NFTs have been warming up for a while, and with the recent airdrop of the 'Fat Penguin' Pudgy Penguins official token $PENGU benefiting almost the entire crypto circle, projects like Azuki, Doodles, and Cool Cats have all hit historical new highs in USD terms over the past year.
Compared to these old blue-chip projects that have already returned to high prices, what new opportunities are worth our attention recently? Rhythm BlockBeats has summarized 8 NFT projects worth focusing on recently.
Onchain Heroes - Genesis Hero (Abstract)
The new NFT chain, Abstract, will launch its mainnet in January 2025. Abstract originated from a previous NFT Layer2 chain called 'Frame', which was announced to be acquired and rebranded by Pudgy Penguins' parent company Igloo at the end of June this year.
In the NFT outlook of July this year, Rhythm BlockBeats highlighted Abstract. If you have followed and obtained the 'Elite Chad' role in Abstract Discord, you have already gained over 16000 penguin tokens in the previous $PENGU airdrop :)
Onchain Heroes is currently the absolute leader in Abstract NFTs. Although the mainnet has not yet launched, the OCH Genesis Ring series released on the Ethereum mainnet sold out at a price of 0.2 ETH almost instantly, and has since surged to a peak of 3 ETH. During the recent market downturn, 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 a hardcore 'autonomous world' that hasn't shown strong playability nor a 'chain game' with polished content on PC or mobile. It is an intersection of both like Wolf Game. But as described by the project team, this is definitely not a 'wolf-sheep imitation', and there won’t be an A8 wolf that can steal your sheep before it even produces wool :)
This will be an easy-to-learn but hard-to-master idle game, requiring only 15 - 20 minutes of actual gameplay each day, but needing a lot of time afterward to think about your strategies. It encourages players to communicate and make decisions based on their different risk preferences in a fair competitive environment with incomplete information.
The game will launch shortly after Abstract's mainnet goes live, and the official game asset Onchain Heroes - Genesis Hero has undoubtedly become the most anticipated 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 become one of the most convenient ways to get whitelist spots for other popular new Abstract projects. The big picture of $PENGU gives most NFT players such a feeling — if Blast is too VC PUA, and APE is too neglectful, then Abstract can be expected to produce a leading project. Currently, OCH Genesis Ring and the upcoming Onchain Heroes - Genesis Hero carry the expectations of this leader.
Moonsheep (Abstract)
Moonsheep is the first project on Abstract to claim to create an ERC-404 'token-image integration', occupying a good narrative position.
The previous project from this project team, 'The Sad Times', has also performed well recently, mainly because they were included in the previous cooperative projects that obtained the 'Elite Chad' role in Abstract Discord. The new Abstract ERC-404 project + everyone’s expectation that 'Elite Chad' cooperative projects can obtain more Abstract token airdrops led to the rise of the original series.
RUYUI / Kabu / Canna Sapiens (Abstract)
Of course, every chain needs new 'IP' projects, especially Abstract, which is backed by the 'Fat Penguin'. That's why I grouped RUYUI, Kabu, and Canna Sapiens together for introduction. Although these projects have different types of IP, the vision presented by 'IP projects' and what everyone heard in the last bull market is not much different...
A team with XX experience and XX partners... I think everyone won't pay attention to or mint projects just for these reasons. Let me be more direct in analyzing the logic of why these 3 projects deserve to be on the list — Abstract will be one of the hottest NFT player gathering places in the near future, with Onchain Heroes showcasing a wealth effect. Under these two premises, people will chase after more projects, and these 3 projects are currently the hottest new 'IP projects' on Abstract.
RUYUI - Total supply 7777, price 0.07 ETH, currently open for pre-sale slots in many active NFT communities. The communities I've observed have generally managed to digest their allocated slots smoothly, and their attitude towards this project is relatively positive.
Kabu - Total supply 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 sold out in seconds, leading to some FUD.
Canna Sapiens - Total supply 4000, price undecided, off-market whitelist price at 150 - 200U.
Petl (Abstract)
Petl is a generative art project that originated during the 'Frame' period of Abstract, but since Frame never launched and transformed into Abstract, it has been waiting all along...
This project has a total supply of 5000 and is free to mint, but unfortunately, it has almost lost attention in the current Abstract environment. However, opportunities might emerge from such situations — everyone loves a clever idea and free generosity.
Bitcoin Wizards (Bitcoin)
Bitcoin NFTs haven't produced influential new projects recently, besides Nakamigos and the Fukuhedrons launched on Bitcoin, there’s only Sleepyheads, which has received a good response within the Bitcoin player community. Among the remaining new projects, the only one that must be watched is Bitcoin Wizards, as it is one of the oldest native memes in Bitcoin.
The planned issuance of the 10K PFP series has activated community co-creation, and so far, about 37000 creations have been submitted. Creating a 10K series of the oldest Bitcoin meme in this way is of significant meaning. Although people may be more familiar with 'The Great Wizard' Taproot Wizards, the project known as 'The Little Wizard', Bitcoin Wizards, is backed by the original creator of the 'Bitcoin Wizards' meme, mavensbot.
It is currently uncertain whether this project will be free or paid minting.
Hypers (Hyperliquid)
The price of Hyperliquid's token is almost moving independently... So I tried to search for new NFT projects on this chain. Currently, there are relatively few, and this Hypers may be the hottest among the few projects because its Discord has already closed but is still bustling...
No more valid information is available; observation needs to be maintained.
