#022: MAYC, Cryptoadz, and Jimmy Herdberg
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This week we will highlight one of several Bored Ape Yacht Club side projects, the Mutant Ape Yacht Club. Along with that deep-dive, we will cover NFT news from the past week including Cryptoadz, Sad Girls Bar, and Jimmy Herdberg's Art Blocks drop.
Here we go!
Mutant Ape Yacht Club
The Mutant Ape Yacht Club is a collection that will cap at 20,000 #1/1 Mutant Ape NFTs. The collectibles are redeemable through a mint process (now closed) or by exposing a Bored Ape NFT to a vial of Mutant Serum.
Since the public mint closed a few weeks ago, Mutant Apes are only available to non-Ape holders through the secondary market on OpenSea. Find the official collection through this link.
Mutant Apes are a (relatively) more cost-effective alternative to buying into Bored Ape. If you like the art or want to invest and see returns, but can't swing 40 or so ETH, these may be right for you.
The collection has hovered around mint price for a few weeks now, but the next big spike in Apes will surely carry Mutants with it. And even if not, the art and accessories are pretty amazing. Check out some of the rarest Mutant Apes below!
NFT Drops Recap
A collection of 2,250 Borpacassos dropped two weeks ago and sold out soon after. A few days after mint, the team announced a free mint of a Borpacasso related NFT for all holders and the floor price shot up to 1.2 ETH.
ZeGarden is a collection of 7,777 unique flowers on the ETH blockchain priced at .066 ETH each. The collection is by ZeFlorist, a graffiti artist who has been tagging his flower for the last decade throughout all of Miami. Pre-sale drop begins September 29th, with the official drop starting September 30th.
Billelis dropped on Nifty Gateway on Monday. He released 1 Edition of 9 for $99 Each, 2 Editions of 9 for $333 Each, 1 Edition of 9 for $1 Each, 1 Edition of 9 for $39 Each, and 1 Edition of 9 in an auction. The collection sold out, and the highest bidder in the auction was Trevor Jones who bought an edition for $17,777. fvckrender got the last edition in the auction at $8,000.
A collection of 6,900 Uninterested Unicorns dropped and sold out last week! The team has amassed 7,500+ Twitter followers and incorporates an exciting roadmap that will reward hodlers. The floor price has reached .62ETH, and one day this week the project reached #16 on OpenSea's 24hr volume leaderboard!
Jimmy Herdberg launched a follow up to his own Art Blocks Factory drop this week. "Gravity 16" draws on "Gravity 12", a successful project in its own right with a healthy price floor of 0.64 ETH. The current price floor for Gravity 16 is just above mint, at 0.29 ETH.
The Ninja Hideout, a project led by influencer @TheRealTyceno is dropping on OpenSea this week. Pre-sale is Sept. 25th, 6:00pm EST. 8,888 ninjas are dropping at 0.05 ETH. The collection draws on Tyceno's large following, and there will be giveaways to owners at crucial intervals in drop.
The collection of crypto toads by @cryptoadzNFT was covered. The collection featured a drop of 6,969 toad NFTs. The current (updated) floor price for the toads is up 1.85ETH, increasing approximately .15ETH since last week. There is a current volume traded of over 12k. The collection excels in its backstory, as all toads are attempting to escape from the evil rule of @supremegoblin!
Turtles, a collection of 3,333 randomly generated and fierce Turtles, dropped on 9/17/21. So far, the floor price has risen from .33 SOL (mint) to 5.4 SOL. The project has plans to donate 10% of all revenue to saving baby turtles.
The Sad Girls Bar mint came to a close on Sunday, with the remainder of the 10,000 NFTs selling out due to popular tweets from Pranksy and Digital Art Chick. Minting at 0.07 ETH, the floor of the Sad Girls has popped up to 0.14 ETH!
A collection of 1,000 randomly generated Playground Waves dropped this week and sold out by lottery. Over 18,000 entry tickets to the mint lottery were purchased. The floor price has risen from 3 SOL (mint) to 7.1 SOL. The project is led by Chris McCann, a partner at Race Capital and seed investor in FTX and Solana.
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