In the past 7 days, the NFT old blue chips have collectively warmed up. Whether it's CryptoPunks, BAYC, MAYC, Azuki, Doodles, which were once top PFPs, or Chromie Squiggle and Fidenza, which are top generative art NFTs, there has been a significant rebound.
One of the tokens most related to NFT infrastructure, $BLUR, has quietly risen nearly 90% in the past month. After Andrew Kang called for $BLUR at the end of last month, $BLUR continued to rise, increasing by nearly 20%.
In a warming and harmonious atmosphere, Clone X, an old blue chip project backed by Nike, announced its cessation of operations, shocking all NFT players just like announcing that one will no longer eat during the New Year's dinner.
In this announcement, Clone X's project team, RTFKT Studio, which was acquired by Nike, announced that it would cease operations of RTFKT. As a transition before the termination of operations, they will complete their last task in the circle in December – adopting the MNLTH X of 'BLADE DROP'. MNLTH was launched in 2022, probably using NFTs to mutate virtual shoes.
As for 'BLADE DROP', I searched on Twitter, and it seems that in this 'final dance', the holders are unable to get the last pair of physical shoes from Nike, but instead, they will receive 3D printed shoes produced by Zellerfeld...
Due to the huge negative news of the termination of operations, CloneX's floor price plummeted by 50% instantly, currently resting at 0.3 ETH. Just two days ago, the floor price of this series had rebounded to nearly 0.9 ETH.
NFT players accused the RTFKT team of not even being a 'Soft Rug' but a 'Hard Rug', and even dug up the unkind remarks made by RTFKT co-founder @benitopagotto in response to the Pudgy Penguins CEO's tribute to them last year.
Luca posted a tweet paying tribute to RTFKT on September 17 of last year.
And ten days later, @benitopagotto mocked the entry of Pudgy Penguins toys into Walmart, saying, 'From Sotheby's auction house to Walmart, the future of Web3 is indeed bright!'
Since the sale of CloneX and the acquisition of RTFKT by Nike, three years have passed in the blink of an eye. We finally welcomed a new bull market, but such an NFT old blue chip backed by Nike suddenly collapsed at dawn.
Due to the sudden and confusing information, the $10 million acquisition offer from @JoeyMoose attracted the attention of many NFT players.
But he is likely joking, because just yesterday he stated he would spend $5 million to buy MoonBirds from Kevin Rose. But buddy, MoonBirds have long been acquired by Yuga Labs...
So what will happen next with CloneX? For example, in this moment when memes have become mainstream, will the community issue a meme token from the perspective of 'CTO Nike'?
I don't know, really don't know. After all, this world is always full of the unexpected.
