PolygonPunks: The 1st Punks NFT on Polygon (Matic)

PolygonPunks are the 1st Punk NFTs on Polygon. The 10k collection minted on August 3rd 2021, selling out in just 24 hours, and generating over $1m in sales. The project went on Opensea after mint, and became the 2nd highest selling collection by 24hr volume.

However, PolygonPunks soon faced major challenges. After being live for just 48 hours, the collection was removed from Opensea. To make matters worse, the developers left the project.

The future of PolygonPunks looked uncertain. But over the following months, something incredible happened. A new core team developed behind the scenes, from community members who had skills to lend, and together fought for the return of PolygonPunks.

Meanwhile, impassioned community members took to social media, as #FreePolygonPunks spread across Twitter. It quickly caught media attention, as Bitboy Crypto, Cointelegraph, and more covered the story.

Then, on September 29th

2021, Opensea announced PolygonPunks would be relisted on their marketplace. The Punks were back!

The community was ecstatic, and united from the battle. We’d also gained many new followers, partly from the media coverage. PolygonPunks had 30k sales the first day back, and just a month later our highest ever sale to date.

Since then, PolygonPunks has had continued success. The collection has achieved $2.5m in total sales, and gained over 2.5k holders!PolygonPunks are now available on 5 marketplaces. Opensea, Magic Eden, Oneplanet, Rarible, and NFTrade. We were the first Polygon collection on Magic Eden, and also the first on Rarible, featured as Marketplace of the Week.

In December 2022, PolygonPunks joined forces with Polygon Studios (now Polygon Labs), the official NFT arm of Polygon, who will provide marketing support for Punks going ahead.

We have announced several major partnerships, including a collab with Gokhshtein Media, David Gokhshtein’s company. We also partnered with Buktrips, offering hotel discounts to our holders, and Siva Coin, providing engageto-earn features. PolygonPunks has some exciting upcoming collabs, including 1/1 Punks with Nibbl and Violet Gallery, and an innnovative new partnership in the works with Polydoge.

Lastly, we recently launched the Polygon NFT Spotlight Series, a weekly Twitter Space hosting the top NFT projects on Polygon. We also ventured into the metaverse, launching 3 Decentraland wearable collections. PolygonPunks were featured at the first Polycon event in September 2021. I wasn’t on the team at the time, but attended as a holder. It was my first experience of the metaverse, and because of that event I have been an avid fan of the metaverse ever since. What Polydoge has put together for Polycon 2023 is amazing. Huge shoutout to everyone for all their hardwork. It’s sure to be the greatest metaverse event Polygon has ever seen, and it is an honour for PolygonPunks to be involved.

We can’t wait to see you all at the event, and make sure to visit the PolygonPunks booth for some exclusive giveaways!

SamB - @sambnft

PolygonPunks (Project Manager)