Overview

• Messari reports $124.5 million in August volume across four marketplaces, led by Courtyard at $78.4 million and Collector Crypt at $44 million, with Phygitals and Emporium posting triple-digit growth.
• Collector Crypt’s CARDS token jumped roughly 10x within a week of launch, with reports citing a fully diluted valuation near $450 million and a prior market-cap peak around $85 million.
• CoinGecko, citing Rugcheck.xyz, warns the CARDS creator can alter supply and may be able to disable selling, raising concerns about token governance and investor protections.
• Collector Crypt’s gacha product generated $16.6 million in the past week, with the team noting stocking challenges as demand rises; the platform offers a 90% buyback of resale value on pulls.
• Phygitals confirmed a shared image of a ‘Pokécoin Market’ as a concept mockup under exploration, reflecting ongoing experiments in gamified trading-card tokenization.