# $PUNKS Catalyst Posts & Social Intelligence Recap — September 23, 2026 > **Asset:** $PUNKS > **Date:** 2026-09-23 (September 23, 2026) > **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/punks/2026-09-23 > **Token Profile:** https://cryptitalk.com/tokens/punks.md > **Market Rankings:** https://cryptitalk.com/rankings.md --- ## Curated Viral Posts & Community Evidence ### Post #1 by @Ministerr > **Author:** Minister ([@Ministerr](https://x.com/Ministerr)) > **Metrics:** 398 likes · 74 retweets · 138 comments · 12.4K views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T19:52:04+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Ministerr/status/2102848492574310773](https://x.com/Ministerr/status/2102848492574310773) > **Visual Note:** The image shows a screenshot of CryptoPunks NFT marketplace sales data, displaying numerous pixel-art punk avatars with their sale prices in ETH (ranging from approximately 29.77 ETH to 88.88 ETH), USD values ($85K-$243K), and timestamps showing sales ranging from 1-21 days ago. This visual catalog of recent transactions directly supports the post's claim that 60 CryptoPunks sold in the past 3 days at an average of $100K each, demonstrating a notable resurgence in NFT trading activity. > > "People are buying NFTs again. 60 punks sold in the past 3 days for an average of $100k each." ### Post #2 by @jbondwagon > **Author:** JBond ([@jbondwagon](https://x.com/jbondwagon)) > **Metrics:** 141 likes · 6 retweets · 31 comments · 10.2K views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T13:20:14+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/jbondwagon/status/2102749885300981765](https://x.com/jbondwagon/status/2102749885300981765) > **Visual Note:** A pixel art portrait of a person with white hair, brown eyes, and red lips against a blue background. > > "Cryptopunks floor jumped by 5 ETH ($13.5K) over the last 2 days To put this into perspective: Pudgy Penguins mcap is at $85M for the entire collection while Cryptopunks just addrd added $135M in its mcap over the last 2ds Punks added an entire Pudgy Penguins worth & more in its" ### Post #3 by @DeeZe > **Author:** DeeZe ([@DeeZe](https://x.com/DeeZe)) > **Metrics:** 140 likes · 4 retweets · 24 comments · 10.1K views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T13:30:26+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/DeeZe/status/2102752450977595815](https://x.com/DeeZe/status/2102752450977595815) > **Visual Note:** A pixel art portrait of a person with dark hair, brown eyes, and an earring against a blue background. > > "Punks bot doesn’t give a fuck right now. Get your grail punks at any price season. I used to pray for times like these." ### Post #4 by @0xKnownxd > **Author:** Known Xd ([@0xKnownxd](https://x.com/0xKnownxd)) > **Metrics:** 57 likes · 5 retweets · 8 comments · 8.7K views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T15:22:44+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/0xKnownxd/status/2102780713036902480](https://x.com/0xKnownxd/status/2102780713036902480) > **Visual Note:** The image displays NFT collection details for "Credited Punks" by oncave_dev, showing 4,105 items on Ethereum with a floor price of 0.0013 ETH and 830 holders. This directly relates to the post's mention of the ~4.1k minted supply of the degen collection, while the listing reveals that actual market value (0.0013 ETH floor) is several times higher than the 0.0003 ETH mint price mentioned. > > "Well I decided to mint this collection pretty degen named "Credited Punks" Around 4.1k minted right now over the 10k supply and mint price is pretty cheap around 0.0003 ETH. The catch is that you need to hold Credits from @jackbutcher to mint this actually so not a lot of" ### Post #5 by @Rhynotic > **Author:** Adam ([@Rhynotic](https://x.com/Rhynotic)) > **Metrics:** 154 likes · 30 retweets · 13 comments · 6.4K views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T17:00:19+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Rhynotic/status/2102805273043927519](https://x.com/Rhynotic/status/2102805273043927519) > **Visual Note:** An NFT marketplace interface showing the 'Legendary' CryptoPunks collection with a top bid of 2,800 ETH, displaying 2,830 supply, 723.5M total volume, and listings of various pixel-art characters. > > "latest V2 stats: 25,000 purchases 2,000Ξ volume 2,800 NFTs in pool, backed by 700Ξ 18% of purchases keeping NFT 10 CryptoPunks Saving Ethereum Fake World Assets" ### Post #6 by @yogurt_eth > **Author:** Yogurt ([@yogurt_eth](https://x.com/yogurt_eth)) > **Metrics:** 101 likes · 10 retweets · 14 comments · 6.0K views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T19:31:20+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/yogurt_eth/status/2102843273996021902](https://x.com/yogurt_eth/status/2102843273996021902) > > "someone swept $6m in punks yday and you aren’t buying the hot new nft at $60 floor Ok" ### Post #7 by @greenytrades > **Author:** Greeny ([@greenytrades](https://x.com/greenytrades)) > **Metrics:** 35 likes · 5 retweets · 7 comments · 3.8K views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T22:47:16+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/greenytrades/status/2102892585488642061](https://x.com/greenytrades/status/2102892585488642061) > **Visual Note:** A screenshot of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT marketplace, showing a floor price of $19.0K with 9,997 items listed and a 1% creator fee, displaying various ape collectibles priced around $19-21K (e.g., #1438, #5890, #2543). The image directly illustrates the post's point about refusing to sell a Bored Ape for $19,000, as the current floor price for these NFT monkey collectibles sits at exactly that amount. > > "Is having a monkey picture instead of $19,000 stupid? Yes. Would I sell my money picture for $19,000. No, no fkn way. These go higher in the bull. Punks, then apes (and art) are next." ### Post #8 by @0xvaidhik > **Author:** 0xVaidhik ([@0xvaidhik](https://x.com/0xvaidhik)) > **Metrics:** 33 likes · 2 retweets · 2 comments · 3.3K views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T15:39:30+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/0xvaidhik/status/2102784930959040977](https://x.com/0xvaidhik/status/2102784930959040977) > **Visual Note:** A webpage for minting "CREDITED PUNKS" on the Ethereum Mainnet, featuring a grid of colorful pixelated punk images alongside pricing details of 0.00029 ETH with a 10,000 public supply and a "Connect to Mint" button. The interface indicates that users holding Credits can mint these fully onchain punks, with a progress bar showing 0/10,000 minted. > > "Minted CREDITED PUNKS by @wutaner If you holding Credit by @jackbutcher You can mint this too oncave.io/labs/credited- … opensea.io/collection/cre … 10,000 fully onchain Punks" ### Post #9 by @nullinger > **Author:** warrenhimself ([@nullinger](https://x.com/nullinger)) > **Metrics:** 58 likes · 5 retweets · 6 comments · 3.0K views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T06:29:19+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/nullinger/status/2102646473930227917](https://x.com/nullinger/status/2102646473930227917) > **Visual Note:** A CryptoPunks statistics page displaying 1,325 sales in the last 12 months, with total lifetime sales of 1.44M ETH ($3.95B). > > "2.65 million USD Punks sales in the last 24 hours. Floor is nearly 90k USD now. Delist your Punks." ### Post #10 by @0xRodo > **Author:** Rodo ([@0xRodo](https://x.com/0xRodo)) > **Metrics:** 60 likes · 1 retweets · 11 comments · 2.8K views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T06:25:33+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/0xRodo/status/2102645524700553694](https://x.com/0xRodo/status/2102645524700553694) > **Visual Note:** A slide titled 'At Current Prices, CryptoPunk Buyers Are Getting Convex Exposure to ETH' displaying a scatter plot chart of CryptoPunk floor (USD) vs ETH price from Nov 2021 to Apr 2026, indicating a 'Floor zone $80,000-$90,000' and 'Lower participation above $2,400 ETH.' > > "ETH up, Punks up" ### Post #11 by @jords > **Author:** jords ([@jords](https://x.com/jords)) > **Metrics:** 43 likes · 1 retweets · 5 comments · 1.8K views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T16:49:06+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/jords/status/2102802447425241253](https://x.com/jords/status/2102802447425241253) > > "if you're wondering why the market is red look no further than the recent sales of punks" ### Post #12 by @tinoch > **Author:** tinoch ([@tinoch](https://x.com/tinoch)) > **Metrics:** 58 likes · 6 retweets · 9 comments · 1.7K views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T09:57:00+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/tinoch/status/2102698738292806134](https://x.com/tinoch/status/2102698738292806134) > **Visual Note:** A webpage interface displays a marketplace titled 'Punks for Sale,' featuring a grid of various CryptoPunk NFT avatars with their corresponding prices in ETH and USD. > > "NFA: Some of my favourite punks under 40 ETH." ### Post #13 by @Gratefulape > **Author:** Grateful Ape ([@Gratefulape](https://x.com/Gratefulape)) > **Metrics:** 28 likes · 2 retweets · 5 comments · 1.3K views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T12:18:00+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Gratefulape/status/2102734223450992805](https://x.com/Gratefulape/status/2102734223450992805) > **Visual Note:** A grid of pixel art character heads displaying various hairstyles, skin tones, and facial features. > > "CryptoPunks are 100% the alpha! Love the history! Congrats to all holders! Will other NFTs follow?" ### Post #14 by @leftclickbuynft > **Author:** LEFTCLICKBUY ([@leftclickbuynft](https://x.com/leftclickbuynft)) > **Metrics:** 31 likes · 0 retweets · 8 comments · 1.2K views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T03:29:02+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/leftclickbuynft/status/2102601106060939612](https://x.com/leftclickbuynft/status/2102601106060939612) > > "When I get some time, I’m going to sit down and create the coolest pixel art collection ever. It will be well thought out and free to claim like punks. Some of the stuff dropping these days is truly ridiculous." ### Post #15 by @TheStevenWarner > **Author:** Warner ([@TheStevenWarner](https://x.com/TheStevenWarner)) > **Metrics:** 29 likes · 1 retweets · 1 comments · 1.2K views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T14:05:54+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/TheStevenWarner/status/2102761377320648933](https://x.com/TheStevenWarner/status/2102761377320648933) > **Visual Note:** A grid of various pixel art character head sprites featuring diverse hairstyles, skin tones, accessories like sunglasses and bandanas, and different facial expressions, typical of classic video game assets. > > "1 albino punk lookin’ beautiful as ever. Luks rare, Xeer." ### Post #16 by @defimaestro90 > **Author:** Maestro ([@defimaestro90](https://x.com/defimaestro90)) > **Metrics:** 25 likes · 4 retweets · 5 comments · 1.1K views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T16:10:37+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/defimaestro90/status/2102792764765188313](https://x.com/defimaestro90/status/2102792764765188313) > **Visual Note:** This image shows the OpenSea (or similar NFT marketplace) listing page for the "Credited Punks" collection by oncave_dev, displaying key stats like a $2.66 floor price, $4,376.20 in 24H volume, 7,519 items on Ethereum, and 1.5K holders including singledavinci and roundtripper1. The pixelated punk-style artworks visible at the bottom (one in primary colors, one with a blue torso) reflect the collection's punks-inspired theme, aligning with the post's announcement of a new "credited punks" mint meta tied to Jack Butcher's Credits project. > > "bro just kick started a new meta mint credited punks if you hold Credits by @jackbutcher mint link: oncave.io/labs/credited- … NFA DYOR ggs" ### Post #17 by @tinoch > **Author:** tinoch ([@tinoch](https://x.com/tinoch)) > **Metrics:** 50 likes · 3 retweets · 5 comments · 1.1K views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T23:30:06+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/tinoch/status/2102903362719187425](https://x.com/tinoch/status/2102903362719187425) > **Visual Note:** The image displays three CryptoPunks NFTs, with the outer two showing "CryptoPunk #9915" and the central one labeled "Credit #70089," illustrating the concept of "Credited Punks" where a CryptoPunk (in this case #9915 by @wutaner) is represented or recreated through a composite of other CryptoPunks. > > "sheesh just saw this! pretty cool concept. CREDITED PUNKS #9915 by @wutaner" ### Post #18 by @La_Costaaa > **Author:** Costa ([@La_Costaaa](https://x.com/La_Costaaa)) > **Metrics:** 21 likes · 2 retweets · 1 comments · 692 views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T23:16:15+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/La_Costaaa/status/2102899878724821155](https://x.com/La_Costaaa/status/2102899878724821155) > **Video Content:** [video-unavailable: could not fetch or sample] > > "Now this is dope - Credited Punks" ### Post #19 by @beautiful_nfts_ > **Author:** beautifulnfts.eth ([@beautiful_nfts_](https://x.com/beautiful_nfts_)) > **Metrics:** 16 likes · 5 retweets · 2 comments · 494 views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T14:17:42+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/beautiful_nfts_/status/2102764348053795049](https://x.com/beautiful_nfts_/status/2102764348053795049) > **Visual Note:** A webpage from cryptopunks.com displaying a grid of recent CryptoPunk V1 NFT sales, showing pixel-art avatars with their token IDs, prices in ETH, and sale times. > > "V1 CryptoPunks are heating up! 17 sales and counting in the past 24 hours. New collectors are coming for a piece of NFT history. V2 holders are hunting down their V1 twins to complete the pair. The OGs are back. The market is waking up." ### Post #20 by @450bxi > **Author:** Sarkar ([@450bxi](https://x.com/450bxi)) > **Metrics:** 15 likes · 0 retweets · 5 comments · 347 views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T14:49:23+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/450bxi/status/2102772320020635788](https://x.com/450bxi/status/2102772320020635788) > **Visual Note:** A tweet by vangoya (@vangoyaa) reports that 63 CryptoPunks were swept for a total of $6,000,000 over 24 hours, with the floor price rising from 29 to 34 ETH in 2 days, accompanied by an image showing a list of punks and their prices. > > "Punks keep getting swept like crazy People are casually buying 30+ ETH NFTs like it’s nothing, and somehow some people still say NFTs are dead After Punks, it might be BAYC’s turn to get swept. Are you locked in?" ### Post #21 by @richclasdecor > **Author:** richclassdecor.eth ([@richclasdecor](https://x.com/richclasdecor)) > **Metrics:** 7 likes · 0 retweets · 2 comments · 272 views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T04:07:27+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/richclasdecor/status/2102610773210235290](https://x.com/richclasdecor/status/2102610773210235290) > **Visual Note:** A colorful abstract logo with green, yellow, and orange gradients forms the letters 'humm' on a white background. > > "Hide your squiggles... they are coming. It's always Punks > Apes > Fidenza > Squiggles" ### Post #22 by @bandor_eth > **Author:** BANDOR ([@bandor_eth](https://x.com/bandor_eth)) > **Metrics:** 5 likes · 0 retweets · 3 comments · 162 views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T13:38:32+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/bandor_eth/status/2102754489862119899](https://x.com/bandor_eth/status/2102754489862119899) > > "Always believed @cryptopunks is the real deal when it comes to NFTs.. @BoredApeYC is a better art and vibrant culture but in terms of the class of the holders, nothing can beat the punks.. and they dont have dilution of value like Bored Apes have due to a secondary collection.." ### Post #23 by @drifters_esc > **Author:** drifters_esc ([@drifters_esc](https://x.com/drifters_esc)) > **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 94 views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T17:26:12+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/drifters_esc/status/2102811786751955175](https://x.com/drifters_esc/status/2102811786751955175) > **Video Content:** An abstract digital graphic displays a mosaic of pink, teal, navy, and white pixelated blocks on a gray background. > > "Credited Punks by @wutaner is pretty fun. And I just noticed they are fully on chain as well." ### Post #24 by @Funkypiks13 > **Author:** Funky ([@Funkypiks13](https://x.com/Funkypiks13)) > **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 86 views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T19:04:10+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Funkypiks13/status/2102836437628616807](https://x.com/Funkypiks13/status/2102836437628616807) > **Visual Note:** Three small square NFT profile pictures displayed side by side, including a pixel art hooded figure, a glitch-style QR code, and a colorful distortion face. > > "Ok CREDITED PUNKS This is cool ! look you here oncave.io/labs/credited- …" ### Post #25 by @tobbex334 > **Author:** Tobbex ([@tobbex334](https://x.com/tobbex334)) > **Metrics:** 3 likes · 1 retweets · 2 comments · 33 views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T05:15:34+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/tobbex334/status/2102627916198891692](https://x.com/tobbex334/status/2102627916198891692) > **Video Content:** A smiling man with glasses wearing a navy t-shirt speaks into a microphone during what appears to be a podcast recording, with a 'fomo' logo visible in the top right corner. > > "The trenches are cooked. Frank DeGods & Orangie turned FOMO into a Sumo Crime studio and the Bundlers did the rest." ### Post #26 by @BitcoingratisC > **Author:** 3D ([@BitcoingratisC](https://x.com/BitcoingratisC)) > **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 26 views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T19:46:50+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/BitcoingratisC/status/2102847175780659328](https://x.com/BitcoingratisC/status/2102847175780659328) > **Visual Note:** A screenshot of the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT marketplace page showing a grid of various ape character images with their prices in ETH, with stats showing floor price $18.0K, top offer $16.1K, and 24h volume $102K. > > "CryptoPunks and @Nakamigos" ### Post #27 by @monkymav > **Author:** Maverick ([@monkymav](https://x.com/monkymav)) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 18 views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T02:41:16+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/monkymav/status/2102589084669813207](https://x.com/monkymav/status/2102589084669813207) > > "$NOSH | @UseNosh ecosystem is heating up. Hold a lot of coin. Increase your odds of receiving a free NFT when the floor is bought from trading fees. The projects I am mostly interested in… $PUNKS$PUDGY$HYPURR" ### Post #28 by @Havoc_the_Ape > **Author:** Havoc_the_ ([@Havoc_the_Ape](https://x.com/Havoc_the_Ape)) > **Metrics:** 2 likes · 0 retweets · 1 comments · 17 views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T06:31:39+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Havoc_the_Ape/status/2102647063725162913](https://x.com/Havoc_the_Ape/status/2102647063725162913) > **Visual Note:** A screenshot showing an ETH price chart at $2,748.13 (+11.1%) alongside the CryptoPunks NFT collection page displaying various pixel-art character avatars with their prices in ETH. > > "At this rate Punks could hedge BTC" ### Post #29 by @jbondwagon > **Author:** JBond ([@jbondwagon](https://x.com/jbondwagon)) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 10 views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T06:32:23+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/jbondwagon/status/2102647245623718395](https://x.com/jbondwagon/status/2102647245623718395) > > "Actually… but I think punks would outperform BTC as ETH hedge" ### Post #30 by @monkymav > **Author:** Maverick ([@monkymav](https://x.com/monkymav)) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 10 views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T01:20:35+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/monkymav/status/2102568778668356053](https://x.com/monkymav/status/2102568778668356053) > > "Just watched @pointfarmcap nuke $STONK10. Honestly impressive, and an amazing buying opportunity. Would hate to be in a coin where he holds more than 4-10%. Still admire the guy, and absolutely hope he buys some of my bags *wink* $PUNKS *wink* on @UseNosh" ### Post #31 by @0xmani > **Author:** MANI ([@0xmani](https://x.com/0xmani)) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 8 views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T12:06:17+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/0xmani/status/2102731275496722767](https://x.com/0xmani/status/2102731275496722767) > > "Punks showing why they are the OG blue chip collection" ### Post #32 by @0xmani > **Author:** MANI ([@0xmani](https://x.com/0xmani)) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 7 views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T11:48:27+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/0xmani/status/2102726785960194432](https://x.com/0xmani/status/2102726785960194432) > > "Punks are the hotcakes of NFTs, banger sales always popping up" ### Post #33 by @NKLinhzk > **Author:** Lynn ([@NKLinhzk](https://x.com/NKLinhzk)) > **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 1 views > **Posted:** 2026-09-23T17:46:45+00:00 > **Source Link:** [https://x.com/NKLinhzk/status/2102816954570752249](https://x.com/NKLinhzk/status/2102816954570752249) > > "punks are definitely moving the market" --- *Generated by Context Pilot Social Intelligence Engine.*