BAYC Is the Only Blue-Chip Floor Up; Weekly Volume Fell on Three of Five
A five-collection briefing for September 12–18, 2026: Ether added 1.73% while four blue-chip floors fell in ETH, leaving BAYC as the only gainer and weekly volume lower on three of the five.
Data cutoff: Friday, September 18, 2026, 9:00 a.m. ET. Floor prices and floor changes cover the seven days from September 11 through September 18, 2026; volume and sales figures are trailing seven-day and 24-hour totals ending at that cutoff.
Ether rose 1.73% across CoinGecko's rolling seven-day series, from $2,514.85 to $2,558.32, and the blue-chip cohort did not follow it. Four of the five tracked floors fell in native ETH terms — Doodles 7.02%, Pudgy Penguins 6.29%, Azuki 4.62% and CryptoPunks 0.74%. BAYC was the only gainer, adding 0.91% to 6.85 ETH, one week after posting the group's steepest decline. 123456
Weekly trading volume split the cohort differently from the floors. Three collections traded less than they did in the prior seven days: CryptoPunks 62.15% less at 286.70 ETH, BAYC 48.94% less at 206.90 ETH, and Azuki 41.23% less at 32.84 ETH. Two traded more: Pudgy Penguins up 6.98% to 243.86 ETH, and Doodles up 52.96% to 52.57 ETH across 141 sales — the group's busiest tape into its weakest floor. 7891011
Five-collection snapshot
| Collection | Floor (ETH) | 7-day floor change | 7-day volume (ETH) | 7-day sales | Week-over-week volume | 7-day average sale vs. floor | Listed (% of supply) | Top offer vs. floor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAYC | 6.85 | +0.91% | 206.90 | 30 | -48.94% | 6.8965 ETH, 100.7% | 284 (2.8%) | $16.7K vs $17.4K, 96.0% |
| CryptoPunks | 29.69 | -0.74% | 286.70 | 9 | -62.15% | 31.856 ETH, 107.3% | 1,105 (11.1%) | data temporarily unavailable |
| Pudgy Penguins | 3.38 | -6.29% | 243.86 | 70 | +6.98% | 3.4838 ETH, 103.1% | 253 (2.8%) | $8,284.93 vs $8,645.85, 95.8% |
| Azuki | 0.678999 | -4.62% | 32.84 | 43 | -41.23% | 0.7638 ETH, 112.5% | 509 (5.1%) | $1,667.18 vs $1,735.81, 96.0% |
| Doodles | 0.316124 | -7.02% | 52.57 | 141 | +52.96% | 0.3729 ETH, 117.9% | 291 (2.9%) | $780.06 vs $808.10, 96.5% |
Each metric comes from one surface, so the table compares like with like down every column. CoinGecko supplies the floor and its rolling seven-day change in native ETH. NFT Price Floor's project statistics supply volume, sales and their week-over-week changes, natively in ETH. OpenSea supplies the listed count and share, the top offer and the owner count as point-in-time snapshots. The two volume sources do not agree in level — OpenSea's own collection statistics report 337.90 ETH of Pudgy Penguins volume over seven days against the 243.86 ETH shown above, for instance — because the two cover different venue sets; this article uses the NFT Price Floor series throughout so that every week-over-week comparison rests on one source. The implied prior floor quoted in each section below is derived from the current floor and its reported seven-day change, which makes those ETH deltas approximations. Listed shares and owner counts are snapshots of current inventory and addresses, not listing velocity or weekly participant counts. 271213
BAYC
BAYC's floor rose 0.91% over the week to 6.85 ETH, up an implied 0.06 ETH from 6.79 ETH. The dollar floor climbed 3.60% to $17,464.56, with Ether's own advance compounding the ETH-denominated gain. 2 The week's trading did not expand alongside it: volume fell 48.94% to 206.90 ETH across 30 sales, against 157 sales and 1,315.46 ETH over the trailing 30 days — a weekly daily average of 29.56 ETH against 43.85 ETH for the month. The most recent 24 hours were the exception, with 44.88 ETH traded across six sales, up 120.22% on the previous day. 7 OpenSea showed 284 listed items, 2.8% of the 9,998 supply, down from 290 listed a week ago, and the highest visible offer at $16.7K against a $17.4K floor — 96.0% of floor value, against 81.8% a week ago. The week's largest single sale was 9.108 ETH, and the average weekly sale of 6.8965 ETH printed at 100.7% of the current floor. 12
Read: BAYC is the only name where both the floor and the bid improved. The top offer closed to within 4% of the floor while the listed float thinned to 2.8%. Volume contracted behind that move, so this reads as a firming bid rather than renewed demand. A second positive week, with weekly volume back above the 30-day pace of 43.85 ETH a day, is what would confirm it.
CryptoPunks
CryptoPunks eased 0.74% in ETH to 29.69 ETH, an implied 0.22 ETH below the prior 29.91 ETH, while the dollar floor rose 3.98% to $75,686 entirely on Ether's move. 3 Flow thinned sharply: 286.70 ETH traded across just nine sales in seven days, 62.15% less volume and 52.63% fewer sales than the prior week, against 74 sales and 2,880.62 ETH over 30 days — a weekly daily average of 40.96 ETH against 96.02 ETH for the month. The 24 hours into the cutoff traded 94.03 ETH across three sales, up 49.61%. 8 OpenSea listed 1,105 items, 11.1% of a 9,994 supply, unchanged in share from a week ago and the heaviest float in the group; no top offer was exposed on the page. The week's largest sale was 35 ETH, 17.9% above the current floor, and the average weekly sale of 31.856 ETH printed 7.3% above it. 14
Read: CryptoPunks is the thinnest tape in the group — nine sales in a week — sitting under the deepest listed float. The prints that did settle cleared above the floor rather than at it, which argues against forced selling. With 11.1% of supply still listed, the level needs visible absorption before it can be trusted; a week combining a rising sales count with a falling listed count is the first confirmation to look for.
Pudgy Penguins
Pudgy Penguins fell 6.29% in ETH to 3.38 ETH, an implied 0.23 ETH below the prior 3.61 ETH, and 1.85% lower in dollars at $8,621.43. 4 This decline came on expanding volume rather than thinning: 243.86 ETH traded across 70 sales, up 6.98% in volume and 18.64% in sales against the prior week, against 316 sales and 1,306.04 ETH over 30 days. The 24 hours into the cutoff traded 23.73 ETH across seven sales, up 137.52%. 9 OpenSea listed 253 items, 2.8% of the 8,888 supply and down from 258 a week ago, with the top offer at $8,284.93 against an $8,645.85 floor — 95.8% of floor value. The week's average sale of 3.4838 ETH printed 3.1% above the floor. 15
Read: A floor falling while supply thins and volume rises is the pattern of inventory being worked off, not of sellers piling in. The bid sits 4.2% under the floor and the listed float matches BAYC's 2.8% as the leanest in the group. If weekly volume holds above the 34.84 ETH a day it just ran while the listed count keeps falling, the drop looks like absorption; if volume expands alongside a rising listed count, it is distribution.
Azuki
Azuki lost 4.62% in ETH to 0.678999 ETH, an implied 0.033 ETH below the prior 0.7119 ETH, ending 0.38% lower in dollars at $1,731.29. 5 Flow thinned on both counts: volume fell 41.23% to 32.84 ETH and sales 40.28% to 43, against 260 sales and 223.62 ETH over 30 days — 4.69 ETH a day for the week against 7.45 ETH for the month. The 24 hours into the cutoff traded 2.098 ETH across three sales, down 69.16%. 10 OpenSea listed 509 items, 5.1% of the 10,000 supply, with the top offer at $1,667.18 against a $1,735.81 floor — 96.0% of floor value. The week's average sale of 0.7638 ETH printed 12.5% above the floor, the second-widest premium in the group. 16
Read: Azuki holds below 1 ETH on very little trading. The premium its sales cleared at suggests the week's prints were not floor-clearing capitulation, but 43 sales and 4.69 ETH a day across 10,000 items is too thin to read as accumulation. A reclaim of 0.71 ETH with the sales count back above the 8.7-a-day monthly pace is the first real evidence of repair.
Doodles
Doodles fell 7.02% in ETH to 0.316124 ETH, an implied 0.024 ETH below the prior 0.34 ETH, and 4.29% lower in dollars at $805.87. 6 It did so on the group's heaviest tape: 52.57 ETH traded across 141 sales, up 52.96% in volume and 39.6% in sales against the prior week, and the only collection whose weekly daily average of 7.51 ETH ran above its 30-day pace of 6.50 ETH. The most recent 24 hours recorded 21 sales, though 6.75 ETH of volume was down 64.33% from the prior day's spike. 11 OpenSea's listed count rose to 291 items, 2.9% of the 9,998 supply, from 274 a week ago. The top offer stood at $780.06 against an $808.10 floor — 96.5% of floor value. The week's average sale of 0.3729 ETH printed 17.9% above the floor, the widest premium in the group, with the week's largest sale at 1.45 ETH. 17
Read: Doodles is the week's clearest distribution signal: the floor fell 7% on the group's highest volume, the listed count grew 6% to 291, and sales cleared at the widest premium of the five. Heavy trading at prices above the floor while the floor itself slides usually means sellers are meeting bids rather than holders withdrawing. Watch the listed count — a reversal below 274 with volume still above the monthly pace would be the first sign the added supply was absorbed.
Execution map
- Entry filter: Tight float and a close bid still screen best. BAYC pairs a 2.8% listed share with a top offer at 96.0% of floor and is the only collection whose floor rose; Pudgy Penguins shows the same 2.8% float with the offer at 95.8%, but its floor fell 6.29%. These are screening criteria, not recommendations. 1215
- Supply check: Treat the listed share as structural overhead. CryptoPunks carries 11.1% of supply listed against a nine-sale week, the worst combination of overhang and thin demand in the group, and needs net absorption before its floor can be trusted. Doodles added supply while its volume surged, which is the opposite signal. 1417
- Repair test: BAYC's repair is one week old and came on 48.94% less volume; it needs weekly volume back above 206.90 ETH with the top offer holding above 96.0% of floor. Azuki needs a reclaim of 0.71 ETH with sales above 8.7 a day. 710
- Risk reduction: A falling floor on expanding volume and a rising listed count — Doodles' combination this week — is the pattern that most often precedes further downside. A floor falling while supply thins and volume rises, as with Pudgy Penguins, is the more ambiguous case and deserves a second week before either direction is assumed. 911
Coverage limits
Weekly volume and sales totals with week-over-week changes are reported above from a single native-ETH series; earlier gaps in those fields are closed for this week, though the level differs from OpenSea's own endpoint as noted. What remains unavailable: net listing velocity — additions, cancellations and sold-listing counts are not exposed on any surface checked, so inventory is read as a point-in-time snapshot. Wallet-level sweep and buyer-type attribution is unavailable because OpenSea's individual sale events endpoint requires an API key, so the article reports the week's largest sale and the average sale premium instead of a verified sweep or buyer identity. Weekly unique buyer and seller counts are likewise unpublished, and owner counts are address snapshots rather than weekly participants. Cross-marketplace floor comparison remains unavailable: Blur returns a security challenge rather than collection data, and no second marketplace exposed a comparable floor for these collections.
References
- 1CoinGecko Ethereum 7-day market chart
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- 2CoinGecko BAYC NFT data
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- 3CoinGecko CryptoPunks NFT data
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- 4CoinGecko Pudgy Penguins NFT data
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- 5CoinGecko Azuki NFT data
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- 6CoinGecko Doodles NFT data
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- 7NFT Price Floor BAYC statistics
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- 8NFT Price Floor CryptoPunks statistics
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- 9NFT Price Floor Pudgy Penguins statistics
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- 10NFT Price Floor Azuki statistics
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- 11NFT Price Floor Doodles statistics
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- 12OpenSea BAYC collection
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- 13OpenSea Pudgy Penguins collection statistics
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- 14OpenSea CryptoPunks collection
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- 15OpenSea Pudgy Penguins collection
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- 16OpenSea Azuki collection
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- 17OpenSea Doodles collection
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