THELOGICALINDIAN - The Azuki aggregation appear the airdrop at the Azuki Garden Party in Los Angeles
Azuki has airdropped 20,000 “something” NFTs to its holders. The new NFTs currently accept a attic amount of 3.14 Ethereum on the accessory market, putting the accumulative amount of the airdrop at over $213 million.
Azuki Holders Receive Airdrop
Another NFT airdrop is authoritative after-effects in the crypto space.
Azuki, an anime-inspired NFT activity that describes its associates as the “skaters of the Internet,” apparent an airdrop aftermost night at a clandestine NFT LA affair for its holders. Each Azuki NFT holder has accustomed two unrevealed “something” NFTs, currently represented by an airdrop crate with an eye peeking out from amid two of the board panels.
“We’re architecture Azuki, and calm we’re abstraction the approaching of Web3,” said Azuki aggregation affiliate ZAGABOND, who took to the date at the alpha of the Azuki Garden Party in Los Angeles Wednesday night. “So let’s see how abysmal this aerial aperture goes; the Azuki cosmos is aloof alpha to unfold,” he connected afore cogent the admirers to analysis their wallets.
Azuki is one of several NFT avatar collections to arise in amount in contempo months. Despite alone ablution in aboriginal January, the accumulating currently has the seventh-highest best trading aggregate on NFT exchange OpenSea, advancing in at over 154,000 Ethereum, or $523 actor at accepted prices.
While no advice on what the “something” NFTs will acknowledge has been released, it hasn’t chock-full speculators from aggravating their luck on the accessory market. The attic amount for the airdropped NFTs currently sits at 3.14 Ethereum, putting the accumulative amount of the 20,000 “somethings” at over $213 million. With every holder accepting two new NFTs, that equates to a payout of about $21,000 at accepted prices.
However, one Twitter user who goes by FastandLucid believes they accept worked out that the airdropped NFTs will acknowledge pigs from several clues in the NFT artwork. A Wordle adumbration on the airdrop crate matches allotment of a addle acquaint in a antecedent Azuki cheep and leads to the chat “bacon.” Additionally, the argument at the basal of the crate reads, “Fine exports from the farm,” added hinting at a affiliation to a farmyard animal. Whether FastandLucid has formed out the addle or aloof begin a agrarian accompaniment charcoal to be seen.
Azuki minted at about 1 Ethereum, while the cheapest on the accessory bazaar today appear in at over 18 Ethereum, over $60,000 at accepted prices. Demand for the NFTs has afresh soared, with a attenuate allotment from the accumulating selling for $1.4 million Wednesday. Interestingly, a attic amount Azuki amount about 9 Ethereum two weeks ago, but the accumulating rallied in the canicule arch up to the airdrop.
A agnate trend played out afore Yuga Labs acquired the CryptoPunks and Meebits collections beforehand this month. The attic amount for Meebits NFTs about tripled advanced of the announcement, arch several Web3 sleuths to uncover what appeared to be cabal trading from individuals who knew about the accord advanced of time. In the able NFT market, it’s absolutely accessible that traders who knew about the accessible airdrop bought the NFTs in anticipation, in about-face accidental to the abrupt surge.
Disclosure: At the time of autograph this piece, the columnist endemic ETH and several added cryptocurrencies.
