Moonbirds Cross 3 ETH on Token Speculation
Non-fungible token assortment Moonbirds has been one of many digital collectible market’s standout performers over the past quarter. The gathering crossed the three ETH threshold this morning after a tweet from Mike Dudas, a crypto investor and co-founder of The Block, mentioned that holders can anticipate a “token quickly.”
The gathering, which was initially launched by Kevin Rose within the Proof ecosystem in 2021, has a colourful previous, maybe greatest represented by its flooring worth volatility — the worth of a Moonbirds NFT reached 40 ETH shortly after its mint in 2022, and fell as little as 0.5 ETH earlier this yr.
Moonbirds’ flooring worth reached as excessive as a 3.25 ETH, or $14,500, this morning, and the NFTs are at present altering palms for 3.12 ETH.
Moonbirds assortment data. Supply: OpenSea
Whereas Moonbirds have been trending over the past couple of months, this morning’s impulse transfer might have been pushed by the latest X put up from Dudas, a vocal investor within the assortment.
Dudas posted on Aug. 11: “@moonbirds are the @pudgypenguins of this cycle (pudgy will proceed to develop, they’re on the subsequent leg of their development cycle). The moonbirds thesis is lifeless easy: cto, sturdy chief, similar buyers, nice ip, fervent neighborhood, actual world merchandise, token quickly.”
Pudgy Connection
Pudgy Penguins are identified for his or her unbelievable worth run from 2023 to 2024, the place the gathering surged from roughly 1 ETH, when it was acquired by Luca Netz, to an all time excessive of 34 ETH main into the PENGU token launch in December.
In Might, Orange Cap Video games, a digital IP firm that’s identified for its involvement within the Pudgy Penguins ecosystem, acquired the Moonbirds challenge from Yuga Labs.
Orange Cap Video games developed the Pudgy Penguins bodily buying and selling card recreation, and its founder, Spencer Gordon-Sand, is thought for buying 144 Pudgy Penguins ecosystem NFTs from the Three Arrows Capital (3AC) assortment in 2023 when the fund was going via its liquidation course of.
Gordon-Sand has been an outspoken advocate for NFTs, and Pudgy Penguins particularly, all through the NFT bear market, and is also referred to as one of many largest Blur Season 1 airdrop recipients.
Moonbirds itself hasn’t confirmed or denied that it’s going to launch a token, although in a latest interview, Gordon-Sand declined to touch upon the matter. The Defiant reached out to him for feedback on Dudas’ tweet, however hasn’t heard again by press time.
