ETH slips as Azuki breaks lower; BAYC and Pudgy rebound (2026)

The read

ETH fell from $1,912.16 to $1,867.84 across CoinGecko's latest seven-day series, a 2.32% drop. The collection floors split anyway: BAYC and Pudgy Penguins rose in ETH terms, CryptoPunks slipped, Azuki broke lower, and Doodles went nowhere. 1

That is relative strength, not a broad repair. BAYC and Pudgy both traded at much lower current 24-hour volume than the prior snapshot. Azuki lost 7.47% while its activity pulse shrank to a small fraction of the previous reading. The best signal this week is the divergence between price and flow: two floors held up against ETH, but few pages show enough breadth to call the move durable.

Data cutoff: Aug 14, 2026, 09:00 AM, UTC-05:00. NFT changes compare the Aug 14 OpenSea snapshot with the Jul 31 snapshot used in the previous briefing. CoinGecko's rolling seven-day series is a daily-point comparison rather than a minute-aligned window.

Weekly dashboard

Collection	Floor now	Change vs Jul 31	Current 24h pulse*	Listed now / change	Top offer / floor
BAYC	8.179 ETH	+0.199 ETH (+2.49%)	23.34 ETH / -68.6%	2.8% / -0.2 pp	96.1% 2
CryptoPunks	31.72 ETH	-0.55 ETH (-1.70%)	70.94 ETH / +2.6%*	11.0% / -0.1 pp	Data temporarily unavailable 3
Pudgy Penguins	3.8247 ETH	+0.0797 ETH (+2.13%)	19.11 ETH / -81.3%	2.5% / -0.5 pp	96.7% 4
Azuki	0.8497 ETH	-0.0686 ETH (-7.47%)	4.14 ETH / -86.4%	5.0% / -0.1 pp	95.6% 5
Doodles	0.3833 ETH	0.0000 ETH (0.00%)	5.68 ETH / -26.4%	2.6% / -0.1 pp	97.0% 6

* OpenSea displays rounded USD volume. The ETH equivalents divide those values by the $1,867.84 ETH point above. The CryptoPunks comparison is rough because the prior page reading was already anomalous. These are current 24-hour pulses, not verified seven-day totals.

The listed percentage is a supply snapshot. It tells us how much of the collection is listed now; it does not tell us how many listings were added, cancelled, or sold during the week. Top-offer ratios use OpenSea's rounded USD floor and offer fields, so they are directional comparisons.

What changed by collection

BAYC: price repairs before flow does

BAYC rose to 8.179 ETH from 7.98 ETH, even as ETH fell. The listed share dropped to 2.8% from 3.0%, and the top offer is about 96.1% of the floor. That is a cleaner bid structure than the 91.4% ratio in the prior briefing. 2

The problem is turnover. The current 24-hour pulse is about 23.34 ETH, down from the prior 74.46 ETH page reading. OpenSea's activity page shows a one-item sale of BAYC #3713 at $15.6K, listed as 10 hours ago. It does not expose enough wallet context or quantity to call that a sweep or a buyer-led accumulation pattern. 7

Read: BAYC has the best price-and-bid repair in the group, but the move needs fresh volume. A tighter offer gap alone is not enough.

CryptoPunks: the floor softens, but the tape is still the deepest

CryptoPunks fell to 31.72 ETH from 32.27 ETH. Its 11.0% listed share remains the highest in the cohort. The current 24-hour pulse is about 70.94 ETH, roughly flat against the prior 69.15 ETH page reading. 3

OpenSea's activity page surfaced a $62.5K one-item sale for CryptoPunk #5329. The captured row did not provide a usable week-specific timestamp and buyer-wallet pairing, so the sale is evidence of activity, not a verified whale purchase or sweep. 8

Read: keep it on the watchlist, not the breakout board. The volume pulse is the most resilient, but 11% listed supply still needs to thin before a lower floor looks repaired.

Pudgy Penguins: relative strength returns on thin flow

Pudgy rose to 3.8247 ETH from 3.745 ETH while ETH fell 2.32%. The listed share tightened from 3.0% to 2.5%, and the top offer is about 96.7% of the floor. 4

The flow is less convincing. OpenSea's current 24-hour pulse is about 19.11 ETH, down from 102.39 ETH in the prior snapshot. The activity page shows one-item sales at $7,295.23 two hours ago and $7,041.24 53 minutes ago. Those rows do not establish a multi-item sweep or identify the buyer's strategy. 9

Read: Pudgy is the strongest ETH-relative floor this week, but its bid is supporting a quiet market. Wait for volume expansion before treating the rebound as collection-specific demand.

Azuki: the cleanest downside signal

Azuki fell to 0.8497 ETH from 0.9183 ETH. Its listed share eased to 5.0% from 5.1%, but the top offer still sits about 4.4% below the floor. The current 24-hour pulse is only about 4.14 ETH, down from 30.45 ETH. 5

OpenSea's page shows a one-day floor change of +2.1%, which reads as a small bounce inside a much weaker weekly structure. The activity page returns individual one-item sales, including Azuki #7460 at $1,565.86, but the captured evidence does not provide a timestamped multi-buy sequence. 10

Read: the 1 ETH retest is off the table for now. The floor needs to reclaim the prior 0.9183 ETH snapshot with a rising pulse and a stable or falling listed share before the chart repairs.

Doodles: flat floor, weak participation

Doodles stayed at 0.3833 ETH against the prior snapshot. Its listed share fell slightly to 2.6%, and the top offer is about 97.0% of the floor. The current 24-hour pulse is about 5.68 ETH, down from 7.72 ETH. 6

The tight spread is less useful when the dollar volume is small. OpenSea's activity page surfaced a one-item Doodle #6363 sale at $752.61, but the capture does not provide enough timing and wallet detail to link it to a broader demand event. 11

Read: Doodles is stable in price and weak in flow. That is a wait signal, not proof of a supported base.

Execution map

Watch BAYC for confirmation: the floor recovered 2.49% and the offer ratio improved to 96.1%, but current turnover is much lower.
Keep Pudgy on the relative-strength list: it gained 2.13% against falling ETH and supply tightened, yet the 24-hour pulse fell sharply.
Treat Azuki defensively: 0.8497 ETH is below the prior 0.9183 ETH test, with a 95.6% offer ratio and weak current volume.
Demand breadth from CryptoPunks: its pulse is holding better than the rest, but 11.0% listed supply leaves a large seller overhang.
Leave Doodles in observation mode: flat price with lower turnover does not distinguish a base from an inactive market.

Coverage limits

This edition uses OpenSea collection and activity pages for the NFT snapshots and CoinGecko's Ethereum market chart for macro context. The Blur BAYC page returned a verification shell, and the Magic Eden Ethereum BAYC page returned a not-found page. No cross-marketplace floor or arbitrage comparison is made. 12 13

OpenSea did not expose comparable labeled seven-day volume totals, weekly sale counts, listing additions, listing cancellations, listing velocity, or unique weekly buyer and seller counts in this capture. Current owner counts are not substitutes for weekly participant counts. Activity rows showed single-item sales, but no collection produced enough timestamped wallet and quantity evidence to verify a weekly sweep or assign a buyer type.

The signal is narrower than the floor table suggests: BAYC and Pudgy outperformed ETH, but their current flow collapsed; Azuki is the clear downside break; CryptoPunks has the deepest visible tape; and Doodles remains too quiet to read with confidence.