An NFT Weekly Recap: 2/7–2/13 By Metaverse HQ

Monday, February 7th

A stronger volume day as we popped back over the $165 million mark, a 33% increase over yesterdays closing number. Seven different projects brought in 1K ETH in volume, with Cool Pets (3800 vol) leading the charge.

Lives of Asuna (.66E, 2500E Vol) also saw heavy action on reveal but also saw floor prices dropping over 60%. NFT Worlds (5.99E, +26%), Zipcys Supernormal (1.7E, +44%), Pudgy Penguins (1.32E, +32%) and Boss Beauties (2.5E, +13%) all saw solid floor gains on the day.

News

• Cool Pets resumed minting today as allow list reservation holders were finally able to claim. With over 15k Pets now minted, floors have held a strong 2.3E range for most of the day with public sale still scheduled for Wednesday. https://twitter.com/coolcatsnft/status/1490672314639339526?s=20&t=GHvO8gr53Zbh--Yx2VrdXg
• OpenSea has de-listed the Wrapped CryptoPunks V1 collection after a DMCA takedown was issued by Larva Labs. The ongoing controversy takes a new angle with the V1 team claiming they will stand their ground a take on the LL claim in a lawsuit. The V1 supply is still accessible on Looksrare and their own v1punks.io marketplace. https://twitter.com/v1punks/status/1490780074420879361?s=20&t=GHvO8gr53Zbh--Yx2VrdXg
• Nouns x Bud Light NEXT debuted a commercial that will reportedly be aired during the Super Bowl. https://twitter.com/budlight/status/1490641491622043650?s=20&t=GHvO8gr53Zbh--Yx2VrdXg
• ApeDAO has officially commenced the liquidation of its assets. The auction will start with the DAOs non-BAYC items, all of which can bid on using ETH or their native $APED token. https://twitter.com/ApeDao_/status/1490944314490327048?s=20&t=GHvO8gr53Zbh--Yx2VrdXg

Notable Mints

• Pixelmon, an upcoming Open World RPG game, sold out its initial run of 7750 characters in a public Dutch Auction that started at 3E and ended closing at a 2.4E price. The highly anticipated launch did not end up holding its end of the bargain after minting out as floors plummeted to its current 1.2E range on 5.2k ETH traded with 4.8k holders. The final 2k supply will be available for mintlist sale on 2/8 at .6E. OS: https://opensea.io/collection/pixelmongen1 | LR: https://looksrare.org/collections/0x32973908FaeE0Bf825A343000fE412ebE56F802A
• Murat Pak has released a new open-ended collection called Censored. Holders can choose from a series of redacted words to form messages that can be minted at a price of their choosing. Mint period will be open until Feb 9th at 9AM EST.
• Art Blocks Curated: Para Bellum sold out its 1k supply at the final Dutch Auction rung of .1E. The project is currently holding a .3E floor on 64E traded with 348 owners. https://opensea.io/collection/para-bellum-by-matty-mariansky
• NFL All Day held another pack drop today and sold out its 2021 supply of Bengals and Rams NFTs at a $199 cost. https://nft.conferencechampions.nflallday.com/

Tuesday, 1/8

Slower day today as OS volume closed at $117 million, a 45% decline from yesterday and the lowest number we have seen since January 24th. LooksRare came in at $487 million. The pace on both mints and secondary action was sluggish as the market continues to find its footing during this lower volume period.

The unrevealed Karafuru (3.86E, +16%) continued its steady momentum, while KaijuKIngz (1.65E, +21%), Little Lemon Friends (.47E, +20%), Crypto Chicks (1.68E, +30%) and Webbland (1.66E, +18%) all had solid green days.

News

• Sothebys announces that they will be auctioning off 104 CyptoPunks on February 23rd with an exhibition, DJ party and VIP Dinner leading up to the event. https://twitter.com/Sothebys/status/1491094798526476288?s=20&t=2VgdiF123OUO2CSmlXHAFg
• The US Department of Justice announced that it has recovered $3.6 Billion in stolen Bitcoin from a 2016 hack of Bitfinex, which marks the largest financial seizure in history. https://twitter.com/MarketWatch/status/1491304119625302017?s=20&t=2VgdiF123OUO2CSmlXHAFg
• LooksRare has begun its scheduled reduction in $LOOKS token emissions for rewards as detailed in their Phase 2 update: https://twitter.com/LooksRareNFT/status/1491053392344809474?s=20&t=2VgdiF123OUO2CSmlXHAFg
• Elite Ape Entry Coin holders can now connect to the Punks Comic site and confirm eligibility for the upcoming PUNKS #2 Elite Apes collectors edition. (ty @chad) https://twitter.com/punkscomic/status/1491272132843945984?s=20&t=14Jvulf-U8Yjnyks-_GOaA

Notable Mints

• Art Blocks Playground: Non Either by artist Rafael Rozendaal (Endless Nameless, Dive) sold out its 100 supply today at a .2E mint price. The small supply collection is holding a .58E floor on 42E traded with 85 owners. https://opensea.io/assets/qxj0iejsb2nrcybqdxjnyxrvcnk
• Cozy Penguins, a 10k supply project that aims to integrate your Penguins into the Cozy Verse with an upcoming game and token, sold out in a free mint. The project saw solid secondary action and is holding a firm .11E floor on 410E traded with 3.5k holders. OS: https://opensea.io/assets/cozy-penguin | LR: https://looksrare.org/collections/0x63d48Ed3f50aBA950c17e37CA03356CCd6b6a280
• CryptoNobles, a project of Noble Ladies and Sers that aims to give opportunities to artists, sold out its 2500 supply at a .06 mint cost. The project got a nudge from influencer Cozomo de’Medici and is currently holding a .07E floor on 79E traded with 1.1k owners. OS: https://opensea.io/assets/cryptonobles | LR: https://looksrare.org/collections/0x666E28522268113eAE44EA0D6Dd39c13648dD7cb

Wednesday, 2/10

Volume tapered to the downside once again as we closed at $114 million in daily transactions on OpenSea, just a tick down from yesterday’s number. LooksRare checked in at $475 million. A couple of decent mints today while secondary action remained sluggish.

Mekaverse (1.19E, +38%) saw some good action on the back of a nice floor sweep. Anonymice (1.69E, +14%), Etherorcs (3.2E, +13%), CryptoHoots (.48E, +34%) and RebelBots (.38E, +15%) all held their ground with solid green days as well.

News

• Cool Pets were delayed once again as the team prepared to combat bot attacks. Public mint has been pushed back to tomorrow at 4PM EST. https://twitter.com/coolcatsnft/status/1491571117684932611?s=20&t=rJsnSjt80uxI3i_FdP7rxg
• Rug Radio launched its $RUG token for all Genesis holders. Token allocation is based on NFT rarity and provides utility throughout the entire project ecosystem. https://twitter.com/RugRadio/status/1491456296813735936?s=20&t=rJsnSjt80uxI3i_FdP7rxg
• McDonalds filed 10 trademarks with language pertaining to a virtual restaurants, virtual goods and even virtual delivery. https://twitter.com/JoshGerben/status/1491449758967562240?s=20&t=rJsnSjt80uxI3i_FdP7rxg
• Neo Tokyo Outer Citizens finally received their item caches with higher rarities being distributed to participants in last weekends Meta Tournament. Items can be claimed here: https://neotokyo.codes/s2-item-claim

Notable Mints

• Gooniez Gang, a 3D Art project led by a team with previous Hollywood experience, sold out its 8888 supply at a WL mint cost of .15E and a public sale of .25E. Current unrevealed floor is holding up at .39E on 2.9k ETH traded with 5.9k owners. OS: https://opensea.io/assets/gooniezgangofficial | LR: https://looksrare.org/collections/0x18cD9fDa7d584401D04E30bf73FB0013EfE65bb0
• Meta Eagle Club, a project created by 3D artist Gal Yosef, sold out the remaining 4k of their 12k collection at .35E mint price. The project is holding a .53E floor on 2.1k ETH traded with 6.9k holders. OS: https://opensea.io/assets/metaeagleclub-mec | LR: https://looksrare.org/collections/0xeb6DffB87315a2BdF4dedf72B993AdC960773A0D

Thursday, 2/11

A slight uptick in marketplace activity today as we closed at $124 million, a 3-day high. A solid combination of mints and reveals helped fuel secondary action as Karafuru (5E, +49%, 10k ETH 24h vol) led the charge with a healthy reveal. MFers (1.68E, +51%) continued their staggering momentum, while Cool Monkes (.78E, +75%), DeadFellaz (3.2E, +14%), Cryptoadz (2.72E, +13%) and Metroverse (.9E, +15%) all finished strong on the day.

News

• Squiggles, a well hyped 3D art project, came under fud fire after a series of tweet threads including a 60-page document and influencer pushback accused the team of multiple ethical infractions. This included evidence of previous rugged projects and the use of “shadow wallets” to induce secondary activity. The project has seemingly been delisted from OpenSea for now. https://twitter.com/NFT_ethics/status/1491777164257153037?s=20&t=4wybOtHAUqJXvslq0UAXXQ
• Zynga has announced plans to release NFT games as early as this year according to this CoinDesk article. The Mobile game developer also plans to announce multiple partnerships with blockchain related firms by the end of Q2. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/02/09/zynga-plans-first-nft-games-web-3-acquisitions-in-2022/
• Invisible Friends announces a scheduled mint date of February 23rd https://twitter.com/InvsbleFriends/status/1491814786132287490?s=20&t=hy33TyaqVOLMxrBDu2-ETg
• TIMEPieces Genesis holders were able to mint their Slices of Time NFT. Holders of Genesis pieces, Nyla collabs, TIMECats or other specific communities were able to mint during the allotted minting windows. Holders can trade and burn their NFTs between Feb 14–23. https://twitter.com/timepieces/status/1492098592395431963?s=20&t=q_ZT0wrF-ur5f0fv7bQBrw
• Coinbase released a blog detailing the LooksRare vampire attack on the popular NFT trading platform. https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1491810239103967232?s=20&t=hy33TyaqVOLMxrBDu2-ETg
• Crypto.com announced as official title partner of the Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix (ty @uartape) https://crypto.com/company-news/crypto-com-announced-as-official-title-partner-of-the-formula-1-crypto-com-miami-grand-prix
• NFL All Day announced they will be having a Pro Bowl & Rookie pack drop Friday, Feb. 11 at 1 pm PST at $59 per pack. Full announcement below with more details to be released soon. (ty @silvaserger) https://twitter.com/NFLALLDAY/status/1491906803583520770?s=20&t=q_ZT0wrF-ur5f0fv7bQBrw
• MVHQ held a Twitter Spaces with TreasureDAO as the team spilled some juicy insight and info on all things in the Treasure ecosystem. https://youtu.be/3Gpyo3s3I-M

Notable Mints

• Cool Pets finally finished off their public sale as they quickly sold out of their remaining 2300 supply. Mint was open for under 5 minutes and popped to a brief 2.9E floor before settling into its current 2.4E range. The project has traded over 12.k ETH in total volume with 10.8k holders. OS: https://opensea.io/collection/coolpetsnft | LR: https://looksrare.org/collections/0x86C10D10ECa1Fca9DAF87a279ABCcabe0063F247
• Karafuru revealed and saw steady floor action all day which also included a 100E sale. Floors peaked at the 6E mark, steadied in the 5.3E range and is currently holding a 5E+ floor. The project has seen over 10k ETH in 24h volume with over 3.6k holders on a 5.5k supply. OS: https://opensea.io/assets/karafuru | LR: https://looksrare.org/collections/0xd2F668a8461D6761115dAF8Aeb3cDf5F40C532C6
• Squishiverse, a collection of “cute, slime, blob-like NFTs,” sold out their public sale in just a few seconds at a .065E mint price. The 8888 supply collection is currently holding an unrevealed floor of .14E on 614E traded with 4.2k holders. OS: https://opensea.io/assets/the-squishiverse | LR: https://looksrare.org/collections/0x67421C8622F8E38Fe9868b4636b8dC855347d570
• Photographer August Sander, on behalf of Fellowship Trust, dropped the first ever 10k supply photo collection and sold out at a free mint price + gas. The collection is a series of family history photos and the legacy of his life. Parts of the collection can also be found in Musuems such as the MoMA, MET and Getty to name a few. Current floors are holding at .069E on 177E traded with 3.7k owners. OS: https://opensea.io/collection/august-sander-10k-collection | LR: https://looksrare.org/collections/0x7037843d739D846CdCe3A6839A80f7D70b60b99A
• HypeBears revealed in a display of less than inspiring art, as the project dumped from a .53E pre-reveal floor down to .2E and is currently holding a steady .3E range on 14K total ETH traded with 6.3k holders. OS: https://opensea.io/collection/hype-bears-club-official | LR: https://looksrare.org/collections/0x14e0a1F310E2B7E321c91f58847e98b8C802f6eF
• Quirkies, an art project designed to celebrate everyone’s quirks, sold out at a .05E mint price and is currently holding a .08E floor on 100E traded with 2.1k holders. OS: https://opensea.io/assets/quirkiesoriginals | LR: https://looksrare.org/collections/0x3903d4fFaAa700b62578a66e7a67Ba4cb67787f9

Friday, 2/11

It wasn’t much but for the second day in a row we saw a slight uptick in daily volume as we closed at $132 million as Karafuru (1574E vol), BAYC (1368E) and CloneX (1033E) finished top three on the volume leaderboard. Psychedelics Anonymous Genesis (2.29E, +17%), Adam Bomb Squad (1.13E, +26%), WVRPS (.6E, +37%) and Metroverse (1.18E, +31%) all saw solid floor pops to finish green on the day.

News

• OpenSea announced that users are now able to create a custom contract for new collections with new Manifold integration. The team also went on to launch a new support bot within the marketplace UI that will be able to answer general NFT, marketplace and blockchain related questions. https://twitter.com/opensea_support/status/1492200678713815043?s=20&t=eBpkalwXNHa21FTjBmRi7g
• The NFL has been sniffing around the blockchain as the league reportedly spoke with SEC authorities, the White House and Dept of Justice in order to ramp up their efforts in finding ways to integrate crypto into its future plans. https://twitter.com/schwartzbCNBC/status/1492211508704653319?s=20&t=Wkz3Lp2iQ8gUBmHXhAmsQQ
• Karafaru announced its updated roadmap which includes items such as IRL events, physical toys, and 3D avatars. https://twitter.com/KarafuruNFT/status/1492084496711270401?s=20&t=xC5Su-z2vCtJpmPCKr5Pbg
• Neo Tokyo Outer Citizen S2 holders were granted expanded access to the NT discord. Verification has opened a handful of new channels in the exclusive gaming focused community. https://twitter.com/ZssBecker/status/1492247070467633153?s=20&t=xC5Su-z2vCtJpmPCKr5Pbg
• Axie Infinity unloaded a new update regarding its upcoming Axie Infinity: Origin (Battles V3). The post details new battle mechanics, new axies and its scheduled plan for release. https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity/status/1492207213238173702?s=20&t=xC5Su-z2vCtJpmPCKr5Pbg
• FVCKRENDER has finally announced an official roadmap for LVCIDIA (formerly FVCKRENDERVERSE), which is set to include a new game, an avatar NFT collection and token. Whitepaper and avatar are expected in Q1, while the roadmap itself offers deliverables through 2024. https://twitter.com/lvcidia/status/1492241862157123589?s=20&t=awkZZt-yyoYLX_dAW_LKaQ
• Zed Run has teamed with NASCAR to include a new themed track in addition to tiered challenges with prizes for NASCAR Track Passholder holders. https://community.zed.run/2022/02/12/2022-nascar-cup-series-at-zed-run/
• Recur has announced that all US customers are now able to cash out their balances via wire transfer (ty @underwaterllama) https://recur.medium.com/62a661e8921c

Notable Mints/Reveals

• It was Dapper Day as NBA TopShot held two stress tests that included 1k All Star Elite and 5k standard All Star packs. https://twitter.com/topshot_updates/status/1492171730269442050?s=20&t=gGX6umU3UWHE2dMn9oL32A.
• NFL All Day dropped 50k Pro Bowl + Rookie Series 1 packs to all members with beta access. https://twitter.com/NFLALLDAY/status/1491906803583520770?s=20&t=_u_M0qkvorFkcO2x61J3SQ.
• UFC strike launched 500 Fully Loaded packs during a stress test. Each pack was available to eligible members at $50 each. Today’s drop was in preparation for a Feb. 15th full pack release. https://twitter.com/UFCStrikeNFT/status/1491845331365113858?s=20&t=nXyvSbQtbtl2rMlMpOn60g
• Weirdo Ghost Gang sold out at a .05 mint cost. The 5.6k supply collection saw pre-sale floors touch .5E and are now holding up at .21E on 566E traded with 3k holders. OS: https://opensea.io/assets/the-weirdo-ghost-gang | LR: https://looksrare.org/collections/0x9401518f4EBBA857BAA879D9f76E1Cc8b31ed197
• Squishiverse held a .16E range on the floor leading up to reveal and quickly reset down to its current .1E price on 965E traded with 4.5k holders. OS: https://opensea.io/assets/the-squishiverse | LR: https://looksrare.org/collections/0x67421C8622F8E38Fe9868b4636b8dC855347d570
• Quirkies also revealed today and have seen sustained momentum throughout the day as floors were shot up from a steady .06E to its current post-reveal floor of .15E, with a peak of .18E. The collection has seen 493E traded with 2.6k holders. OS: https://opensea.io/collection/quirkiesoriginals | LR: https://looksrare.org/collections/0x3903d4fFaAa700b62578a66e7a67Ba4cb67787f9

Weekend Recap, 2/12–2/13

And just like that, volume in the marketplace picked right up as the weekend yielded back-to-back $200 million days, marking the first time in two weeks we’ve seen closing numbers in that range.

CryptoPunks were the big winners over the weekend, seeing a handful of big sales while bringing in over 10k in volume on Saturday. Coolman’s Universe (1.8E) and MFers (2.64E) continued to see steady floor action throughout the weekend. Pixelmon (1.38E, +46%), FLUF (4.39E, +11%), OnChain Monkey (1.58E, +17%), FishyFam (.27E, +47%) and Psychedelics Anonymous Genesis (3E, +33%) all saw strong floor gains to finish in the green.

News

• CryptoPunks saw the largest purchase ever with the sale of Punk #5822 for 8000ETH (over $23 million). https://twitter.com/decryptmedia/status/1492705347915718657?s=20&t=Qiy-ZbwImLnrzwVFY4pHlw
• The NFL, in partnership with Ticketmaster, announced that all attendees of the Super Bowl will receive free NFT versions of their tickets. https://www.gobankingrates.com/investing/crypto/super-bowl-lvi-attendees-nft-version-ticket/
• Invisible Friends announces all finalized details for their highly anticipated launch. The drop is scheduled for 2/23 with a 5k supply and .25E mint price. https://twitter.com/InvsbleFriends/status/1492904748869197825?s=20&t=Qiy-ZbwImLnrzwVFY4pHlw
• Anonymice announced details to all of their upcoming finctionality for $CHEETH 2.0 which includes gas optimization, claiming without unstaking and a maximum of staked mice per wallet increase from 10 to 25. https://twitter.com/AnonymiceNFT/status/1492495186147954690?s=20&t=Qiy-ZbwImLnrzwVFY4pHlw
• Little Lemon Friends have announced more details into their upcoming Pixel Lemons project. The team will also be partnering with The Dudes to bring further interactivity to the pixelated version of the collection. https://littlelemonfriends.medium.com/little-lemon-friends-pixel-lemons-ab58d641dcbc
• Super Bowl Roundup: As expected, a less-than newsworthy Super Bowl for the NFT world as the Nouns made an appearance in a Bud Light commercial as the lone NFT representee. Broader crypto outlets such as Coinbase, FTX and Crypto.com also had a commercial presence during the event. We are still very early!

Notable Mints

• The Other Side sold out its public sale at a .54E Dutch Auction price. After seeing substantial floor gains in the .7E range, the unrevealed price has come back down to earth a bit as current floors are holding up at .59E on 3.4k traded with 6.2k holders. OS: https://opensea.io/collection/tos-theotherside | LR: https://looksrare.org/collections/0xcB4307F1c3B5556256748DDF5B86E81258990B3C
• 3D Alpacadabraz sold out their public Dutch Auction and ar ecurrently holding a .44E floor on 655 traded with 7.4k holders. Claims for OG Genesis Alpacadabra holders opens today, opening the door for another 10k supply to hit the marketplace. OS: https://opensea.io/assets/alpacadabraz-3d | LR: https://looksrare.org/collections/0xe39Fb076bd6Be0bbf400db0dfaD28104fDc5FF46

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