ChainCatcher news, according to Blur market data, the floor prices of blue-chip NFT series have shown varying degrees of recovery, among which:BAYC floor price 9.8 ETH, 7-day increase 9.99%;PudgyPenguins floor price 8.69 ETH, 7-day increase 5.85%;Azuki floor price 3.99 ETH, 7-day increase 2.28%;MAYC floor price 1.62 ETH, 7-day increase 12.98%.

ChainCatcher news, according to data from TheBlock, the market capitalization of blue-chip NFTs increased by 5.7% month-on-month in January to $3.05 billion, and the trading volume in January rose by 15.4% month-on-month to $543 million, with Azuki ranking first in secondary market trading volume ($144 million). In addition, the royalties from blue-chip NFT transactions also climbed from $1.9 million in December last year to $2.5 million.

ChainCatcher news, according to Blur market data, the floor prices of blue-chip NFT collections have shown varying degrees of recovery.Among them: BAYC floor price is 26.26 ETH, with a 7-day increase of 12.81%; MAYC floor price is 5.36 ETH, with a 7-day increase of 20.4%; Azuki floor price is 4.55 ETH, with a 7-day increase of 26.53%; PudgyPenguins floor price is 4.05 ETH, with a 7-day increase of 10.35%; Milady floor price is 4 ETH, with a 7-day increase of 1.26%.

ChainCatcher news, according to a tweet from NFTstats.eth, the Zombie CryptoPunk #8531, which Punks OTC just held on July 14, has been sold for 550 ETH (worth over $1.06 million), with the buyer being metaversalvault.eth. This is the lowest sale price for a Zombie Punk since July 31, 2021, when a Zombie Punk was sold for 450 ETH.According to previous reports, long-term holder of CryptoPunks and blue-chip NFT trader PunksOTC purchased a total of 16 CryptoPunks from Casuallyrekt.eth (also known as BeanieMaxi) for 1785 ETH (approximately $3.39 million). Among them, 5 Punks featured hoodies, and 1 was a Zombie Punk. After the transaction, Punks OTC changed their Twitter avatar to CryptoPunk #8531. This Punk is a three-attribute Zombie Punk, and Rarity Tools data shows it ranks 105th in rarity within the series. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, the Meme project NOVA plans to airdrop to all blue-chip NFT holders. It is reported that the smart contract code for NOVA was written by ChatGPT, and the contract adds a 9% sell tax (with a purchase tax of 0%). Of this, 3% will automatically purchase ETH and be distributed to the holders of the top 30 blue-chip NFT projects. According to the official website, in the first phase, NOVA will distribute 10,000 ETH to relieve blue-chip holders.The total issuance of NOVA is 10 trillion tokens, with 95% of NOVA tokens used to add liquidity, and the remaining 5% used for subsequent NFT ecosystem development.

According to ChainCatcher news, AzukiDAO has released its fourth proposal, aiming to establish an ecosystem fund to acquire blue-chip NFT IPs. The goal is to ensure active community participation and benefit sharing, injecting new vitality into the industry and revitalizing and promoting industry development. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to DeFiLlama data, affected by the price decline of blue-chip NFTs such as Azuki and BAYC, several NFT lending protocols experienced significant drops in TVL within a day, including: BendDAO Lending TVL with a daily drop of 43.02%; ParaSpace Lending TVL with a daily drop of 13.07%; Blur Lending TVL with a daily drop of 29.51%.Additionally, according to NFTGo.io data: the floor price of Azuki series NFTs is currently reported at 6.46 ETH, with a 24-hour drop of 17.04%; the floor price of BAYC series NFTs is currently reported at 31.07 ETH, with a 24-hour drop of 12.07%; the floor price of MAYC series NFTs is currently reported at 5.47 ETH, with a 24-hour drop of 15.45%. (source link)

ChainCatcher message, on-chain data shows that in the past 4 hours, the address Huang Licheng machibigbrother.eth has sold blue-chip NFTs such as BAYC, MAYC, and Azuki on Blur. Specifically, this includes: selling 1 Azuki for 16.78 ETH; selling 5 BAYC for 183.8 ETH; selling 12 MAYC for 85.48 ETH; selling 39 BAYC for 1428.71 ETH; selling 3 MAYC for 20.57 ETH. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, Huang Licheng announced on social media that he will initiate an ApeCoin AIP proposal to acquire 1,000 "Bored Apes" BAYC, 2,000 "Mutant Apes" MAYC, and some CryptoPunks blue-chip NFTs.Huang Licheng stated that these NFTs will be donated to museums around the world and asked the community whether to consider purchasing other NFT projects. It is reported that the proposal will be drafted by Bored Ape G, a member of the ApeCoin special committee. (source link)

ChainCatcher message, marked that Huang Licheng's address sold 11 BAYC series NFTs through Blur, totaling approximately 476.43 Ethereum. In addition, Huang Licheng also sold 5 MAYC series NFTs, 2 Azuki series NFTs, and 1 CryptoPunks series NFT. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Binance NFT market has launched a new feature "NFT Collateralized Lending," allowing users to collateralize NFTs to borrow Ethereum (ETH). Currently, the NFTs supported for collateral are mostly "blue-chip" NFTs, such as Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC), Azuki, and Doodles. More cryptocurrencies and NFTs will be supported in the near future.According to the Binance NFT official website, the current interest rate for NFT loans is 7.91%, with a loan-to-value ratio between 40% and 60%. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, a NFT whale has sold a large number of NFTs on Blur in the past hour, including 71 BAYC sold at an average price of about 78 ETH (worth over 9 million USD), 11 MAYC sold at an average price of 16.3 ETH, 7 Azuki sold at an average price of 15.14 ETH, as well as dozens of Otherside and Beanz. Currently, the wallet address still has 9 MAYC left. Among them, Huang Licheng (MachiBigBrother) purchased a large number of BAYC from him.In response, Mando, the founder of Canary Labs, stated on social media that after careful consideration, he decided to take advantage of the current NFT liquidity to sell BAYC and MAYC for profit, and he still holds a large number of Yuga Labs assets, and will continue to be optimistic about what Yuga Labs is building. He paid all royalties when selling. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, encrypted KOL @CirrusNFT tweeted that a hacker attack resulted in the theft of several NFTs including CryptoPunks, BAYC, and Meebits, with losses valued at approximately 600 ETH. An hour earlier, Twitter user @CryptoNovo311 also tweeted that 4 of their CryptoPunks were stolen.According to reports, ZachXBT stated that the hacker seems to be the same person who stole about 111 NFTs from the NFT project KUMALEON, and this hacker typically uses FixedFloat as an exchange. (source link)