ChainCatcher news, Arbitrum and Azuki jointly launched the AnimeCoin Gacha Grab event, where users can activate NFTs. The best way to earn points is to connect an Azuki.com profile that holds Azuki, Elemental, or Beanz NFTs. Once the game starts, each of the user's Azuki, Elementals, or Beanz NFTs will begin to earn points. To participate in earning points, the user's NFTs must remain off-market on all trading platforms and must be kept in a wallet.If users do not have any Azuki, Elemental, or Beanz NFTs (or have them but want to earn some extra points), they can participate in other ways.It is reported that earning 100 points allows participation in the GachaGrab spin, with a chance to win one of eight Gachapons, each with different reward levels.

ChainCatcher news, DEGEN NEWS tweeted that HanweChang deceived a bot that replicated his bids, purchasing NFTs from the bot at prices of 50 and 15 ETH each for Azuki OG and Elementals NFTs, respectively, totaling a profit of 800 ETH (approximately $1,465,808).

ChainCatcher news, Blur's NFT lending protocol Blend will add support for the Azuki Elementals and Elemental Beans NFT series. Both series will be eligible for trait bidding points. (Source link)

According to ChainCatcher news, the official announcement states that the voting on updating the Elementals background metadata for Azuki has concluded. There were a total of 4,416 valid votes, of which 3,838 were against, accounting for 86.9%. Support votes totaled 578, accounting for 13.1%. Therefore, Azuki will not change the Elementals background metadata. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the Azuki project team tweeted that the vote regarding the update of Elementals background metadata will begin around 15:00 Pacific Time on July 7 (06:00 Beijing Time on July 8). The official statement indicates that the art team has proposed a subtle domain background with a slight color shift to address potential changes. Even if the voting results lead to no changes in the background metadata of the Elementals series, the domain background will still be available for collectors in the off-chain equipment of their profiles. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the NFT lending protocol ParaSpace tweeted that Azuki holders can now claim the Elementals airdrop through the ParaSpace Flash Claim feature without needing to redeem Azuki. If users are eligible to claim, they will see a related banner at the top of the lending page.Previous report, due to the significant price fluctuations of Azuki, ParaSpace has decided to suspend the deposit, withdrawal, and liquidation functions of the Azuki mining pool. (Source link)

According to ChainCatcher news and data from NFTGo, the Azuki series NFTs have generally experienced a sharp decline, with the Azuki floor price currently reported at 6.45 ETH, a 24-hour drop of 16.02%; the Azuki Elementals floor price currently reported at 0.95 ETH, a 24-hour drop of 19.49%; and the Beanz floor price currently reported at 0.3838 ETH, a 24-hour drop of 10.37%. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, summarized by NFT community user @lasertheend regarding today's "holders only AMA" with the Azuki team:Regarding why Elementals closely resemble Azuki, the team stated that they wanted to continue the currently proven successful PFP, but did not anticipate the dilution issue and underestimated its impact. They proposed a solution: the team reiterated the priority of OG holders and announced the launch of a community roadmap to vote on updating the background of Elementals to differentiate them.Azuki co-founder ZAGABOND.ETH stated that a new product will be launched soon, which will determine the distribution for Azuki holders through "points." He emphasized that the first generation of Azuki will always be more valuable than Elementals, even if the art styles are similar, because the tokens themselves are different.Regarding the progress of BEANZ: BEANZ is now classified as the 3rd layer within the Azuki ecosystem, below Elementals. BEANZ will be designed as a unique IP targeting a younger audience and the mainstream market. It has an independent roadmap and is more focused on developing IP.Green Bean is an NFT that has been prepared for a long time; it is not a new PFP but is related to anime, and it will not support trading in the short term.Azuki is working on developing a new type of anime content, planning to start with short animations as part of their anime works. Azuki aims to create an interactive anime experience for the audience. After watching the show, viewers will be able to interact with non-player character Azuki. Additionally, Azuki hinted at token rewards. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the Azuki team may be modifying the metadata of the Elementals series, causing some NFT platforms like Blur to fail to display their preview images properly. Currently, when querying the Elementals series contract, some tokenURLs can no longer display query results.In addition, some community members have found that the metadata uploaded by the team appears to be file files, which redirect to a download page upon access.Previous report, some community members pointed out that the Elementals opening images show the same image. Azuki co-founder 2PMFLOW responded that this is a technical glitch, as the event logs from the data provider became outdated due to Ethereum block reorganization, leading to the incorrect processing of metadata for a few tokens. The team is working hard to restore the correct images and metadata. (Source link)

According to ChainCatcher news and Nansen data, Mechanism Capital co-founder Andrew Kang holds 299 Azuki and 580 Elementals, both ranking first in total holdings for their respective series. In addition, Andrew Kang holds 436 BEANZ. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, regarding the issues with the minting and reveal of Elementals, the Azuki official Discord announced, "We have clearly heard all the feedback. Team members are working on the next steps that need to be taken. You can expect a statement and next steps to be released later tonight. We know the next steps are very important, and we want to get it right. We understand everyone's feelings and frustrations. We will continue to fight for the garden, for this brand, and for this amazing community, and that will not change."Earlier, ChainCatcher reported that some community members pointed out that the reveal of Elementals showed the same image. Azuki co-founder 2PMFLOW responded that this was a technical glitch, caused by the event logs from the data provider being outdated due to Ethereum block reorganization, which led to the incorrect processing of metadata for a few tokens. The team is working hard to restore the correct images and metadata.

ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by 0xScope, the Azuki team has transferred all 20,000 ETH (approximately 37.5 million USD) obtained from the Azuki Elementals presale in multiple transactions to a multi-signature address starting with 0x2ae6 at 00:16:35 today.It is reported that the Azuki Elementals presale started at 0:00 Beijing time today and sold out within 15 minutes. The current floor price has broken below the initial price, dropping to 1.68 ETH. (source link)

ChainCatcher message, regarding user feedback on website errors and contract issues encountered during the minting of Azuki Elementals, Azuki co-founder location tba tweeted to acknowledge the responsibility for the improper handling of the Azuki Elementals minting process. location tba stated that there were flaws in the Azuki Elementals minting process, underestimating the time required for Azuki and BEANZ holders during the first and second phases of the presale, and that the duration should be extended to over 10 minutes to allow for sufficient buffer in case of any issues (which indeed occurred). Additionally, despite capacity limitations, the subsequent Azuki Elementals website will still be hosted by Vercel to ensure it can handle the expected load. Given the various issues that arose during the presale phase, the Azuki Elementals presale window should be extended.According to the latest data from Opensea, the floor price of Azuki Elementals is now 1.91 ETH, falling below the issue price of 2 ETH. The floor price of Azuki has dropped to 10 ETH, with a 24-hour decline of 31%, and BEANZ has seen a decline of over 40%. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Azuki announced the sales schedule for the Azuki Elementals series NFT. Azuki holders can mint 1 Elemental at 00:00 Beijing time on June 28; BEANZ holders can mint 1 Elemental at 00:10 on June 28. During this period, for each Azuki held, Azuki holders can mint one Elemental, subtracting the number of Elementals minted during the Azuki presale round. Public sales will open at 00:20 on June 28, with each wallet able to mint up to 3 Elemental NFTs. The public sale will adopt a Dutch auction format, starting at 2 ETH, with the price decreasing by 0.1 ETH every 5 minutes, offering a total of 10,000 Elementals for public sale. Azuki and BEANZ holders will pay a 2 ETH deposit and will receive a refund for the difference between the deposit and the final price of the Dutch auction in the public sale.ChainCatcher previously reported that on June 24, Azuki announced the launch of Azuki Elementals, with a total of 20,000 pieces. Each Azuki and BEANZ holder will receive 1 SBT airdrop to commemorate their participation in the Follow The Rabbit 2023 event. Each Azuki and BEANZ holder can participate in the presale at 00:00 Beijing time on June 28. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, Azuki officially announced that the Azuki SBT series NFT Elementals will start pre-sale at 0:00 Beijing time on June 28. Each Azuki and BEANZ holder will receive a Soulbound Token (SBT) airdrop to commemorate their time spent in the garden during the 2023 Follow The Rabbit event.In addition, each Azuki has been airdropped an undisclosed and locked element. The remaining ones will be sold during the Azuki Elementals pre-sale. These undisclosed tokens will unlock and be transferable, and will be made public immediately after the sale ends. (source link)