Doodles NFT token stalls after airdrop

The newly launched DOOD token from Ethereum-based NFT mission Doodles has seen a steep drop in market capitalization following its Could 9 airdrop on the Solana community.

Based on knowledge from DEX Screener, DOOD’s market cap fell from over $100 million shortly after launch to round $60 million on the time of writing.

General, the much-anticipated airdrop was “[d]efinitely underwhelming,” a crypto commentator mentioned in a Could 9 X submit.

DOOD token efficiency on Could 9. Supply: DexScreener

Associated: Doodles NFT gross sales surge 97% forward of DOOD token airdrop

Falling NFT values

Becoming a member of the development, NFTs in Doodle’s flagship assortment sharply dropped in worth on Could 9.

The collectibles are down roughly 60% to lower than 1.5 Ether (ETH) per NFT from about 3.5 ETH on Could 8, in accordance with OpenSea. As of Could 9, the NFTs are collectively price round $31 million, in accordance with knowledge from CoinGecko.

*The value of Doodles NFTs dropped by roughly 60% after the airdrop. Supply:* *OpenSea*

NFT costs usually dip instantly after an airdrop, as holders look to capitalize on their allocations by promoting into the market. For example, gross sales of Doodles’ NFTs surged by some 97% on Could 8 in anticipation of the airdrop.

Over the previous week, Doodles clocked roughly $2.6 million in whole gross sales quantity, up greater than 350% from the week prior, in accordance with knowledge from CryptoSlam.

Doodles introduced its token launch in February, outlining plans to mint 10 billion DOOD tokens on Solana (SOL) and to finally bridge them to Base, an Ethereum layer-2.

Doodles is the newest Ethereum-native NFT model to checklist a token on the Solana community. It follows Pudgy Penguins, a fair bigger NFT mission that airdropped its PENGU token on Solana in December.

Equally to Doodles, Pudgy Penguin’s token dropped by round 50% on the day of its airdrop.

The PENGU token’s market cap reached an all-time excessive of roughly $2.8 billion and has since traded right down to roughly $900 million, in accordance with CoinGecko.

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