Azuki, the non-fungible token (NFT) venture, has launched its governance token, $ANIME (Animecoin), on January 23.
The token is buying and selling at $0.08, with a excessive of $0.18, in line with CoinMarketCap information. It recorded a 24-hour buying and selling quantity of $684.31 million and a market cap of $469.26 million. The token is offered on main exchanges, together with ByBit, OKX, and Binance.
The $ANIME token operates on each Ethereum and Arbitrum networks. Azuki describes it as a “Culture Coin,” geared toward turning the anime fandom — presently 1 billion robust — right into a community-driven platform for creativity.
The discharge of $ANIME is one other milestone for the venture, which has already seen a number of high-profile collaborations.
In Might 2024, Azuki teamed up with the style model Satoshi Nakamoto to launch unique hoodies tied to NFTs, with solely 97 items obtainable. The identical month, Azuki launched the primary episode of its anime collection, “The Waiting Man,” as an NFT on Arbitrum by means of Zora, together with a signed poster.
Azuki has additionally partnered with NFL star Patrick Mahomes for an unique buying and selling card collection, introduced by the Museum of Mahomes. In January 2023, Chiru Labs, the creators of Azuki NFTs, additionally launched a bodily assortment impressed by Beanz NFTs in collaboration with IPX.
