NFT assortment Cool Cats has joined iconic characters together with Pikachu and Ronald McDonald as a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon.
The Cool Cats balloon, which depicts the gathering’s essential character Blue Cat and milk carton Chugs, accompanies this week’s launch of a YouTube Shorts sequence, “The Milk Chug”.
It’s nearly time! 💙 pic.twitter.com/s7ObSNWOQ7
— clon (@cloncast) November 23, 2023
A limited-edition Cool Cats hoodie marking the event may also be accessible in Herald Sq. Macy’s; the hoodie comes full with an NFC tag that hyperlinks to an Azuki bodily backed token, enabling the garment to be worn IRL and in Cool Cats’ digital avatar system.
Created by artist Colin ‘Clon’ Egan, Cool Cats originated as a sequence of artworks by the ‘Catoonist,’ earlier than making the transition to Instagram in 2015. In 2021, Clon launched the Cool Cats NFT assortment consisting of 9,999 Blue Cat PFPs.
The gathering grew to become one of many “blue chip” profile image tasks of the late 2021 NFT increase, with costs averaging $92,000 and the challenge signing with high Hollywood company CAA in early 2022—however costs tumbled amid mounting group discontent and a broader crypto market downturn.
Earlier this yr, the gathering introduced plans to broaden to a number of blockchain networks and licensed its IP to video games studios.
The ground value for the gathering at the moment stands at 0.99 ETH, or simply over $2,000 at present costs, whereas quantity has spiked by 225% within the final day to 57.9 ETH.
