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🖼 Pudgy Penguins Surpass Bitcoin as NFT Market Rebounds NFTs have been on a rollercoaster journey since their explosive rise in 2020-2021. These digital assets quickly captured mainstream attention, only to face sharp criticism and a market downturn in subsequent years. However, 2024 has brought signs of revival, with Pudgy Penguins standing out as a leading project in this resurgence. This NFT collection recently made headlines when its floor price surpassed the value of a single Bitcoin, showcasing the renewed interest in high-value digital collectibles. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 NiftyKit NFT Platform Partially Closed, Tease New Direction No-code NFT creation platform NiftyKit has partially closed, having ceased the majority of operations on January 5, 2025. The site gave users a self-service solution that allowed them to build, collaborate and launch NFT projects with no coding required, offering a easy route for creatives to get involved in the NFT industry. Source @Nfts_Hype

🇰🇷 South Korea’s Jeju Islands to introduce NFT tourism cards with perks According to local media, Maeil Kyungjae, the popular South Korean tourist destination, will introduce NFT-based digital tourism resident cards in the second half of 2025. The cards, powered by an unspecified blockchain, will reportedly offer tourists exclusive benefits such as travel subsidies, membership perks, and discounts at local attractions. Source @Nfts_Hype

💰 Shiba Inu Launches ‘SHIB: The Metaverse’ in Early Access Shiba Inu has expanded its ecosystem with the launch of ‘SHIB: The Metaverse,’ now available in early access. This virtual environment invites users to explore, build, and connect within a blockchain-driven digital space. Powered by Shibarium, Shiba Inu’s custom blockchain, the platform offers over 100,000 land plots, with a portion unlocked for early use. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 Telegram Introduces NFT-Enabled Collectible Gifts in Latest Update According to a recent blog post by Telegram, the new feature transforms digital gifts into unique collectible items with customizable attributes, which can be exchanged or sold on NFT marketplaces. The gift custom attributes include background colors and icons, ensuring each item is distinct. Upgrading requires Telegram Stars, the platform’s digital currency, to cover blockchain fees. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 Pudgy Penguins boosted 2024 NFT sales to $8.83B in a mixed year The NFT market did not entirely disappear in 2024 thanks to projects like Pudgy Penguins and top collections from last year reaching price records. The market even posted a better performance compared to 2023. The NFT market survived 2024, but it did not return to previous peaks. PFP avatars remain a staple in the crypto space, but mainstream interest and active trading were replaced by niche activity. For the whole of 2024, NFT trading reached $8.83B, mostly focused on top collections and older holders. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 Blue-chip Azuki Creator Hints At Launching A New NFT Coin Blue-chip Azuki, a renowned non-fungible token collection in the non-fungible token market, has seen its trading sales volume +40% to over $1.9 million in the past 24 hours. This notable resurgence came shortly after its founder Zagabond revealed ready plans to launch a new non-fungible token coin. This teaser has created a massive frenzy among the non-fungible token and crypto communities. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 India's First VR-Enabled Metaverse For Schools To Launch In Assam By 2025 IIT Guwahati has partnered with Assam government and in working a state of the art virtual reality enabled metaverse platform for the first time in the country, taken virtual reality skill labs to even rural schools where the students will learn their lessons in their local languages in a metaverse environment using virtual reality technology and gadgets. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 Ethereum NFT volume hits $186 million weekly high, driven by PENGU token launch Ethereum NFT trading volume surged to $186 million last week, reaching a three-month high and marking a 67% increase from the previous week's $111 million. This growth contrasts with NFT activity on other chains. Bitcoin, the second-largest NFT ecosystem, records only $33 million in weekly volume. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 Pudgy Penguins NFT users targeted by malicious Google ad campaign A sophisticated phishing campaign has been uncovered, targeting users of the Pudgy Penguins NFT project through malicious Google Ads. The attack uses advanced mechanisms to exploit vulnerabilities in Web3 wallets and ad networks, exposing unsuspecting users to significant risks. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 Blue-chip Azuki Creator Hints At Launching A New NFT Coin Blue-chip Azuki, a renowned non-fungible token collection in the non-fungible token market, has seen its trading sales volume +40% to over $1.9 million in the past 24 hours. This notable resurgence came shortly after its founder Zagabond revealed ready plans to launch a new non-fungible token coin. This teaser has created a massive frenzy among the non-fungible token and crypto communities. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 NFT promoters face fraud charges over alleged $22M rug pull Two 23-year-olds from California who allegedly defrauded investors of over $22 million in crypto assets through a non-fungible token (NFT) rug pull were arrested in Los Angeles and now face fraud charges. In a press release, the Office of Public Affairs of the United States Department of Justice said Gabriel Hay and Gavin Mayo were charged with a single count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, two counts of wire fraud and one count of stalking. Source @Nfts_Hype

🇺🇸 Ventura County Man Indicted for Running NFT Crypto Scam A six-count indictment was unsealed today charging two Southern California men with defrauding investors of more than $22 million in cryptocurrency through a series of digital asset project “rugpulls,” a type of fraud scheme in which the creator of a nonfungible token (NFT) or other digital asset project solicits funds from investors for the project and then abruptly abandons the project and fraudulently retains investors’ funds. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 Ethereum NFT collections drive weekly volume to $304M Ethereum-based non-fungible token (NFT) collections surged last week, driving the overall digital collectible weekly sales volumes to $304 million. On Dec. 21, data tracker CryptoSlam reported that Ethereum NFTs experienced a 76% week-on-week increase, reaching $201 million in sales volume. This represents 66% of all NFT sales volume over the past seven days. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 Two Southern California men charged with NFT-based cryptocurrency fraud scheme Friday On Friday, a six-count indictment was unsealed charging Gabriel Hay of Beverly Hills and Gavin Mayo of Thousand Oaks in connection with defrauding investors of more than $22 million in cryptocurrency through a series of digital asset-based "rugpulls", a scheme were investors funds are fraudulently retained after a project is abandoned. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 NFTMozaic Secures Web3 Foundation Grant to Unite and Elevate Polkadot's NFT Ecosystem NFTMozaic aims to redefine the NFT landscape by aligning and defining one common vision of success for NFTs in the Polkadot ecosystem. With the support of a Decentralized Futures grant, NFTMozaic will play a pivotal role in driving NFT growth and adoption across the Polkadot network, ultimately becoming the go-to Polkadot NFT alliance hub for projects. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 Daily NFT Sales Hit $55M, Following Recent Surge In Ethereum NFTs The non-fungible token market has surged again today, following the footprints of the broader crypto bear market, which is also skyrocketing. In a remarkable turn of events, the NFT market, spearheaded by Ethereum NFTs, has experienced a dramatic resurgence, with daily trading sales volume climbing past $50 million for the second consecutive day. This NFT surge signals renewed investor confidence and growing interest in NFT items. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 NFT Collection Floor Prices Rise on Ethereum The non-fungible token market, especially the Ethereum NFT market, is experiencing a short bull run, marked by a significant increase in trading sales volume and floor price values. In fact, the Ethereum NFT trading sales volumes are at their highest point in almost 2 years. Recent assessment shows that most blue-chip NFT collections have seen their floor prices, surging +30% in the past 30 days. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 G-shock partners with Illuvium on a new NFT project, featuring 6 cool characters NFTs have re-emerged, and the market cap for different coins has skyrocketed. Ever since the bull run kicked off in 2024, multiple blockchain projects have been launched to capitalize on this. Illivum recently announced an NFT project that merges two fields, horology and blockchain, by partnering with Casio G-shock while creating NFTs. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 A Single Pudgy Penguins NFT Now Costs More Than a Bitcoin The Pudgy Penguins NFT collection is keeping Web3 hopes afloat in a sea of dead NFT projects and a generally muted collectibles market. The non-fungible token set became the world’s second most-valued NFTs on Wednesday, with the minimum — or floor — price for any of the 8,888 comic penguins topping $100,000 and flipping the collections' value above its comic monkey forerunner, the Bored Apes Yacht Club. Source @Nfts_Hype