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The prices of the majority of the top 100 cryptocurrencies are down by double-digit percentages on the week, yet the Base NFT scene has seen notable pockets of strength amid the slump.
Indeed, holders of more than a few popular Base collections currently find themselves decidedly in the green.
Projects that bucked the broader 7-day downtrend include:
- Chonks (+83%)
- Wealthy Hypio Babies (+80%)
- Parallel Aftermath (+50%)
- Primitives (+24%)
- Based Onchain Dinos (+11%)
There are multiple factors at play in these rallies, like the rising tide of excitement around the news that Base is getting 10x faster.
But the strength here also hints at a more engaged collector base on Base. If you're looking for NFT activity and users, this is the chain to be on right now.
Zooming out, if Base NFTs keep showing independent momentum, Base has a shot at cementing itself as the premier NFT market hub in the next bull run!
Other news this week...
📰 General news
- CC0 Studios released the pilot episode of The Normal MFers
- Gifted unveiled based.gift, an onchain gift card platform
OpenSea added support for Shape and Unichain
🎨 Cryptoart
Botto🏆 Digital collectibles
🎮 Decentralized gaming
- Forgotten Runiverse reopened its Early Access build
- Onchain Heroes is using Proof of Play's VRF for randomization
🪙 Memes & NFTfi
📱 Onchain social
Farcaster
Polygon🌐 Virtual worlds
- Decentraland donated to the ETHDenver Brand Hack prize pool
- Hyperfy hosted the first episode of Clank Tank
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- 🕹️ Crypto Pong — sean07.eth
- 👑 Internet Content Empires — CC0 Studios
- 🛅 From Session Keys to Sub Accounts — Wilson Cusack
- ⚽ Committing to Football Onchain — badmanchuka.eth
- 🔮 Farcaster 2026 Writing Contest Results — Kiwi
- 🪽 Flynet: Blackbird's Onchain Transaction Network — Ben Leventhal
