Daily Market RecapFriday, October 2, 2026

The Only 7-Trait CryptoPunk Sells for Roughly $5.9M Through a Loan Settlement on Gondi

CryptoPunk #8348 — the only Punk with seven traits — just changed hands for 3,000,000 USDC plus an undisclosed amount that collectors now peg at around $5.9M total, its first sale since 2020 when seedphrase bought it for 85 ETH. The disclosed part of the deal settled a 2,800,000 USDC loan against the piece through Gondi's 'Sell & Repay,' the lending platform's biggest sale ever. The rest of the board held nearly flat, with the index barely moving on the day.

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Listen — narrated by Alex

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NFT30: A ~$5.9M CryptoPunk Sale Through a Loan Settlement

The only 7-trait CryptoPunk just sold for 3,000,000 USDC plus an undisclosed amount collectors now peg at around $5.9M total, settling a 2,800,000 USDC loan in the same transaction — the biggest sale in Gondi's history 👇

CryptoPunk #8348: Six Years, One Sale

Bought in 2020 for 85 ETH (about $18,000 then), the collection's only 7-trait Punk just sold for 3,000,000 USDC plus an undisclosed amount collectors now peg at around $5.9M total — the loan against it settled automatically in the same deal.

A 'One' Opepen Sells at 12.4x Floor

Carrying the GRAIL-tier One trait, this piece sold for 0.939 ETH — about $2,530, over 12 times the floor.

A 'Mysterious Hoodie' Crypto Adz Sells at 3.3x Floor

Rank #1279 carrying the PREMIUM-tier Mysterious Hoodie trait sold for 0.91 ETH — about $2,449, 3.3 times the floor.

A 'Gold' Lil Pudgy Sells at 2.1x Floor

Rank #1523 carrying the GRAIL-tier Gold trait sold for 0.644 ETH — about $1,738, 2.1 times the floor.

The Board Holds Nearly Flat

No collection moved its floor enough to register today, and the index itself is up just 0.44% — one of the quietest days on the board this stretch.

A 4-Star Listing at 3.745 ETH Leads Fresh Offers

A 4-star listing at 3.745 ETH landed alongside two more 4-star pieces at 0.38 ETH and 0.1237 ETH, all within the last day.

This Week's Top Sale: A 'Trippy' Bored Ape at 6.0x Floor

Rank #1185 carrying the MYTHIC-tier Trippy trait sold for 17 ETH — about $45,722, nearly 6 times the floor.

The numbers

NFT30 index: 50.95 (24h +0.44%) · 7d +0.03%
Unrevealed #255, Ed. 1 sold for 0.939 ETH (~2530 USD) — 12.4× floor
CrypToadz #5004 sold for 0.9099999999 ETH (~2449 USD) — 3.3× floor
Lil Pudgy #18859 sold for 0.644 ETH (~1738 USD) — 2.1× floor
Nakamigos #3078 sold for 0.205 ETH (~556 USD) — 2.2× floor

📜 Transcript

ALEX: The only CryptoPunk with seven traits just changed hands. Almost six million dollars, by the collectors' count.

ALEX: And it didn't sell the usual way. Part of that money paid off a loan.

ALEX: The owner had borrowed close to three million against the punk on Gondi, a lending platform. The sale wiped that debt in one move.

ALEX: Biggest sale Gondi has ever handled. By a mile, I'd guess. No, scratch the guess. Biggest ever, full stop.

ALEX: Only part of the price is public, though. The six million is the market's estimate, not a receipt.

ALEX: It hadn't moved since seedphrase bought it, years ago. Then this.

ALEX: Everything else? A slower week. About six hundred million dollars of tracked market cap, and a third less trading than the week before.

ALEX: Ethereum still did the money, and punks did more volume than anyone.

ALEX: The Robinhood chain is the sore spot. Its market cap lost about a quarter in seven days, while crypto itself was a little green.

ALEX: One collection swam against all that. Sappy Seals.

ALEX: The floor climbed more than a fifth in dollars this week. Sales nearly tripled.

ALEX: ETH barely moved, so this is the seals, not the coin.

ALEX: But who was buying?

ALEX: The week's biggest sale was a seal with a trait the market values at about five times floor. It went for under twice floor.

ALEX: The buyer was a wallet with almost no history here. That's the lowest collector grade we give.

ALEX: Quick explainer. Provenance grades every wallet from A to E. A means a long, deep record of collecting. E means there's barely anything on file.

ALEX: And that buyer no longer holds the seal.

ALEX: Same with the second-biggest sale. In, and gone.

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