Pudgy Penguins, the viral Ethereum Non-Fungible Token collection, has defied the gloom in the industry in August.
Data by CryptoSlam and Dune Analytics shows that its key metrics performed well even as the sector came under intense pressure.
Total sales jumped by 29% in August to over $8.6 million as the number of transactions jumped by 73% to 348.
Additionally, the number of buyers and sellers rose by 73% and 39% to 176 and 205, respectively. The average number of days held also rose slightly by 5% to 85.5.
While Pudgy Penguins sales rose in August, they remain sharply lower than their all-time high of $99.2 million in August 2021. They were also lower than the March high of $26.5 million
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Pudgy Penguins Get Pricey
The prices of Pudgy Penguin NFTs are also rising.
According to Dune, the floor price rose by 30% in August to 10.66 ETH and 166% from the same period in 2023. Floor price refers to the lowest price that an NFT is being sold in marketplaces.
Pudgy Penguins is one of the three blue-chip NFT collections that has seen its floor price rise in the past 12 months. Milady’s floor price has jumped by 121% while Doodles has risen by 12%.
The floor price of other popular blue-chip NFT collections like CryptoPunks, Bored Ape Yacht Club, Azuki, and Mutant Ape Yacht Club has dropped by over 50% in the last 12 months as their demand has waned.
According to NFT Evening, 96% of all NFTs have “died,” with four out of 10 holders being in loss. Additionally, the average lifespan of an NFT has dropped to 1.14 years, much lower than other crypto assets.
NFT floor prices | Chart by Dune Analytics
Pudgy Penguins, founded by entrepreneur Luca Schnetzler (aka Luca Netz), has done well even as the total sales, transactions, and NFT users have continued to fall.
Total NFT sales in August dropped by 41% to $376 million, down from an all-time high of over $6 billion.
Pudgy Penguin’s sales rose a month after the developers secured $11 million funding from a group of investors to build a layer-2 network. The funding came from Founders Fund, Peter Thiel’s venture company.
The developers have also launched branded toys that are being sold in popular retailers like Walmart and Target.
Read more: Pudgy Penguins firm secures $11m to build new L2 project