# CryptoPunks Acquisition?

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Jan 15, 2025*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/read/cryptopunks-rumor*

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CryptoPunks Acquisition?
  

  
  Published on Jan. 15, 2025

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   ANALYSIS

  
  
    
   
Breaking Down the CryptoPunks Acquisition Rumor
  
  
   
     
     Bankless Author: 
     
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       William M. Peaster](https://x.com/wmpeaster)
     
    
 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2025/01/image---2025-01-15T122743.257-2.png)](https://www.bankless.com/read/cryptopunks-acquisition-rumor)**The CryptoPunks floor just soared from 35 ETH to 42 ETH amid a new IP acquisition rumor—yet Yuga Labs denies any deal is in the works**. 

Is the denial a smokescreen? 

Is it best that the Punks stay with Yuga, considering the alternatives?

Whatever happens next, this gust of speculation has put Ethereum's OG NFTs back in the spotlight once again. 

*For now, we'll have to see if anything follows here, but in the meantime let's catch you up*. *Here's a quick rundown of the new rumor, Yuga's denial, and the potential implications of a hypothetical Punks sale*! 👇

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