Ethereum NFT royalties hit two-year low as Bored Ape floor price falls below 30 ETH
Royalties earned by nonfungible token (NFT) projects have reached their lowest point in two years, according to a report from blockchain analytics firm Nansen.
Data shared with Cointelegraph highlights the low point for NFT royalties before the impact of a recent drop in the floor price of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs as well as controversy surrounding the launch of the Azuki Elementals collection.
April 2022 saw the peak of NFT royalties, with NFT creators bagging an estimated $75.7 million in royalties in a single week. According to Nansen’s data, BAYC creators Yuga Labs has earned a total of $165.5 million in royalties across its portfolio of NFT collections.
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RTFKT has earned a total of $79.9 million in royalties from its collections, which includes the likes of CloneX. Azuki has scored $58.2 million from its zuki, Beanz, Elemental Beansa and Elementals collections.
Proof, the studio behind Moonbirds, netted $35 million in revenues while Doodles has made $27.4 million from its Doodles, Space Doodles, Genesis Box and Dooplicato collections. Pudgy Penguins’s revenue amounts to $8.3 million across its Pudgy Penguins, Lil Pudgys and Pudgy Rods drops.
Nansen highlights the importance of NFT royalties as an indicator of a studio’s financial foundation for ongoing development, given their role in generating revenue.
NFT marketplace OpenSea had been primarily responsible for distributing royalty payments to NFT projects up until 2023. The report notes that this trend changed once rival marketplace Blur implemented a policy which required a minimum of 0.5% royalties unless projects opted out or enforced full percentages.
OpenSea gave buyers the choice to pay
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