Moonbirds NFT Gross sales Leap 2,525% After Orange Cap Video games Acquires IP

Ethereum-based non-fungible token (NFT) assortment Moonbirds noticed a resurgence in market exercise following the sale of its mental property (IP) to blockchain recreation improvement studio Orange Cap Video games. 

On June 6, knowledge from NFT knowledge aggregator CryptoSlam revealed that Moonbirds reached a weekly gross sales quantity of over $2 million, up 2,525% from the earlier week. For month-to-month volumes, the gathering had surpassed its gross sales efficiency for all of Might by June 6. 

In June, the gathering has gross sales of round $1.4 million up to now, up 43% from Might’s $900,000. Moonbirds additionally reached over 1,000 transactions within the final seven days, a 877% improve over the earlier week. 

Because of the surge, Moonbirds is now the seventh-ranked NFT assortment in weekly gross sales, surpassing widespread collections together with Pudgy Penguins and Bored Ape Yacht Membership (BAYC). 

Moonbirds surge follows mental property sale

That is additionally probably the most important uptick in Moonbirds gross sales in latest months, signaling investor optimism after NFT firm Yuga Labs bought the IP to Orange Cap Video games.

On Might 30, the sport improvement studio introduced that it had acquired the IP of Ethereum-based NFT collections Moonbirds, Mythics and Oddities from Yuga Labs. The acquisition marked a shift for the Moonbirds ecosystem, with Orange Cap Video games taking inventive and developmental management of the challenge. 

Yuga Labs CEO Greg Solano mentioned Moonbirds “deserve a crew whose complete world is the birds.” The Yuga Labs government expressed confidence that Orange Cap Video games is the proper steward to assist Moonbirds obtain its potential. 

Orange Cap Video games is understood for creating Vibes, a hybrid buying and selling card recreation integrating bodily and digital gameplay components. The sport options Pudgy Penguins IP, permitting gamers to gather and commerce utilizing playing cards in each the bodily and digital worlds. 

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NFTs break downward pattern in Might

The Moonbirds gross sales uptick comes as digital collectibles showed a resurgence in Might, breaking a downward pattern all through 2025. 

NFT gross sales reached $476 million in Might, up 27% in comparison with April. This marked the primary month-to-month gross sales improve in 2025, after a five-month decline since December 2024.

The month additionally confirmed a big uptick in distinctive NFT patrons, reaching 936,000. This determine exhibits a 50% improve in comparison with April’s 622,000.