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 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, 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)

ChainCatcher news, Huobi co-founder Du Jun stated that many people ask me why Bitcoin and Ethereum have dropped so much, while blue-chip NFTs have not collapsed?Unified response: Lack of liquidity, which is commonly referred to as having value but no market. I am optimistic about products that can solve NFT liquidity. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, NFT whale Deepak.eth claimed on Twitter that due to the eight-figure risk exposure of his project Chain Protocol as CEO on FTX, the project is currently facing liquidity issues. Therefore, he decided to sell a large number of valuable blue-chip NFTs to raise funds. Currently, Deepak.eth has listed all the NFTs for sale on his Twitter, indicating consideration for selling them in a package for 8000 ETH or at the highest price individually. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Swiss digital bank SEBA has expanded its digital asset custody services to blue-chip NFTs, specifically including Bored Apes and CryptoPunks.It is reported that SEBA was established in 2018, initially as a crypto bank, and later expanded to provide crypto trading and custody services for institutional investors. In 2019, it became the first digital asset company to obtain a license from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). Earlier this year, SEBA secured $120 million in a Series C funding round led by Alameda Research. (Source link)