ApeFest Charleston is underway, and the detail worth noting isn't the merch — it's who showed up. One attendee's recap of day one: people flew in from Asia, Europe, and Dubai, some on three connecting flights, just to be there. BAYC opened its official pop-up shop and dropped Bored Ape Bimmer Club merch a day ahead of the festival, and a MAYC community anthem went live for holders making the trip. The same attendee's line stuck with me: barely anyone talks about floor price at an event like this. That's notable, because everywhere else in the NFT30 floor price is exactly what's on everyone's mind — the index is down 6.5% over the week even after a small 0.6% bounce today, and Lil Pudgys (+5%) and Azuki (+4.2%) were the rare floors moving up over the last 24 hours. Azuki also produced the week's loudest single trade: one piece sold for just over $53,900, 45 times the floor. Elsewhere, VeeFriends pushed Comic Book #22, 'Gentle Giant,' into public sale, and OpenSea added a Koda to its Flagship Collection a day before the festival, with Koda Cakes handed out on-site. None of that pays for a flight to Charleston. But for one weekend, a chunk of this market decided the trip was worth it anyway.
ApeFest Kicks Off in Charleston
BAYC opened its pop-up shop and dropped Bimmer Club merch a day before ApeFest; MAYC holders flew in from three continents.
VeeFriends' Gentle Giant Goes Public
Comic Book #22 went on public sale, with ambassadors ripping copies on release day.
OpenSea Adds a Koda to Its Flagship
Koda #7940 joined OpenSea's Flagship Collection a day before ApeFest; Koda Cakes followed at the festival.
An Azuki Sold for 45x Floor
A Spirit Spiky piece changed hands for $53,982, 45.2x floor — the week's loudest Azuki trade.
An Opepen Edition Sold 112x Over Floor
A romeopepen piece sold for $17,044, 112.3x floor — editions like this rarely trade.
A Quotrons Grail Sold for $11,905
The '1971' piece sold at 2.5x floor, holding its spot as one of the collection's rarest.
VeeFriends Sold Another Piece Above Floor
A '263 of 555' VeeFriends traded for $10,650, 3.4x floor, an hour before this recap.
Lil Pudgys and Azuki Floors Tick Up
Both floors rose over the last 24h — Lil Pudgys +5%, Azuki +4.2% — against a flat week for the index.
The numbers
- NFT30 index: 42 (24h +0.6%) · 7d -6.46%
- Azuki #4849 sold for 22 ETH (~53982 USD) — 45.2× floor
- a.c.k., Set 030, Ed. 5 sold for 6.9 ETH (~17044 USD) — 112.3× floor
- QUOTRON #2798 sold for 4.9 ETH (~11905 USD) — 2.5× floor
- Gift Goat sold for 4.39369437 ETH (~10650 USD) — 3.4× floor
- Meebit #13286 sold for 0.663550542531173 ETH (~1621 USD) — 2.2× floor