NFT has been on the rise for a while, and with the airdrop of the official Token $PENGU of "Fat Penguin" Pudgy Penguins a few days ago, which benefited almost the entire Crypto circle, "old blue chips" such as Azuki, Doodles, and Cool Cats have all set new historical highs in U-standard over the past year.
Compared with these old blue chips that have risen back to high prices, what new opportunities are worth our attention in the near future? BlockBeats sorted out 8 NFT projects worth paying attention to in the near future.
Onchain Heroes - Genesis Hero (Abstract)
Abstract, the new NFT chain, will be launched on the mainnet in January 2025. Abstract's predecessor was an NFT Layer2 chain called "Frame", which was acquired and rebranded by Pudgy Penguinis' parent company Igloo at the end of June this year.
In this year's July NFT outlook, Rhythm BlockBeats highlighted Abstract. If you have followed and obtained the 'Elite Chad' role in Abstract Discord, you have already received over 16000 penguin tokens from the previous $PENGU airdrop :)
Onchain Heroes is currently the absolute leader of Abstract NFT. Although the mainnet hasn't launched yet, the OCH Genesis Ring series issued on the Ethereum mainnet sold out at a price of 0.2 ETH and has almost risen to a peak of 3 ETH. During the recent market decline, this series remained strong and set a historical high of 3.5557 ETH.
Onchain Heroes is an on-chain game created by former Wolf Game dev lead @skarlywarly. Yes, this on-chain game is neither the hardcore type that hasn't shown strong playability like 'autonomous worlds', nor is it a 'chain game' with excellent content on PC or mobile; it is the intersection of both like Wolf Game. But as the project team describes, it is definitely not a 'wolf-sheep imitation', and there won't be an A8 wolf that can steal a sheep that hasn't even produced any wool yet :)
This will be an easy-to-start but hard-to-master idle game, which may only require 15 - 20 minutes of actual gameplay each day, but it requires a lot of time afterward to think about your strategy, encouraging players to communicate and make different decisions in a fair competitive environment with incomplete information based on their various risk preferences.
The game will be released shortly after the launch of Abstract's mainnet, and the official game asset Onchain Heroes - Genesis Hero has undoubtedly become the most关注的 new series on Abstract. OCH Genesis Ring guarantees holders 1 free Onchain Heroes - Genesis Hero, 2 Onchain Heroes - Genesis Hero whitelist spots, and a $REDACTED token airdrop.
Of course, besides these, holding the OCH Genesis Ring itself has already become one of the most convenient ways to obtain whitelist spots for other popular new Abstract projects. The grand vision of $PENGU makes most NFT players feel this way—if Blast is too VC PUA and APE is too focused on survival without nurturing, then Abstract is expected to have a leading project. Currently, OCH Genesis Ring and the upcoming Onchain Heroes - Genesis Hero carry this expectation of a leading project.
Moonsheep (Abstract)
Moonsheep is the first project on Abstract to claim to be doing ERC-404 'token-image integration', occupying a good narrative position.
The previous project of this team, 'The Sad Times', has performed well recently, mainly because they were listed in the previous collaborative projects that obtained the 'Elite Chad' role in Abstract Discord, and the new Abstract ERC-404 project + the hope that 'Elite Chad' collaborative projects can obtain more Abstract token airdrops has led to the rise of the original series.
RUYUI / Kabu / Canna Sapiens (Abstract)
Of course, every chain can't be without new 'IP' projects, especially Abstract, which is backed by 'Fat Penguin', has even more. The reason I grouped RUYUI, Kabu, and Canna Sapiens together for introduction is that although these projects have different types of IP, the vision that 'IP projects' present to everyone is not much different from what was heard in the last bull market...
A team with XX experience and XX partners... I think people won't focus on or mint projects just because of these. Let me analyze more directly the logic of why these 3 projects are worthy of the list—Abstract will be one of the hottest NFT player hubs in the near future, with Onchain Heroes showcasing a wealth effect. Under these two premises, people will chase more projects, so these 3 projects are currently the hottest 'IP projects' on Abstract.
RUYUI - Total 7777, price 0.07 ETH, currently open for pre-sale slots in many active NFT communities, and the communities I have observed have basically managed to digest the allocation slots smoothly, showing a positive attitude towards this project.
Kabu - Total 7000, has completed a pre-sale of 1000 at a unit price of 0.038 ETH. The pre-sale suddenly started 2 minutes before the time announced by the project team and was sold out quickly, leading to some FUD.
Canna Sapiens - Total 4000, price undecided, off-market whitelist price at 150 - 200U.
Petl (Abstract)
Petl is a generative art project that is a product from the period when Abstract was still part of 'Frame'. Since Frame never went live and turned into Abstract, it has just been waiting all this time...
This project has a total of 5000, free minting, and unfortunately, it has almost lost its attention in the current Abstract environment. But perhaps opportunities may arise from such situations—everyone loves brilliant ideas and free generosity.
Bitcoin Wizards (Bitcoin)
Bitcoin NFTs haven't had many influential new projects recently, apart from Nakamigos and the Fukuhedrons launched on Bitcoin, there is only one project, Sleepyheads, that has received a good response within the Bitcoin player circle. Among the remaining new projects, Bitcoin Wizards is the only one worth paying attention to, as it is one of the oldest native memes of Bitcoin.
The plan to issue a 10K PFP series has sparked community co-creation, and so far, about 37000 submissions have been made. Creating a 10K series of the oldest Bitcoin meme in this way is highly significant. Although people may be more familiar with 'the Great Wizard' Taproot Wizards, Bitcoin Wizards, known as 'the Little Wizard', is backed by the original creator of the 'Bitcoin Wizard' meme, mavensbot.
It is currently uncertain whether this project will be free or paid for minting.
Hypers (Hyperliquid)
Hyperliquid's token price is almost a solo performance... So, I tried to search for any new NFT projects on this chain. Currently, there are still relatively few, and this Hypers might be one of the hottest among the few projects, as its Discord has already closed but is still quite lively...
No more valid information is available; we need to continue to observe.
