Momoguro NFTs sell out in 9 hours, generates US$7.6 mln of sales

Momoguro: Holoself, an Ethereum-native non-fungible token (NFT) collection launched by Emmy-winning animation studio, Baobab Studios, generated over 12,000 sales worth US$7.6 million on the first day of its launch, according to NFT data aggregator CryptoSlam.

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Fast facts

• Momoguro: Holoself is a collection of 8,888 Holoself avatars, which will offer holders early access to the upcoming Uno Plane role-playing game (RPG), as well as future digital collectibles and Web 3.0 experiences.
• The collection sold out nine hours after minting began, according to Momoguro’s Twitter announcement, making it the leading NFT collection in 24-hour sales volume.
• Genesis NFTs were minted for 0.22 ETH, worth around US$344, at the time of publication.
• The Momoguro RPG is set to launch in the second quarter of 2023 on layer-2 scaling solution ImmutableX, enabling NFT holders to fuse their “Momos” with other players to create hybrid characters.

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