Cool Cats NFT Collection Joins Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

NFT assortment Cool Cats has joined iconic characters together with Pikachu and Ronald McDonald as a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon.

The Cool Cats balloon, which depicts the gathering’s important character Blue Cat and milk carton Chugs, accompanies this week’s launch of a YouTube Shorts collection, “The Milk Chug”.

It’s virtually time! pic.twitter.com/s7ObSNWOQ7

— clon (@cloncast) November 23, 2023

A limited-edition Cool Cats hoodie marking the event can even be accessible in Herald Sq. Macy’s; the hoodie comes full with an NFC tag that hyperlinks to an Azuki bodily backed token, enabling the garment to be worn IRL and in Cool Cats’ digital avatar system.

Created by artist Colin ‘Clon’ Egan, Cool Cats originated as a collection of artworks by the ‘Catoonist,’ earlier than making the transition to Instagram in 2015. In 2021, Clon launched the Cool Cats NFT assortment consisting of 9,999 Blue Cat PFPs.

The gathering grew to become one of many “blue chip” profile image tasks of the late 2021 NFT growth, with costs averaging $92,000 and the venture signing with prime Hollywood company CAA in early 2022—however costs tumbled amid mounting group discontent and a broader crypto market downturn.

Earlier this 12 months, the gathering introduced plans to broaden to a number of blockchain networks and licensed its IP to video games studios.

The ground value for the gathering presently stands at 0.99 ETH, or simply over $2,000 at present costs, whereas quantity has spiked by 225% within the final day to 57.9 ETH.