NFT Mint Pass consolidation, Trait Sniper also issues lifetime passes, who will be the next CoinList?
With the continuous influx of hot money into the NFT field, a fundraising model similar to Coinlist's lottery subscription during the ICO era has been introduced to NFT. However, unlike Coinlist where participation is nearly costless, investors must first purchase a minting membership card called "Mint Pass" before participating in the lottery. The Pass is not only scarce but may also come at a high price for retail investors. Will this become mainstream?
The article mentions PROOF, Moonbirds, and Premint several times, and their relationship is as follows:
- PROOF issued 1,000 private group Mint Pass NFTs last year.
- PROOF launched the first official project Moonbirds with ten thousand NFTs in April this year.
- Moonbirds uses Premint as a whitelist lottery platform.
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PROOF Collective
"PROOF" is the issuer of the recent popular NFT project "Moonbirds." It previously issued a total of 1,000 "PROOF Collective NFTs," held by 1,000 NFT artists and collectors to form an elite community.
According to its website, PROOF's members are mostly collectors and artists who hold a large number of blue-chip NFTs.
PROOF Collective acts as a ticket to enter the top private group. Coupled with the surge of Moonbirds and the upcoming series of projects by PROOF, it has created a huge wealth effect. PROOF Collective's value has soared, becoming one of the most expensive alternative "passes" in the current market.
After launching on the secondary market in December last year, the price of PROOF Collective has skyrocketed from 1.99 ETH to a peak of 139.69 ETH on 4/22. At the time of writing, the floor price on OpenSea is 119 ETH.
Moonbirds
Moonbirds is the first ten-thousand-piece NFT project issued by PROOF. Besides unlocking closed Discord group membership, it will also receive the minting rights for PROOF's metaverse project "Project Highrise." Out of the total 10,000 NFTs, 20% or 2,000 were allocated to PROOF Collective holders.
In addition, Moonbirds have a nesting feature called "Nest," which increases in level with the time investors hold it. Upgraded nests can unlock more airdrops and rewards, making it a growingly powerful "pass."
Its trading volume peaked at nearly $200 million within the first two days of launch and has since stabilized, with the price reaching a new high of 350 ETH on 4/23, purchased by The Sandbox. The current floor price is around 35.48 ETH.
PREMINT Collector Pass
Premint is the whitelist lottery platform adopted by Moonbirds. It provides customized services for NFT issuers. Users can participate in whitelist lotteries when they meet certain conditions, such as:
- Users holding specific NFTs
- Users' wallets holding a certain amount of ETH
- Users following specific Twitter accounts
- Users being Discord members with specific roles
Premint has registered over ten thousand users and has collaborated with several top projects like XCOPY and Cool Cats. The popularity of Moonbirds has brought more attention to Premint.
The official launch of "PREMINT Collector Pass" was on April 1st, with a total of 10,000 passes. Any NFT project collaborating with PREMINT in the future will be required to allocate at least 500 whitelist spots to PASS holders. It was emphasized that projects with limited spots may be rejected for collaboration.
The highest price of PREMINT Collector Pass reached 3.5 ETH, and the current floor price is 2.478 ETH.
0xOG Pass by 0xStudio
0xOG Pass is issued by Oxstudio, a one-stop service incubation platform for NFT projects that assists in smart contract development, art generation, token economics, pricing strategies, and revenue optimization. Projects they have collaborated with include:
0xOG Pass was announced on 4/8 to be issued, with a total of only 1,000 passes. Details released by the official source on 4/13 stated:
We believe this issuance number will make holders more closely knit, allowing us to hear the voices of holders more clearly. We do not want to issue 5,000 or even 10,000 passes; 1,000 is a community size we are more comfortable collaborating with.
0xOG Pass allows holders to receive 1 minting qualification for the "Phase One" private minting round of 0xOG Pass cooperative projects and participate in exclusive raffles.
The unique two-step drop of 0xOG Pass allocates 80 passes to early supporters, 100 to the team, and 100 for public sale. The remaining 720 passes are issued by minting 1 pass every 6 hours until the total of 1,000 is reached.
0xOG Pass explains this peculiar issuance method:
We believe that excellent teams should prove themselves over time. We prefer everyone to decide whether to join based on long-term considerations rather than speculate on our current success. We are not eager to sell but focus more on organic growth.
Compared to Premint, 0xOG Pass has a total supply of only 1/10, with a higher minting conversion rate. Premint requires 10,000 users to compete for 500 spots, with relatively higher pricing.
The public sale price of 0xOG Pass is 1.8 ETH. As of now, 322 passes have been issued, with the highest price being 14.5 ETH on 4/22, and the floor price reaching 7.35 ETH.
Trait Sniper Lifetime Access NFT
The renowned NFT data query platform Trait Sniper announced on 4/25 the issuance of a lifetime PASS NFT, divided into two levels:
- Genesis Pass total 333: Presale 2 ETH | Public sale 3 ETH
- Alpha Pass total 3,000: Presale 0.2 ETH | Public sale 0.3 ETH
Genesis Pass unlocks more features, such as real-time rarity rankings, batch bidding mode, automatic buying, and access to private genesis groups. Other empowering features are the same for Alpha Pass, as shown below.
Genesis whitelist holders can mint 1 Genesis and 2 Alpha Passes; top whitelist holders can mint 2 Alpha Passes. The presale is on May 1st, and the public sale on May 2nd. Stay tuned to the official Twitter or Discord channels for updates.
On their Twitter page, it's evident that the official platform has collaborated with many industry influencers and will be providing numerous whitelist spots.
Coniun Pass
Coniun is a highly practical on-chain NFT data website. Holding a Coniun Pass allows access to advanced features on the site. These features include full NFT owner reports, complete owner transaction activity, data comparisons between potential blue-chip NFTs and blue-chip NFTs, full NFT minting activities, and value assessments based on NFT floor prices and attributes.
Additionally, it serves as a way to obtain NFT whitelists:
- Coniun Pass will grant access to future virtual character projects by Coniun
- New NFT projects collaborating with Coniun must provide 50 whitelist spots to Coniun Pass holders, given on a first-come, first-served basis
- Coniun Pass holders will receive a C-BOX each week, containing whitelist gifts, NFT giveaways, 1/1 artist NFTs, or accessories needed for virtual character projects.
Akutar Mint Pass No Longer Functional
Akutar Mint Pass is a Pass that has completed all tasks, introduced by the NFT project "Akutar." Akutar consists of 10 stages, with the first stage released in animated form on 2/21 last year.
On 4/7 this year, Akutar took a snapshot of holders and distributed Akutar Mint Passes. Holders, whether possessing the PASS or not, could participate in the public sale on 4/23. Holders could additionally receive a 0.5 ETH discount refund. For the Akutar NFT refundable in the public sale contract loophole incident, please refer to the OpenSea page, where sporadic trading activity can still be observed.
Currently, Akutar's roadmap has progressed to the final 10th stage on 4/22, and the price of Akutar Mint Pass has dropped from 4.3 ETH on 4/20 to the current 0.03 ETH. The official announcement stated that buyers will no longer receive Akutar NFTs, but there are still sporadic trades on OpenSea.