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what's cryptopunks?

CryptoPunks is an iconic NFT collection launched in June 2017 by Larva Labs, consisting of 10,000 unique, algorithmically generated 24x24 pixel art characters on the Ethereum blockchain. It pioneered the concept of digital collectibles and scarcity in the crypto space, predating the broader NFT boom and inspiring projects like CryptoKitties and Bored Ape Yacht Club. Each Punk features distinct attributes such as aliens, zombies, apes, or accessories like knitted caps, which determine rarity and value, with rare traits commanding premium prices in sales. In 2022, Yuga Labs acquired the intellectual property, granting full commercial rights to holders, though in May 2025, the IP was sold to the NODE Foundation for $20 million while Yuga retained a significant stake. The project emphasizes self-custody, digital ownership, and community-driven value, with ongoing cultural relevance seen in museum acquisitions like the Centre Pompidou's display of Punk #110 and high-profile transactions exceeding 50 ETH. Total trading volume has surpassed $1 billion, underscoring its status as a blue-chip NFT asset.

Snapshot

Cowboy Punk sold for 72 ETH; multiple Punks swept, with market interest at $50K-$60K.

17H ago
WHALE ACTIVITY

A Welding Goggles CryptoPunk sold for 60 ETH in early February 2026.

WHALE ACTIVITY

A Blue Bandana CryptoPunk sold for 48.5 ETH in early February 2026.

20H ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

CryptoPunk #6375 (Cowboy Hat attribute) listed for approximately $170,000 by @xPeaceLandBread, establishing the Cowboy Hat attribute floor.

23H ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

CryptoPunk #5860 sold for 31.50 ETH on February 10, 2026.

1D ago
FINANCIAL EVENT

Holders can mint a Human Resources NFT for free, with the mint closing on 2026-02-10 at approximately 13:37 UTC.

MARKET ACTIVITY

CryptoPunks #2411 sold for 29.90 ETH on February 9, 2026.

2D ago
ONCHAIN METRICS

Floor price sits at 29.9 ETH as of February 10, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Sold CryptoPunk #5402 (Hoodie attribute) for 144 ETH ($297,000 USD) from @Homiee_G on February 9, 2026.

3D ago
WHALE ACTIVITY

A wallet purchased a CryptoPunk for 37 ETH, significantly above floor price, during a 12-hour buying spree ending on February 8, 2026.

4D ago
WHALE ACTIVITY

Cowboy Punk NFT sold for 72 ETH in early February 2026.

5D ago
WHALE ACTIVITY

A wallet swept 10 CryptoPunks for a total of 305 ETH ($591,395), starting at approximately $53K per Punk.

OPINION SPECULATION

Predicted to reach $250,000 per NFT in 2026, according to market speculation.

OPINION SPECULATION

Multiple market participants express interest in purchasing CryptoPunks below $60,000, viewing current prices near $50,000 as attractive entry points.

1W ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

Floor price dropped to $58,000.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Top Hat NFT sells for 37 ETH.

WHALE ACTIVITY

Punk #2457 was added to the Good Vibes Club Rewards Pool, which is currently valued at approximately $475K.

ONCHAIN METRICS

37% of Ringers holders also hold CryptoPunks NFTs.

2W ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

Sold for 30.59 ETH in a notable transaction on January 28, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Sold CryptoPunk #9132 for 27.25 ETH on 2026-01-24.

3W ago
WHALE ACTIVITY

A wallet placed a bid of 325 ETH ($972,000) on a Zombie Punk NFT.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Sold CryptoPunk #9901 (Hoodie trait) for approximately $380,000 between anonymous collectors during the week ending January 20, 2026.

RISK ALERT

A holder was hacked and lost 8 CryptoPunks worth approximately $1 million.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Achieved $2.6M in NFT trading volume over the 7-day period ending January 19, 2026, ranking third among major PFP collections.

OPINION SPECULATION

Positioned as one of two core NFT collections (alongside BAYC) that long-term NFT bulls would want to hold, with the implication that the collection is too expensive for most buyers.

1M ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

CryptoPunk #1831 sold for approximately $185,000 between anonymous collectors.

MARKET ACTIVITY

CryptoPunk #5308 listed for approximately $490,000 by an anonymous collector.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Three CryptoPunks were sold on January 11, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Eye Mask CryptoPunk sells for 35 ETH.

TECH EVENT

Governance voting details for CryptoPunk #9132 will be published on 2026-01-08, including eligibility, voting structure, and timelines for Ether Cards Punk Staking participants.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached a marketcap of 2.47B USD during 2025.

MARKET ACTIVITY

A CryptoPunk with Cowboy Hat trait sold for 169 ETH.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Leased intellectual property rights to a TON sticker collection that sold out.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Recorded sales ranking in the top 5 NFT sales of the last week, alongside Larva Labs generative sculptures and a Quine.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Sold token #3557 for 25.27 ETH on December 24, 2025.

MARKET ACTIVITY

CryptoPunks #1746 sold for 26.98 ETH on December 23, 2025.

MARKET ACTIVITY

CryptoPunks #9993 sold for 33.69 ETH on December 23, 2025.

OPINION SPECULATION

A trader is considering purchasing over 50 CryptoPunks NFTs in a potential sweep for 1,653 ETH (approximately $5,028,055).

WHALE ACTIVITY

A borrower defaulted on a $2,000,000 loan collateralized by 23 CryptoPunks on December 22, 2025, after borrowing three months prior at 18% annual percentage rate.

ONCHAIN METRICS

CryptoPunk #3150 sold for 26.90 ETH on December 18, 2025.

RISK ALERT

Site functionality shut down for maintenance.

MARKET ACTIVITY

CryptoPunk #3281 (Beanie trait) listed for approximately $435,000 by Homiee_g as of December 16, 2025.

The Node Foundation opening is scheduled for January 2026.

Regular Punk floor drops 10% with grails selling at premium (1.55 ETH for 7-trait punk, 0.65-0.97 ETH for aliens), while $PNKSTR token has $30M market cap with $6M worth of Punks listed and the treasury accumulates Punks.

CryptoPunks are available as rewards in OpenSea Wave 3 Treasures, with unlocks scheduled for Wednesday.

After day one of a 7-day mint period, 1,832 crawling punks have been minted via OpenSea with 6 days remaining in the minting window.

The collection experiences a -6% decline with floor price at 28 ETH on December 15.

Regular Punks trade at 0.1-0.2 ETH post-mint with warnings about incorrect rarity rankings requiring verification before purchase.

The Regular Punks mint completed with execution issues where CryptoPunk holders lacked exclusive access and some missed minting their own Punk IDs due to shuffled distribution. The project implements fully onchain metadata using PunkData contract bitmap-to-SVG conversions with traits stored in a separate contract, and includes an Arena contract for battles functionality.

Regular Punks mint (where holder whitelist access was previously announced) faces warnings about potential mass extraction with 10k supply at 0.0069 ETH (69 ETH total raise), 50k+ whitelisted wallets limited to 2 per wallet in 2-hour window. Artist's old collections experienced pump-and-dump activity, spiking to 0.03 ETH before crashing to 0 after whitelist snapshot.

Holders gain whitelist access to Regular Punks mint event scheduled for tomorrow, alongside holders of Chain Runners, Who Is the Cabal, and Beeple: Everydays.

The collection leads NFT daily winners with a 3.63% floor price increase to 29.95 ETH, and Punk #1454 sells for 28.00 ETH.

CryptoPunks opens its own museum as part of its differentiated brand strategy among major NFT projects.

GONDI's purchase bundler feature now enables more accessible Punk acquisitions for new collectors. Punk #1454 transfers for 0 ETH in apparent holiday gifting activity.

2M ago

Holders can win a share of a $50,000 USD MocaProof prize pool by verifying their holdings, with CryptoPunks included in the first batch of 5 eligible collections alongside BAYC, Azuki, Mocaverse, and Cool Cats.

Custom Bids feature launches on official marketplace, allowing users to bid on any subset of Punks with the same ETH.

Hivemind Digital Culture Fund adds CryptoPunk #8561 to its holdings.

Big Shades CryptoPunk sells for 39.9 ETH (approximately $124K) on December 10.

CryptoPunk #6615 (Big Beard) sells for approximately $150,000 between anonymous collectors, and CryptoPunk #2289 (Pilot Helmet) lists for approximately $180,000.

Hoodie CryptoPunk #1925 sells for 195 ETH to a new collector.

$50,000 in $MOCA rewards available for holders through MocaProof credential verification program, with prizes split among top 3 participating communities.

NODE Foundation exhibition space in Palo Alto opens next month, marking the first time IP stewardship is held by a non-profit endowment dedicated to preservation.

Floor price drops to approximately $90K (30 ETH), down from $95-97K on December 4-5. CryptoPunk #4798 sells for 29.33 ETH.

MocaProof Beta launches "Theme of the Month" campaign featuring CryptoPunks among 15 selected NFT projects, offering $50,000 in $MOCA rewards for credential verification between December 8 and January 8, 2025.

CryptoPunks coming to NODE Palo Alto.

CryptoPunks exhibition takes place at NODE Palo Alto.

A free claim is available for CryptoPunks holders as part of the project's participation in Art Basel exhibitions this year.

Floor price ratio with Pudgy Penguins compressed from 60 Penguins per Punk at peak to approximately 5 Penguins per Punk currently.

Floor price at $95K on December 5, with an above-floor sale at 35 ETH (~$108.5K).

Floor price back up to $97,000 as of December 4.

Infinex platform includes CryptoPunks in its raffle system, offering a CryptoPunks draw to users at the $5 billion trading volume milestone through a crate-based ticket system.

Top NFT sales include CryptoPunk #1355 at 31.25 ETH, #3378 at 28.75 ETH, and #3976 at 28.71 ETH, with floor price at 30.58 ETH declining 1.23%.

Team seeks liquidity providers for Trait Bidding feature in early adoption phase, stating trait markets remain inefficient with trading opportunities for early participants who can influence feature development.

CryptoPunk #1925 sold for 195 ETH (~$546K).

Node Foundation opening event in January offers limited surprises to attending CryptoPunk holders on a first-come-first-served basis.

Trait Bids go live on the official marketplace, allowing users to place bids on specific traits like "40 ETH for any CryptoPunk with Big Shades" or "500 ETH for any Zombie." MoMA's new director Christophe Cherix names the CryptoPunks book one of his Top 10 of 2025, following AIGA design's Top 50 books designation.

CryptoPunks now trade at less than 1 Bitcoin per Punk, down from nearly 2x Bitcoin during summer months.

Art Basel Miami Beach panel on December 4 features discussion including pixel punks with panelists Beeple, Matt Hall, and AS Curates, focusing on how blockchain-native artworks are collected, valued, and canonized.

Infinex features CryptoPunks as prizes in their Craterun promotional crate opening event alongside Patron NFTs, Pudgy Penguins, and cash rewards.

CryptoPunks achieves second highest NFT trading volume of the past week, with only Pudgy Penguins trading more.

Punk Strategy announces it will sell another CryptoPunk after at most 4 more Punks are sold.

New documentary "What The Punk" by Martin Delpierre focuses on CryptoPunks creators Matt Hall and John Watkinson.

Toledo Museum of Art owns CryptoPunks as part of their expanding digital art collection.

A CryptoPunk sells for 34.1 ETH on November 27.

9 expired CryptoPunks loans renegotiated successfully on NFTfi, with default count now at zero following last week's price correction.

A CryptoPunk with Clown and Green Hair traits sells for 37.98 ETH on November 26.

CryptoPunk #3720 (Hoodie) sells for approximately $310,000 between anonymous collectors. CryptoPunk #5734 (Tiara) newly lists at approximately $200,000.

A borrower refinances their 3D CryptoPunk from 15% to 12.5% eAPR on NFTfi using new cross-protocol ReFi, saving 1 ETH annually without repaying the existing loan.

CryptoPunks floor price sits at 31 ETH, up 3% on Monday.

A CryptoPunk sells for 38.9 ETH on November 25.

Physical CryptoPunk sculptures are being displayed at Art Basel in Miami.

PNKSTR executes 5% token burn while PunkStrategy treasury accumulates 35 CryptoPunks following 100% gain from lows in past couple days.

A memecoin project purchases multiple CryptoPunks after experiencing a 2X price increase in 7 days.

A CryptoPunk with Hoodie attribute sells for 110 ETH (approximately $308,000 at current ETH price of $2,800).

5 physical CryptoPunk prints are currently being auctioned at Sotheby's auction house.

Punk 3100 sells for 4,000 ETH ($6.08M USD), representing significant whale activity in the collection.

Larva Labs founders Matt Hall and John Watkinson officially participate at Art Basel in 2025, while the project generated $317M in secondary sales in 2024.

A second CryptoPunks meetup at Beeple Studios opens RSVP with free admission and VIP access for Punks and Beeple holders.

A Hoodie Punk NFT sells for 110 ETH ($308K), down approximately 50% from the previous sale 4 months prior.

Price drops to March levels with 1 BTC now worth more than 1 Punk.

Staking mechanism for v1 punks distributes 20% of fees to stakers with 7-day vesting and reward forfeiture on early unstake.