gm Bankless Nation, The CryptoPunks floor price just surged amid swirling rumors of a Yuga Labs sale, which Yuga has denied. Let's catch you up and break down the hype!
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🎮 Forgotten Runiverse Launches Stress Test. The Forgotten Runiverse MMORPG team kicked off their Crash the Runiverse event on the Ronin network, inviting players to push the game's servers to the limit ahead of its Q1 2025 global launch.
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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