BAYC had the kind of week that doesn't happen twice: Yuga launched Mudwater, physical trading cards with onchain Solana twins, at ApeFest on Monday, and by Thursday eight BAYC and MAYC pieces were entering LACMA's permanent collection alongside six decades of digital art. In between, a Bored Cigar ape sold for $2.4 million. The index dipped a little over 1% across the week, nowhere near as loud as the ape ecosystem's own run.
A week that started with trading cards and ended in a museum
BAYC's biggest week in a while: a trading-card launch, a $2.4M sale, and a museum donation, all in seven days.
Yuga launches Mudwater at ApeFest
Physical BAYC trading cards with onchain Solana twins, airdropped as Totems to every BAYC and MAYC holder.
BAYC and MAYC enter LACMA's permanent collection
Eight pieces join a 200+ work digital art gift funded by the ApeCoin DAO -- museum walls, not a marketplace.
A Bored Cigar BAYC sold for $2.4 million
BAYC #9500's Bored Cigar trait helped it sell for $2.4M, the week's biggest ticket by far.
Gold Argonauts sold three times this week
Three Gold-trait Argonauts changed hands for $30K, $26K and $19K -- the market kept paying a premium for it.
A Chaos Otherdeed sold at 217x floor
Otherdeed #12758's MYTHIC Chaos trait pushed it to $39,551 -- the week's sharpest multiplier.
VeeFriends builds toward Jolly Jack-O and a new coin set
Comic Book #23 drops Oct 28, alongside a 2026 Collectible Coins Case Crown topping out at GaryVee-signed 1/1s.
Art Blocks Weekend brings Squiggle collectors to Marfa
Exhibitions at the Adobe Room and Glitch Marfa drew holders in person, one showing off 25 Chromie Squiggles.
The numbers
- NFT30 index: 40.71 (24h +0.61%) · 7d -1.12%
- #12758 sold for 16.502 ETH (~39551 USD) — 217.1× floor
- #9500 sold for 1000 ETH (~2406270 USD) — 175.8× floor
- Bean #10850 sold for 0.6 ETH (~1426 USD) — 20.5× floor
- Argonaut #5952 sold for 12.99 ETH (~30350 USD) — 20.0× floor
- Argonaut #5332 sold for 11 ETH (~26399 USD) — 15.5× floor