DeGods and Lil Pudgys on Solana?

This Week's Low-Down:

• 🚀 Azuki Sales Surge After Anime Series and Game

• 🏡 DeGods NFTs Bridge Back Home to Solana

• 🐧 Luca Netz Hints at Lil Pudgys Heading to Solana

• Betswap.gg Unveils Major Platform Upgrade and Exceptional Growth Figures (Bitcolumnist)

• ‘Blur on Blast’ Allocates 2M Token Rewards for NFT Traders (NFT Plazas)

• Rumble Kong League Scores Big with Gatorade Partnership (Bitcolumnist)

• CryptoPunk Sells for $12.4 Million in Ethereum—One of the Biggest NFT Sales Ever (Decrypt)

• FanSociety Creator Explains how NFTs can Bring Musicians and Fans Together (Cointelegraph)

• Azuki Premieres First Episode of Anime Anthology: ‘The Waiting Man’ (NFT Plazas)

• OpenAI Eyes Potential Partnership with Worldcoin Amidst Regulatory Concerns (Bitcolumnist)

• Moonbirds NFT Sales Jump 227%, Defy Copyright Criticisms (NFT Plazas)

• AnimeCoin Launches ‘Gacha Grab’ Game With Ethereum NFT Collection Azuki (Decrypt)

• Manchester City Teams Up with Quidd for Exclusive Digital Collectibles (Bitcolumnist)

Trending Collections on OpenSea:

• Peplicator by Matt Furie [Floor Price - 0.05 ETH]

• Parallel Planetfall [Floor Price - <0.01 ETH]

• Azuki Elementals [Floor Price - 0.45 ETH]

Azuki Sales Surge After Anime Series and Game

Ethereum-based Azuki NFTs have nearly doubled in value over the past month, with daily sales topping $1.1M and elevating the project's market cap to $146.78M—and it’s all down to the project’s latest endeavors.

• Two days ago, Azuki premiered ‘The Waiting Man’, the initial episode of its three-part anime series ‘Enter the Garden’.

• The series is a collaboration between Azuki, Dentsu Inc., and famed Japanese Anime director, Goro Taniguchi.

• Prior to The Waiting Man release, Azuki introduced ‘Gacha Grab’, a game on the AnimeCoin platform, enabling players to earn digital collectibles connected to their Azuki NFTs.

• Each of these initiatives have enhanced Azuki's market presence, highlighted by the sale of Azuki #4818 for $36,021 just yesterday.

DeGods NFTs Bridge Back Home to Solana

Yesterday, Frank—founder of DeGods and y00ts—enabled a bridge for NFT holders to transfer their collectibles back to Solana.

• In December 2022, DeGods migrated to Ethereum, while Y00ts moved to Polygon.

• Notably, despite community backlash, $37M of Y00ts NFTs switched to Polygon in 24 hours.

• Following on, in February 2023, some DeGods transferred to the Bitcoin network (read more).

• The bridge aims to repair relations in the Solana community and restore the project's former glory.

• “For those that have no interest in welcoming us back today—all i can hope is to be a force for good and earn your respect back,” tweets Frank.

• Since the bridge went live yesterday, DeGods' trading volume has surged by 32.9% to $336,694 (116.17 ETH) as of the time of writing.

• The project’s market cap is a mighty $45.93 million (15,732 ETH)

Luca Netz Hints at Lil Pudgys Heading to Solana

Following the Solana hype, Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz is said to have recently hinted at a Solana bridge for Lil Pudgys during a discussion with the Jupiter Working Group.

• Lil Pudgys is a collection of 22,222 NFTs from Pudgy Penguins, and despite their small size, they are a crucial part of Pudgy Penguins’ history.

• On Ethereum, the collection currently boasts a market cap of $56.07 million (19,490 ETH), as per CoinGecko.

• Integrating Lil Pudgys (and DeGods) into Solana indicates growing competition among blockchains for NFT dominance.

• Solana currently trails behind both Bitcoin and Ethereum, with the latter taking the lead.

Today's edition was written by Leah Alger

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