On December 22, according to OpenSea market data, the floor prices of Azuki ecosystem NFTs have generally increased, with a surge in trading volume, including:

The current floor price of Azuki is reported at 12.22 ETH, with a 24-hour increase of 4.11%, and a trading volume of 2140 ETH, which is a 24-hour increase of 48.23%;

The current floor price of Azuki Elementals is reported at 1.609 ETH, with a 24-hour increase of 3.7%, and a trading volume of 841 ETH, which is a 24-hour increase of 20.3%;

The current floor price of BEANZ Official is reported at 0.773 ETH, with a 24-hour increase of 5.56%, and a trading volume of 495 ETH, which is a 24-hour increase of 54.86%.

Note: Recently, the NFT market has warmed up before and after the issuance of tokens by Magic Eden and Pudgy Penguins, raising the community's expectations for the token issuance of the Azuki series NFTs.

On December 22, according to OpenSea data, the NFT market has shown a significant recovery recently, with total NFT transaction volume reaching $302.2 million this week, a 32.93% increase compared to $224 million last week. The number of NFT buyers increased by 92.39%, reaching 349,972; the number of NFT sellers also saw a substantial growth of 77.18%, reaching 207,672.

Ethereum network NFT transaction volume soared to $199.9 million, growing 73.56% in the past seven days. Bitcoin network NFTs ranked second, with a transaction volume decrease of 23%, totaling $39.7 million, but user participation increased well, with the number of buyers reaching 38,987. Solana network consolidated its third position with a transaction volume of $29.9 million, a 5.14% increase, with a total of 104,958 buyers, a 108.45% increase.

Pudgy Penguins' transaction volume nearly doubled to $53.9 million, with an increase of 90%. LilPudgys ranked second with a transaction volume of $19.4 million, an increase rate of 53.57%. Azuki ranked third with a transaction volume of $16.9 million, an increase rate of 108.19%. Doodles entered the top five with a transaction volume of $13.4 million, an increase rate of 226.08%, while BRC-20 NFT ranked among the top five with a transaction volume of $9.2 million.

Notable transactions this week include:

Pudgy Penguins #4611 sold for $493,925 (125 ETH);
CryptoPunks #6036 sold for $444,019 (110 ETH);
Pudgy Penguins #7891 sold for $395,140 (100 ETH);
Azuki #6872 sold for $380,659 (108 ETH);
Azuki #6536 sold for $372,866 (95.4774 ETH).

On December 20, the official account of the OpenSea Foundation @openseafdn may have been registered and launched.

According to OpenSea data, since the official Twitter account of the OpenSea Foundation went live, the floor price of its official NFT 'Gemesis' has risen to 0.076 ETH, a 56% increase over the past 16 hours. In addition, the sales volume of this NFT reached 698 transactions in the past hour, with a trading volume of 48.62 ETH.

According to OpenSea data, the NFT series Mocaverse floor price has exceeded 2.9 ETH, currently reported at 2.96 ETH (approximately 11,860 USD), with a 24-hour increase of 79%.

According to OpenSea data, the NFT series Pudgy Penguins has a floor price that has surpassed 34 ETH, currently reported at 34.2 ETH (approximately 137,000 USD), with a 24-hour increase of 22.5%; Lil Pudgys have surpassed 4 ETH, currently reported at 4.24 ETH (approximately 17,000 USD), with a 24-hour increase of 20.9%.

According to News.bitcoin, between December 7 and December 14, the NFT trading volume increased by 16.27% compared to the previous period, reaching $224.41 million across 22 different blockchains. Ethereum led with over $119 million in trading volume, a 22% increase from the previous week. Bitcoin's NFTs ranked second, totaling $51.64 million, with a growth of 14.31%, while Solana followed closely with a trading volume of $21.44 million, up 32%. Additionally, BNB Chain saw an increase of 368%, while Blast surged by 262%. The most popular collection was the Ethereum-based Pudgy Penguins, which saw a 52% increase in trading volume.

According to OpenSea data, the floor price of Pudgy Penguins has risen to 29.13 ETH, with a 24-hour increase of 10.6%, setting a new historical high. The market capitalization has surpassed 1 billion dollars, reaching 258,907 ETH, valued at approximately 1,006,727,499 dollars.

On December 14, The Block co-founder Mike Dudas posted on social media revealing that OpenSea has registered a foundation in the Cayman Islands.

Note: Typically, Web3 projects register foundations in preparation for token issuance.

OpenSea data, Doodles floor price breaks 4 ETH, current quote is 4.2 ETH (approximately 16,240 USD), 24-hour increase of 24%.