7 Equity-Based NFTs Backed by High-Value Financing Projects That Have Been Popular Recently

For many airdrop hunters, simply "pulling the wool" is no longer cost-effective. In addition to the tedious tasks, the uncertainty of time and money

As the NFT market continues to heat up, more and more crypto projects are targeting NFT holders for airdrops, especially considering the lucrative returns brought by some successful cases. This has led to a surging market demand for equity NFTs with potential airdrop expectations, pushing their floor prices to new heights.

For instance, Sign, a token distribution infrastructure platform, launched the Seeing Signs NFT minting event in January. Despite destroying NFTs involved in unfair minting and announcing the planned repurchase of some NFTs for distribution to the community, the Seeing Signs NFT floor price on OpenSea has soared to an impressive 2 ETH, up more than 900% from the minting price (0.2 ETH), with a total transaction volume of about 362 ETH. Notably, the floor price of Seeing Signs NFT even surpassed the leading NFT project Azuki at one point.

However, Sign CEO Xin Yan emphasized that this series of NFTs is positioned as a community-exclusive honor badge, not for public sale, and everyone should not blindly follow the trend before seeing the official signal of the project.

Sign was founded in 2022 and recently announced that it had received an additional $16 million in funding, bringing the total amount of funds raised to over $28.65 million in three funding rounds. Investors include YZi Labs, Hack VC, Amber Group, Animoca Brands, HashKey Capital, Sequoia China, Sequoia Capital, NGC Ventures, GBV Capital and Matrixport Ventures.

Crypto search engine KaitoAI also launched a series of NFTs called Kaito Genesis NFT. The official has taken a snapshot of NFT holders, allocated 15% of the airdrop pool and collectively own 50% of the voting rights. Currently, Kaito has opened airdrops, and NFTs and Yaps have received 10% of the token supply.

However, due to the airdrop scale being lower than the community's expectations and the positive impact of the landing, the price of Kaito Genesis has fallen sharply. According to the latest data from NFTPrice Floor, as of February 21, the floor price of Kaito Genesis NFT reached 2.42 ETH, up 2320% from the minting price (0.1 ETH), but it has fallen by more than 50.4% in the past 24 hours, with a total transaction volume of more than 16,000 ETH.

According to public information, Kaito AI has received two rounds of financing, with a total amount of $10.8 million. The latest valuation is approximately $87.5 million. Participating investors include Dragonfly, Mirana Ventures, Sequoia China, Folius Ventures, Caladan, Superscrypt and Spartan Group.

On February 15, Ethereum L2 solution MegaETH announced the launch of the soul-bound NFT series The Fluffle, with a total of 10,000, whitelisted at 1ETH, and the rights and interests enjoyed by NFT holders include 5% of the future token distribution. However, this sale has caused great controversy in the community and has been accused of being a disguised ICO.

For this reason, MegaETH recently announced that it will adjust the casting rules of NFT The Fluffle and adopt a random lottery (RNG) system. On February 13, MegaETH announced that 5,000 of the NFTs (minted at 1 ETH) have been sold out, and the team has raised 4,960 ETH, valued at over $13.1 million.

MegaETH has received $30 million in financing, with investors including Dragonfly, Robot Ventures, Figment Capital, Big Brain Holdings, Folius Ventures and Vitalik Buterin.

0G Labs also launched the first PFP NFT series One Gravity of the 0G ecosystem. 0G officially provides technical support, with a total of 1,888 and currently in the whitelist stage.

0G is a modular AI blockchain with a scalable and programmable DA layer suitable for AI dApps. 0G has received $70 million in public financing, and investors include Hack VC, Delphi Digital, OKX Ventures, Samsung Next, Bankless Ventures, Samsung Next, Animoca Brands, Alliance DAO and Delphi Digital.

OpenSea also released a limited edition commemorative NFT series Gemesis, which users could mint for free. Not long ago, OpenSea announced the upcoming launch of SEA tokens, the launch of the OS2 open beta and the introduction of the XP points system. 49,785 Gemesis NFT holders received early access to the OS2 platform after the snapshot. It is speculated that accumulating these points may bring token rewards. However, because the mechanism was accused of encouraging fake orders and ignoring the contributions of builders, OpenSea suspended the airdrop reward system.

NFTPrice Floor data shows that as of February 21,