NFTs
What survived the fastest asset-class bubble on record: a handful of collections trading like illiquid art, and the parts of the technology that became infrastructure.
Desk data as of 2026-11-06 · Invest Alternative radar
The guide
The guide
Investing in NFTs
A Bored Ape floored at $430,000 in April 2022. It floors at $16,935 today.
Inside · 24 sections
The fastest bubble on record · Floor price is the only price · Wash trading, and how it is measured · A worked example: $10,000, three years · The IA view
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Azuki floor jumps 11.7% to $1,330, still down 12.3% in a week
Azuki's floor price rose to $1,330, up 11.7% on the day. It remains down 12.3% in a week and down 22.3% over the past month, suggesting the one-day move…
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Blue-chip NFT volume falls 28% on the day to $572,700
Blue-chip NFT 24-hour volume slipped to $572,700, down 28% on the day and down 53% in a week, per CoinGecko. The 30-day change is up 4.2%, leaving the…
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Open question: Is the NFT volume drawdown broad or top-heavy?
CoinGecko shows blue-chip NFT volume at $572,700, down 53% in a week. Is activity disappearing across collections, or is this mostly the absence of a few…
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CryptoPunks floor falls 6.7% on the day to $72,825
CryptoPunks’ floor slid to $72,825, down 6.7% on the day and 13.8% in a week (Coingecko NFT). The open question: is this mainly ETH-led risk-off, or…
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Pudgy Penguins floor rises 7.5% to $5,918, still down 27% in a week
The Pudgy Penguins floor price recovered to $5,918, up 7.5% on the day, though it remains down 27% in a week and 33% in a month. Whether this reflects…
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BAYC floor falls to $15,894, down 7.18% on the day
Bored Ape Yacht Club's floor price fell to $15,894, off 7.18% on the day and down 14.57% in a week, extending the blue-chip NFT drawdown amid thin liquidity.
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Pudgy Penguins floor falls to $8,138, off 8.82% on the day
NFTs: Pudgy Penguins floor slid to $8,138, down 8.82% on the day and 13.19% in a week (CoinGecko NFT). Open question: thin bids and undercutting, or a…
5 min read
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NFT blue-chip volume drops to $450,516, off 60.52% on the day
Blue-chip NFT 24-hour volume fell to $450,516, down 60.52% on the day and 26.26% in a week. Liquidity may be rotating out following an event-driven spike,…
4 min read
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CryptoPunks floor reaches $93,033, up 5.78% on the day
The CryptoPunks floor price rose to $93,033 on Wednesday, up 5.78% on the day and 31.77% in a week. The move tracks ETH strength and a pullback in listed…
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CryptoPunks floor climbs to $80,669, up 5.47% on the day
CryptoPunks' floor price moved up to $80,669, gaining 5.47% on the day and 6.38% in a week. The move tracks broader crypto risk-on sentiment, though it…
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NFT blue-chip 24h volume surges to $610,912, up 185.84% in a week
Blue-chip NFT 24h volume rose to $610,912 on September 20, up 50.3% day over day and 185.84% in a week. The 90-day z-score of 0.55 suggests meaningful…
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Investing in Bitcoin Ordinals
Ordinals put NFTs on Bitcoin without changing Bitcoin; the market that followed shrank to a handful of collections.
39 min read
Investing in CryptoPunks
Ten thousand tokens, nine Aliens, a 2017 contract that charges no fee: what a Punk costs to own.
40 min read
Investing in Generative Art
Algorithmic works minted on-chain are the NFT segment art institutions kept: a short canon, priced in ether.
47 min read
Investing in Tokenized Real-World Assets
A token is a claim on something off the chain, worth exactly what redeeming it is worth.
43 min read
Recent sales and data
As of 2026-11-06
Data we track
The observations the desk collects each day, unadjusted. Change is against the prior observation, so a monthly series shows a monthly move. Each row carries the date of its last observation.
| Series | Trend | Latest | Change | Source | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue-chip 24h volume61 obs | $242,194 | +169.33% | CoinGecko | 2026-11-06 | |
| Bored Ape Yacht Club floor61 obs | $12,536 | -8.21% | CoinGecko | 2026-11-06 | |
| CryptoPunks floor61 obs | $67,910 | -6.39% | CoinGecko | 2026-11-06 | |
| Pudgy Penguins floor61 obs | $5,002 | -8.09% | CoinGecko | 2026-11-06 | |
| Azuki floor52 obs | $1,131 | +4.24% | CoinGecko | 2026-11-02 |
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