The head of Non-fungible tokens at Christieâs, Noah Davis, announced that he will join Yuga Labs to lead the iconic CryptoPunks collection that Yuga Labs bought a few months ago.
In a Twitter post, he revealed that he would be joining Yuga Labs as the Brand Lead for CryptoPunks.
Iâm humbled and honored to announce Iâll be leaving my current post in July to steward the CryptoPunks as Brand Lead under the umbrella of @yugalabs before I say anything else itâs important to confirm what we WONâT be doing⊠simply put: I WILL NOT FUCK WITH THE PUNKS⊠đ§”đđ»
â Noah (@NonFungibleNoah) June 19, 2022
He further promised that there would be no ârushed utilities or thoughtless airdropsâ for the CryptoPunks collection.
Davis continued that the community would guide the direction of the CryptoPunk NFTs and said he was willing to meet Punk holders during the NFT NYC event.
Davis is a household name in the NFT space for his works at Christieâs â a traditional British auction house. He played a massive role in the auction of Beepleâs âThe First 5,000 Daysâ piece, which is the most valuable NFT at $69 million.
Under him, Christieâs made $150 million in NFT sales in 2021.
Yuga Labs confirms Punk holders would have commercial rights soon
A tweet from Yuga Lab co-founder Garga has confirmed that Punk holders would quickly have the commercial rights to their NFTs.
We love CryptoPunks. Itâs no secret that Matt and Johnâs creation was a massive inspiration for BAYC. @GordonGoner and I see Punks as fine art â a generative art experiment etched onto the blockchain, adopted by a diverse community that stuck around in 2018 when so many left.
â Garga.eth (@CryptoGarga) June 19, 2022
According to Garga, the goal has always been to transfer rights to holders. However, there was a need not to rush the process because of CryptoPunksâ status in the industry.
Garga also confirmed the hire of Noah Davis.
CryptoPunks sees no bear market
The iconic NFT collection appears to be bucking the current bear market trend as it has witnessed a surge in its transaction volume and an increase in its floor price.
According to data from CryptoSlam, its transaction volume over the last 24 hours has declined by over 16%. However, it remains the most traded collection as it saw over $6 million in transactions during the time frame.
In the past seven days, the collection has had the second-highest sales volume, with over $22 million in sales.
Per nftpricefloor, CryptoPunks are currently trading at 68 ETH ($73,372) â up 10% in the last 24 hours and 40% over the previous seven days.