Most Popular NFTs: Week of September 28
Which NFT collections are popular?
The non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces continue to be a hive of activity despite continued bearish prices in the cryptocurrency sector. This week’s sales volume was boosted by an appetite for new collections, led by PlayDapp & Mikey, Critters Cult and Exosama.
Important takeaways
- In the past week, Critters Cult has shot up in popularity due to its unique avatars.
- PlayDapp & Mikey is another big hit with NFTers, with the adventures of a DJ panda selling out in just three hours on September 22.
- Mutant Ape NFTs used as collateral to borrow $1.3 million in Ethereum.
PlayDapp members and Mikey
This is an NFT collection from blockchain gaming and NFT marketplace PlayDapp. The entire collection of 10,000 NFTs, which sold out within three hours on September 22nd, features the adventures of DJ Mikey the Panda.
The collection is only available on the PlayDapp Market, and the developers hope that NFT enthusiasts will join the community now that the utility of the NFTs can be realized with the soft launch of a new game called “Tournaments” this week, which will bring benefits to the holders by Mikey NFTs. Mikeys can also be staked to earn PLA, which is the native token of PlayDapp. In the crypto world, staking means locking the crypto asset for a certain period of time to support the operation of a blockchain.
The current floor price is 3.5 MATIC ($2.6) for a rock star panda. The floor price is one of the key metrics used by NFT collectors to determine the strength of a project. However, collections just starting out like this usually have low price tags because they haven’t found their true value yet.
PlayDapp
Critters Cult
Critters Cult launched earlier this month at OpenSea, and since then it’s been taking off. NFT has increased by 197,986,886% in the last week.
The increase is due to its unique avatars that are influenced by pixelated collections like CryptoPunks. It’s a visual sci-fi tale heavily influenced by the 80s-90s aesthetic with animals like cats and owls.
The floor price is 28 Solana (or $949) and a total sales volume of 70,000 Solana (or $2,373,956). The project was created by Suns, a pixel art studio founded by Solana artist @rgb0x00. The next step in the roadmap for these NFTs will be a web app and next year’s launch of Sunsets: Saga, which will bring new settings and landscapes.
Critters Cult
Mutant Ape Yacht Club
Mutant Ape Yacht Club is an NFT project that is an extension of Bored Ape Yacht Club. Created by Yuga Labs, MAYC is among the most expensive NFT collections on the market, with an average price of $24.42K.
MAYC was in the news last week when a borrower used the star-studded JPEGs as collateral to borrow 1,000 ETH ($1.3 million). Many users were not familiar with NFT as a security, and one of the most popular NFT collections saw an increase in sales.
Exosama – Expect mayhem
Launched earlier this month, Exosama – Expect Chaos is a sci-fi adventure collection based on the Polkadot network. In this collection, 10,000 EXOs fight to free the city of NOVA from a tyrannical regime.
With its sci-fi element, the collection gained popularity among investors, increasing 100% in sales volume last week. The floor price of EXO is 3.2 Ether (or $4236) with a total sales volume of 1.2k Ether (or $1,58,878,800).
Exosama
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