NFT collection Cool Cats has joined iconic characters including Pikachu and Ronald McDonald as a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon.
The Cool Cats balloon, which depicts the main character Blue Cat and the collection’s milk carton Chugs, accompanies the launch of a YouTube Shorts series, ‘The Milk Chug’, this week.
It’s almost time! 💙 pic.twitter.com/s7ObSNWOQ7
– clone (@cloncast) November 23, 2023
A limited edition Cool Cats hoodie to mark the occasion will also be available at Herald Square Macy’s; The hoodie comes complete with an NFC tag that links to a physically supported token from Azuki, allowing the garment to be worn IRL and in Cool Cats’ digital avatar system.
Created by artist Colin ‘Clon’ Egan, Cool Cats originated as a series of artworks by the ‘Catoonist’ before switching to Instagram in 2015. In 2021, Clon launched the Cool Cats NFT collection consisting of 9,999 Blue Cat PFPs.
The collection became one of the ‘blue chip’ profile photo projects of the NFT boom in late 2021, with prices averaging $92,000 and the project’s signing with top Hollywood agency CAA in early 2022, but prices plummeted amid the increasing community dissatisfaction and a broader downturn in the crypto market. .
Earlier this year, the collection announced plans to expand to multiple blockchain networks and licensed its IP to game studios.
The floor price for the collection is currently 0.99 ETH, or just over $2,000 at current prices, while volume has increased 225% in the past day to 57.9 ETH.