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The recently concluded year 2025 has not been easy for NFTs. They were in bad shape across the board, and many critics were even calling them dead now. Despite a challenging market in 2025, marked by a 37% year-over-year revenue decline and year-end valuation decline to $2.5 billion, the NFT sector has seen significant milestones related to institutional adoption, the integration of large “blue chip” projects, and a shift toward utilities. Below are the top moments for NFTs in 2025.
1. Otherside entered the Gueness Book of Records
In February 2025, Otherside, the metaverse of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT maker Yuga Labs, set a Guinness World Record for the most concurrent players in an online first-person shooter (FPS), with 2,197 participants. The Project Dragon experience showcased high-capacity, interconnected virtual spaces in preparation for its full launch in 2025. The event demonstrated the platform’s capabilities and tools that will be available to the community through the ODK.
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2025 was literally a record year! From setting a Guinness World Record to launching the most ambitious and promising metaverse on the market, @AutresideMeta And @apecoin set the standard. I can’t wait to see where 2026 takes us! pic.twitter.com/qgr0UumpYY– OniZanza (@OniZanza) December 31, 2025
2. OpenSea announced the arrival of $SEA
Earlier in 2025, OpenSea, one of the leading NFT marketplaces, announced the launch of its renewed NFT marketplace. Additionally, they finally announced that the $SEA token would arrive after years of claims. OpenSea CEO Devin Finzer has officially confirmed that the $SEA token is expected to launch in the first quarter (Q1) of 2026. This announcement marked OpenSea’s transition from a dedicated NFT marketplace to an “on-chain economy” hub where users can trade everything from tokens and art to perpetual futures contracts.
$MER launched in the first trimester, I see a lot of people thinking that their TGE will not see $MER over $1 billion FDV, but opensea is one of the biggest brands in Ethereum, and with $ETH probably during the previous ATH at the end of the first quarter, the atmosphere will change very quickly, the Punks will start their race again.
$3 billion + FDV pic.twitter.com/2mtm31ZQLU
– Gorlisha (@Gorlishaa) December 31, 2025
3. Doodles launched $DOOD and Doopies NFTs
In February 2025, Doodles, the team behind the popular Doodles NFT collection, launched its NFT coin, $DOOD, and the 25,000 edition “Doopies” NFT collection on Solana, with the goal of expanding NFT community ownership and ecosystem utility. The $DOOD token (10 billion supply) is designed for lower entry point stake, with a 68% community allocation, including airdrops for holders.
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Based on suggestions from the community, we have decided to support the token of @doodles – A… pic.twitter.com/RHRobGs2x1
– Unich.com 🆓 (@unich_com) February 14, 2025
4.MeebCo acquired Meebits’ NFT IP address
In February 2025, Yuga Labs, the digital asset company known for creating the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection, sold the intellectual property of Meebits to the Meebit Company. MeebCo is now on a mission to preserve the provenance of Meebits, an NFT collection comprising a limited set of 20,000 unique 3D voxel characters registered as NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain, from Larva to Yuga to MeebCo.
2/ To get started, we are launching Bits, a participation-based reward system, and announcing a partnership with @openseaour official third-party marketplace. Our goal is to make Bits a meaningful and rewarding experience for members of the Meebit community. All collectors,… pic.twitter.com/rbtGHAxVwN
– Meebits (@MeebitsNFTs) February 14, 2025
5. Toast launched the Good Vibes Club NFT collection
In March 2025, Toast, the award-winning animation studio founded by Chris and Tyler Guyot in partnership with SuperRare, launched Good Vibes Clubs, a series of non-fungible tokens consisting of 6,969 unique 3D profile pictures (PFPs) based on Ethereum. The Good Vibes Club (GVC) NFT collection has quickly established itself as a leading project by combining high-end 3D animation and strategic partnerships.
Allow us to introduce ourselves 🤙🌴
Good Vibes Club is not just a 3D art PFP project; it is the basis of a global intellectual property designed by an award-winning animation studio
The last 4 months? Quietly strong.
Let us show you what we mean 🌀👇 pic.twitter.com/C4Uu3SLJHs
– Good Vibes Club 🤙 (@goodvibesclub) July 29, 2025
6. CryptoPunks IP acquired by the node
In May 2025, the Infinite Node Foundation acquired all intellectual property (IP) rights to CryptoPunks from Yuga Labs. As a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of digital art, Node intends to serve as a permanent, mission-focused steward of the collection. Punks is a globally recognized non-fungible token collection, offering a limited edition of 10,000 pixelated NFT collections hosted on the Ethereum blockchain network.
BREAKING: Infinite Node Foundation (NODE) acquired CryptoPunks IP from Yuga Labs 🚨 pic.twitter.com/aPZeKWAPNT
– wale.moca 🐳 (@waleswoosh) May 13, 2025
7. Orange Cap Games acquired the intellectual property of Moonbirds
In May 2025, Orange Cap Games, a Web3 game and experience design studio specializing in the delivery of intellectual property across physical and digital trading card games, acquired the Moonbirds, Mythics and Oddities intellectual property from Yuga Labs, with a focus on their integration into a Web3 gaming ecosystem. The acquisition was well received, with price floors tripling to 0.9 ETH immediately following the announcement.
Yuga Labs sells Moonbirds IP to Orange Cap Games amid NFT market changes
Yuga Labs has sold the intellectual property rights to NFT collections Moonbirds, Mythics and Oddities to crypto gaming startup Orange Cap Games. This move comes just over a year after Yuga acquired the… pic.twitter.com/rKNNE7V1U0
– Good News Studio (@goodnewsstudio) June 2, 2025
8. NFT stickers became a thing in 2025
By 2025, NFT stickers have become a central pillar of the TON ecosystem, evolving from simple messaging visuals to verifiable and tradable digital assets on the TON blockchain. Telegram officially integrated NFT stickers into its platform in 2025, following a strategy mooted by founder Pavel Durov in late 2024. At the time, we saw NFT brands like BAYC, Pudgy Penguins, Azuki, Claynosaurz, Doodles, etc. drop stickers on Telegram.
9. Moonbirds announced the launch of $BIRB token
In October 2025, the Moonbirds NFT team confirmed the launch of its native token “$BIRB” on the Solana blockchain for the first quarter of 2026. Announced by parent company Orange Cap Games, the move aims to expand the NFT ecosystem with new utilities. The announcement sparked a surge in Moonbirds NFT floor prices. The launch of the token is part of a broader strategy by the Orange Cap Games team to revitalize the brand and integrate it into the Solana ecosystem.
BREAK: @moonbirds join @vibes_tcgannounces that BIRB will be launched at the beginning of the first quarter of 2026 👀 pic.twitter.com/HoC9ujCqlB
– Solana (@solana) December 13, 2025
10. TokenWorks launched the NFT strategy
In late 2025, TokenWorks made a significant impact on the global NFT landscape with the launch of its $PUNKSTR and broader NFT strategy token framework. This model is widely considered a major innovation for its ability to connect illiquid NFTs with DeFi via an automated “flywheel” mechanism. This model, often referred to as a “perpetual motion machine,” effectively “DeFi-fies” static NFT collections into liquid, liquidity-generating assets.
TokenWorks has changed the game…!
One of the biggest and truly positive developments I saw for us in 2025 was the creation of TokenWorks (@token_works) Strategy tokens and I think we don’t talk about them enough!
I think they fixed an issue that… pic.twitter.com/dzrobm43tz
– The Ant Academy 🎓 (@TheAntAcademy) December 31, 2025
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