Welcome to the weekly summary of NFT ecological hotspot events produced by the NFT infrastructure NFTScan.

Period: 2024.12.16~2024.12.22

NFT Hot News

01/ Pudgy Penguins' floor price breaks 34 ETH, Lil Pudgys breaks 4 ETH

On December 16, data showed that the floor price of the NFT series Pudgy Penguins broke 34 ETH, currently reported at 34.2 ETH (approximately $137,000), with a 24-hour increase of 22.5%; Lil Pudgys broke 4 ETH, currently reported at 4.24 ETH (approximately $17,000), with a 24-hour increase of 20.9%.

02/ The floor price of Mocaverse breaks 2.9 ETH, with a 24-hour increase of 79%

On December 16, data showed that the floor price of the NFT series Mocaverse broke 2.9 ETH, currently reported at 2.96 ETH (approximately $11,860), with a 24-hour increase of 79%.

03 / The floor price of the V-On-Vana NFT series powered by Vana fell to 0.4 ETH after rising over 120% in 24 hours, with a decline of more than 80% in 1 hour

On December 16, data showed that the floor price of the NFT series V-On-Vana powered by Vana rose to 2.88 ETH (approximately $11,232), increasing over 120% in 24 hours. Subsequently, the floor price fell to 0.4 ETH (approximately $1,560), with an 85% decline in 1 hour.

04/ The NFT project CyberKongz received a Wells Notice from the SEC

On December 17, the NFT project CyberKongz announced that it had received a Wells Notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The team stated, 'The SEC shows a complete lack of understanding of blockchain technology, leading to unfair charges and inaccurate information. The SEC's enforcement department made very concerning statements that tokens (ERC-20) cannot be combined with blockchain games unless registered as securities.

05/ Pudgy Penguins CEO: PENGU tokens will be available for claim at 21:00 on December 17

On December 17, Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz announced that PENGU tokens will be available for claim at 9:00 PM Beijing time on December 17. Holders of Pudgy Penguins, Lil Pudgys, Rogs, and SBTs can participate, with a claim period of 88 days; unclaimed tokens after the deadline will be permanently locked and destroyed.

06/ MEET48 WAND2 NFT whitelist Mint has opened, Public Mint will open on December 20

On December 17, the MEET48 WAND2 NFT whitelist Mint opened at 4:00 PM on December 16, and the Public Mint will open at 12:00 AM on December 20. Users can log in to the MEET48 official website or the market page of the MEET48 App for relevant information.

07/ Pudgy Penguins: Approximately 7 million external wallet addresses are eligible to claim PENGU tokens

On December 17, Pudgy Penguins announced in its official Discord community that approximately 7 million external wallet addresses are eligible to claim PENGU tokens, covering users from multiple protocols and community members. Users can verify their eligibility through the official claim website, with a deadline of March 15, 2025. As more users complete the claim verification, more eligible protocols and community lists will be gradually disclosed.

08/ NFTGo acquires the crypto portfolio management project Mest, and will develop new products based on its source code

On December 17, ashu, co-founder of the crypto portfolio management project Mest, revealed that the NFT analysis platform NFTGo has acquired the Mest product, with specific acquisition amounts yet to be disclosed. NFTGo will develop new products based on the relevant source code. ashu stated that Mest ceased development a year ago due to market conditions and low return on investment.

09/ Galaxy Research: The NFT market is showing signs of recovery, with about 90% of transactions occurring on the Blur and OpenSea platforms

On December 18, CoinDesk reported that a Galaxy Research report indicated that the NFT market is showing signs of recovery. For most of this year, NFT transaction volume has been declining, but with the U.S. election and the subsequent rebound in the cryptocurrency market, the transaction volume in November began to reverse. In early November, weekly NFT transaction volume exceeded $100 million for the first time since May, reaching $172 million on December 2.

10/ Data: Pudgy Penguins total sales have exceeded $500 million

On December 18, according to monitoring data from CryptoSlam, the total sales of Pudgy Penguins have exceeded $500 million, reaching $517,848,546; the current on-chain sales transaction volume has reached 62,102, with a total of 5,004 NFT holders.

11/ Doodles founder hints at token issuance, with a 24-hour floor price rise of 63.4%

On December 20, Doodles founder burnt toast tweeted, 'take ownership, keep evolving new ideas, shape communities, open minds, inspire new growth.' A user later discovered that the first letter of each word spells out 'token is coming,' possibly hinting at a token release.

12/ The official NFT 'Gemesis' on OpenSea has seen its floor price rise to 0.076 ETH, with a 56% increase in 1 hour

On December 20, according to OpenSea data, since the official NFT 'Gemesis' was launched on the OpenSea Foundation's official Twitter, its floor price has risen to 0.076 ETH, with a 56% increase in the past 16 hours. Additionally, the sales volume of this NFT reached 698 transactions in the past hour, with a transaction volume of 48.62 ETH.

NFT On-Chain Data

01\ NFT Multi-Chain Data Overview

As of December 23, 2024, NFTScan currently supports 25 mainstream blockchain networks including 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, generating a total of:

Number of NFT Contracts: 5,298,942

Number of NFT Assets: 2,431,375,856

Number of on-chain NFT records: 8,084,487,300

Total market value of NFT assets: $30,629,160,483

Total historical NFT transaction volume: $108,159,047,439


02\ NFT Trading Market Trends

This week: Blur dominates the market, with total transaction volume reaching its peak on December 17 at 12:00 AM, where the Blur market peaked at $36.44 million. NFTScan recorded 233 trading markets with a total transaction volume of $229.3M in 7 days. This week, Blur ranked first in transaction volume, with a relatively stable distribution of market transaction volume, and the top six trading markets and their share distribution:

Blur: $136,848,306 (59.67%)

OpenSea: $52,131,961 (22.73%)

Tensor: $9,329,430 (4.07%)

Element: $7,925,878 (3.46%)

CryptoPunks: $7,118,911 (3.10%)

MagicEden: $6,052,118 (2.64%)


03\ Leading NFT Blue-Chip Trends

Currently, the total market value of 19 blue-chip contracts is 1,204,763 ETH, accounting for 25.77% of the total NFT market value.

This week: The total transaction volume of blue-chip NFTs is 52.45k ETH, while the total market transaction volume is 92.43k ETH, reaching a peak transaction volume of around 12.5k ETH as of December 17 at 12:00 AM.


04\ TOP 10 Wallet

NFTScan analyzed the wallets with the top 1,000 NFT holdings by value, and the current top 10 holdings by value are shown in the figure below:

Top 1 Wallet:

0xab14624691d0d1b62f9797368104ef1f8c20df83

This wallet address holds 4,815 NFTs (including 3 NFT Collections), with current holdings valued at 64,785 ETH ($213,304,612.5) and interaction count of 7,459.


05\ NFT Project Ranking List

The top 10 most popular and highest trading volume NFT projects on the Ethereum network are shown in the figure below:

This week, Pudgy Penguins ranked first, with the floor price stabilizing around 18.2e last week, and 7d transaction volume reaching 23,553e; Azuki ranked second with a transaction volume of 9,602e, currently with a floor price of 11.338e; Lil Pudgys ranked second with a transaction volume of 8,542e, currently with a floor price of 1.88e; most blue-chip NFTs show an upward trend in overall market transaction volume and floor prices.


06\ Hot NFT Dispatch

This week's hot NFT is the Pudgy Penguins series:

On December 17, Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz announced that PENGU tokens will be available for claim at 9:00 PM Beijing time on December 17. Holders of Pudgy Penguins, Lil Pudgys, Rogs, and SBTs can participate, with a claim period of 88 days; unclaimed tokens after the deadline will be permanently locked and destroyed.

Data shows that the current floor price has stabilized above 30 ETH at 18.2 ETH, with the highest transaction price at 420 ETH. The total transaction volume on Ethereum has exceeded 482.6k ETH, with the past 7 days' transaction distribution mainly being Blur: 23.06K (85.90%); OpenSea: 3.76K (13.99%); X2Y2: 30.75 (0.11%), with 7d transaction count reaching 1.17k.