Os primeiros adeptos da blockchain Hyperliquid, focada em perpétuos, foram amplamente recompensados no domingo, depois que a Hyper Foundation finalmente realizou o tão esperado airdrop da coleção de tokens não fungíveis Hypurr.
No momento da redação, os Hypurr NFTs têm um preço mínimo atual de cerca de 1.458 Hyperliquid (HYPE), ou US$ 68.700, segundo dados da OpenSea.
No entanto, já ocorreram vendas impressionantes bem acima dessa faixa. O Hypurr #21, com os traços extremamente raros “Knight Ghost Armor” e “Knight Helm Ghost”, foi vendido por 9.999 HYPE, equivalentes a US$ 467.000, no domingo.
A demanda também foi tão alta antes do lançamento que certos NFTs foram vendidos por até US$ 88.000 via mesas OTC no início deste mês, de acordo com dados da DripTrade.
Essas negociações foram possíveis por meio do sistema OTC da DripTrade, que permite que compradores e vendedores concordem com um preço fixo de venda antes do lançamento. O vendedor deve então cumprir a negociação dentro de sete dias após receber o NFT, ou perder a garantia oferecida como parte do acordo.
Amid a cost-of-living crisis globally, the novelty of receiving a digital cat picture for free, worth more than some people’s annual salary, was not lost on the crypto community.
“CT is really a special place in hell. Average person struggling to get by or buy groceries and you have people posting their $50,000 hyperliquid cat NFTs they got for free,” said X user MoonOverlord.
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While DidiTrading said: “Received an Hypurr NFT which is valued at $50k. I’m usually not good at valuing these things so I will give the market some time to find an equilibrium before I decide what I will do with it.”
Are Hypurr NFTs set to take over the market?
The Hypurr NFTs were deployed on the HyperEVM on Sunday and depict cartoon cat avatars with a range of different traits.
The NFTs were primarily issued to the most active participants in the “Genesis” event in November 2024, which revolved around the launch of the HYPE token.
There are 4,600 NFTs in total, with 4,313 going to Genesis event participants and the remainder divided up among the Hyper Foundation and core project contributors, according to a post on X on Sunday.
“The goal of the Hypurr NFT collection was to share a memento with those who believed in and contributed early on to Hyperliquid’s growth. Each NFT is unique and captures the different moods, hobbies, tastes, and quirks of the Hyperliquid community, as depicted by Hypurr,” the Hyper Foundation post reads.
In terms of 24-hour volume, OpenSea data shows that 952,000 HYPE have changed hands, worth around $44.6 million at current prices.
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