{"id":425668,"date":"2026-04-28T11:46:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/nfts-attempt-another-comeback-as-blue-chips-surge-crypto-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:17:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:47:26","slug":"nfts-attempt-another-comeback-as-blue-chips-surge-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/nfts-attempt-another-comeback-as-blue-chips-surge-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"NFTs Attempt Another Comeback as Blue Chips Surge &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bored Apes, Mutant Apes, Pudgy Penguins, Azuki and Doodles are all up double digits on the month.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The NFT sector has posted its strongest 30-day performance in months, with Yuga Labs&#8217; flagship collections soaring and Azuki, Doodles, and Meebits catching bids.<\/p>\n<p>The global NFT market cap sits at $1.87 billion after topping $2 billion over the weekend for the first time in three months, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/nft\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">CoinGecko<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Yuga Ecosystem Leads<\/h2>\n<p>Bored Ape Yacht Club&#8217;s floor is 9.49 ETH, or roughly $21,715, up 15% on the week and 79% over the past 30 days. Meanwhile, Mutant Ape Yacht Club is up 26% on the week and 112% on the month. Otherdeed Expanded and Otherdeed for Otherside, the metaverse land tied to the Yuga ecosystem, are up 66.2% and 37.4% over 30 days, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>While there is no clear catalyst for the move, Yuga Labs recently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/news\/nfts-and-web3\/yuga-labs-settles-ryder-ripps-nft-counterfeiting-lawsuit-j6w2kv\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">settled its long-running trademark suit<\/a> against artist Ryder Ripps and partner Jeremy Cahen.<\/p>\n<p>Other Ethereum blue chips are also participating. Azuki is at 1.09 ETH, up 28% on the week and 61% on the month, while Doodles is up 30% and Clone X is up 28% over 30 days. Meebits, the pixel-art collection that Yuga acquired from Larva Labs and subsequently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/news\/nfts-and-web3\/1confirmation-backed-meebit-company-acquires-meebits-nft-collection-yuga-labs-db02ce1f\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">sold<\/a>, is up 28% on the month.<\/p>\n<h2>CryptoPunks Maintain Top Spot<\/h2>\n<p>CryptoPunks remain the largest collection by market cap, with the floor at 30.94 ETH, or about $70,805, up 16% on the week and 7.6% on the month. The relatively muted 30-day performance likely reflects the collection&#8217;s much higher starting base.<\/p>\n<p>Pudgy Penguins, the third-largest collection, has rallied harder, with the floor at 5.05 ETH, up 15% on the week and 25% on the month. The collection has been a focal point for crypto-native consumer IP this cycle, with parent Igloo Inc. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/news\/nfts-and-web3\/pudgy-penguins-launches-pudgy-world-browser-game\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">launching its browser-based Pudgy World metaverse<\/a> in March and a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/news\/nfts-and-web3\/pudgy-penguins-new-mobile-game-tops-apple-store-charts\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">mobile racing title that briefly topped Apple&#8217;s App Store rankings<\/a> last year. <\/p>\n<p>Canary Capital&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefiant.io\/news\/tradfi-and-fintech\/canary-capital-files-for-pudgy-penguins-etf\" target=\"__blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer \">proposed spot PENGU ETF<\/a>, which would also hold up to 15% of assets in Pudgy Penguins NFTs, remains pending at the SEC.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was written with the assistance of AI workflows. All our stories are curated, edited and fact-checked by a human.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bored Apes, Mutant Apes, Pudgy Penguins, Azuki and Doodles are all up double digits on the month. The NFT sector has posted its strongest 30-day performance in months, with Yuga Labs&#8217; flagship collections soaring and Azuki, Doodles, and Meebits catching bids. The global NFT market cap sits at $1.87 billion after topping $2 billion over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[274,273,272,244,266,271,268,270,269,267],"class_list":["post-425668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-de-fi","tag-crypto-finance","tag-decentralized-finance","tag-liquidity","tag-metamask","tag-pancake","tag-slippage","tag-sushiswap","tag-tronlink","tag-trust-wallet","tag-uniswap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":425675,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425668\/revisions\/425675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}