Quick take:
- The project had been dormant for a few years until Gary Vaynerchuk started tweeting about it.
- It’s now number two of Top NFTs on OpenSea.
- Average price of CryptoSkulls has increased five times since Jan 11.
CryptoSkulls, which has proclaimed itself as “one of the first 10,000 pfp (profile picture) NFT projects stored the Ethereum blockchain” from 2019, saw a sudden spike in trading volume in the last seven days.
This came after entrepreneur and NFT collector Gary Vaynerchuk “discovered” the project last week. Other famous collectors of CryptoSkulls include Steve Aoki, GMoney, FVCKRENDER, ThankYouX, Matt Medved and Brooklyn Beckham.
3am discoveries are insane, i am obsessed with older projects ..and i am hearing that this is the 2nd ever PFP project EVER after punks? https://t.co/stzkHlGjfa who knows more ? i would love to learn
— Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) January 11, 2022
Self-proclaimed NFT archaeologist Leonidas.eth on Twitter “confirmed” the project’s “historical significance” as the second-ever pfp project after CryptoPunks.
Medved is the one who researched these and brought them to me. I just took a second look at the contract and confirmed their historical significance. Amazing find! ☠️ https://t.co/ng1xkHa588
— Leonidas.eth 💀 (@LeonidasNFT) January 11, 2022
CryptoSkulls has been dormant for the past year, although award-winning crypto artist and self-proclaimed crypto anthropologist Eric Rhodes started bringing attention to the project in Feb 2021.
why is no one talking about @Crypto_Skulls?
— Eric Rhodes 🎨 (@ericprhodes) February 23, 2021
OG #unofficialpunks right there!!!! pic.twitter.com/OQtKuGxCMP
In the last seven days, CryptoSkulls is up 2710576.58%, with a trading volume of $44.65 million. Its average sales price shot up almost seven times in a span of four days, going from Ξ0.517 on Jan 11 to its peak of Ξ3.433 on Jan 15 before settling on its current price of Ξ2.5429 today.
As of this article, CryptoSkulls now sits on number two of top NFT collections by 7-day volume, underneath Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC). Some people remain sceptical about the project’s revival, doubting CryptoSkulls’ narrative of being the second-ever pfp project and speculating that the surge in volume is a result of NFT influencer pump and dump.
Bunch of NFT influencer find something “undervalued” buy lots then pump their bags, it’s my main issues with NFTs now the value is not based on the actual project just those willing to pump.
— autografmusic (@AutografMusic) January 15, 2022
Launched in May 2019 by artist Alex Sayer, CryptoSkulls had a slow start as its final mint only took place in August 2019, with a portion of the supply held by the CryptoSkulls account.
Besides its 10,000 general supply of pixel-art pfps, the CryptoSkulls team has also released 10 legendary-tier Skull Lords with a rarity index of 1. Out of the 10 Skull Lords, CryptoSkull #19, CryptoSkull #20, and CryptoSkull #42 came with animated YouTube videos.
Hey! 💀
— CryptoSkulls 💀 (@Crypto_Skulls) October 11, 2020
We decided to develop a crypto game. A serious game, where the main role will be assigned to CryptoSkulls.
Check out: https://t.co/nUsEX3vfue
Like, Retweet, Share!#cryptoskulls #pixelart #NFT #collectible #cryptogame pic.twitter.com/oqBDFtNC2p
In October 2020, CryptoSkulls revealed plans to launch a “serious” Crypto game called Gold of Skulls, although it appears that the project has yet to take shape more than a year since the “announcement”.
Stay up to date:
