Notable Mints:
- CryptoBirbs, a CrypToadz and CryptoDickButts derivitive, sold out at its 0.0069E mint price and saw a strong weekend action with over 800E in volume and floor prices surging above 0.2E and now sits in the 0.1E range. https://blur.io/collection/cryptobirbswtf