Morning minute: Tokenized Pokémon maps have just gone parabolic

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GM!

The best news of today:

• Crypto Majors chopping with ETH leading; BTC for $ 111,000
• CFTC knew Polymarket for American activities; Departure prescription problems Warning
• Federal Reserve to organize payments Innovation Conference FT. Crypto and AI
• Pump Fun runs hyperliquid in daily income; Pump jumps to $ 4.2 billion FDV
• Collector crypt cards token jumps another 50% to $ 450 million FDV while Pokémon Craze continues

🎴 Tokenized Pokémon maps have just gone parabolic

Tokenized basketball cards (NBA Top Shot Moments) started the last NFT -Run.

Will Tokenized Pokémon maps start the next?

📌 What happened

Tokenized Pokémon cards see a huge peak of demand, catalyzed by the debut of collector Crypt’s Solana token cards and a wave of Gacha-style “Pack” NFTs That can be exchanged 1: 1 for graded physical cards that are held in third -party vaults.

How it works:

• Packs → NFTS → Physical: Users buy digital packages and each reveals an NFT linked to a specific graded card (PSA/CGC/etc.); Users can retain, trade the NFT or exchange the physical plate
• 90% Lettery: Collector Crypt offers to purchase the NFT for 90% of the resale value of the map (benchmarkt to eBay and other markets), creating a quasi floor and faster liquidity
• Token Economics: Cards had a MetaPlex pre -sale and the team stated that “100% of the Netfondsen” go to buying real Pokémon maps for the ecosystem.

And the market has liked the debut, with collector crypt’s cards -token who rose on Wednesday at an FDV of $ 450 million on Wednesday.

🗣️ What they say

‘Pokémon and other TCGs are about to have their’ polymarket moment ‘. [CARDS’] Roaring Success is eyeballs on Collector Crypt and the entire tokenized Pokémon Cards Market. “ – Danny Nelson, Bitwise

🧠 Why it matters

Pokémon is the world’s most profitable media franchise and now it wins popular in the chain.

The big question is always – why tokenize Onchain?

Well, the benefits are clear, just as they were back in the heyday of NBA Top Shot.

• Convenience: Digital maps do not have to be stored/protected against the elements
• Verified: virtually no risk of fake or counterfeit cards
• Liquidity: Tokenized cards can be purchased and sold 24 hours a day, directly and with reliable tracking all over the world

Then Collector Crypt has added their own unique spider and benefits, in particular their 90% return program for floor support, and their promise to reinvest 100% of their reimbursements to expand the ecosystem.

This combination of floor support and ecosystem growth, together with the existing and rising popularity, makes these cards very attractive to offer.

And we know that there is a lot of money in the crypto room ready to shoot at collecting objects (see the NFT -BOEM 2021).

Expect the Pokémon values ​​to continue to rise as this trend continues on the chain.

As far as cards are concerned, it is still early and they have a lot to prove – but they certainly caught lightning in a bottle here in September 2025 …

🌎 macro crypto and memes

A few crypto and web3 headlines that caught my attention:

• Crypto -Majors are mixed with ETH leader; BTC -0.5% at $ 111,000, ETH +1% at $ 4,420, XRP -0.3% at $ 2.84, SOL -1% at $ 208
• M (+10%), Pump (+9%) and CRO (+4%) LED Top Movers
• The Bitcoin ETFs Saw $ 300 million in net entry on Wednesday, giving them a total of $ 1.07 billion
• The CFTC officially approved polymarket to operate in the US
• The Federal Reserve Announced that it will organize a Payments Innovation Conference before October 21, in which Stablecoins, Tokenized Assets, AI and Defi are investigated
• Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said he wants half of the Coinbase code to be written by October AI
• American bank Bitcoin resumed custody with ETF integrations for institutions, referring to clearer crash barriers
• The Ethereum -Validator Entry queue has swollen up to 860,000 ETH ($ 3.8 billion) and a new ATHRequirement of asking the demand for treasury buyers such as Sharplink and Bitmine
• Ray Dalio Bitcoin’s rise for debt -driven pressure on Fiat, although he still prefers gold and sees weak prospects for some currencies

In business treasury

• The American Bitcoin of the Trump family (ABTC) then rose and then dropped during his Nasdaq debut, stupid 17% to $ 8.04
• Portage Biotech renamed Alphaton Capital and announced plans to start a $ 100 million tons of business treasury

In memes

• MEME COIN Leaders are red in the day with 1-5%; Doge -1%, shiba -1%, Pepe -2%, Pengu -4%, Bonk -4%, Trump -1%, SPX -1%and Fartcoin -5%
• Trollface maker Carlos Ramirez Exclusive IP rights granted to the Solana Meme Coin Troll team in a six-digit deal (Troll +15% to $ 190 million)
• Look 81x to $ 12 million leading Onechain Sol runners; Streamer +800% to $ 5 million

💰 Token, AirDrop & Protocol Tracker

Here is an overview of major token, protocol and airdrop news of the day:

• Pump pleasure turned hyperliquid In daily turnover, $ 2.55 million to $ 2.45 million while the pump jumped by 8% to $ 4.2 billion FDV
• Lido Debuted simplified Lido earning vaults for easier Defi strategies
• Etheria Controlled $ 40 million under the leadership of electric capital and paradigm to bring Ethereum to Wall Street, tokenization, settlement and privacy aids for institutions, building,

🤖 Ai x crypto

Section dedicated to headlines in the AI ​​sector of Crypto:

• General market capitalization Even at $ 12.7 billion, leaders were mixed
• Crooked (-5%), virtual (+1%), tibbir (-8%), aixbt (-4%) and ai16z (-4%)
• Nuit (+27%) and BNKR (+27%) LED Top Movers

🚚 What happens in NFTs?

Here is the list of other remarkable headlines of the day in NFTS:

• ETH NFT leaders were red down again 1-5%; Punks -6% at 44 ETH, Pudgy -1% at 9.9, Bayc -2% at 8.9 ETH
• A new wallet Road 10 cryptopunks for $ 2.1 million (funded from Coinbase Prime) to help the floor to stimulate up to 48 ETH
• Mocserse Announced expansion for both Moca and Mocavers NFT holders to access the Mocaportfolio of $ 20 million
• Pixel was taken over by the original comic artist Chris Wahl and Josh Blaylock
• Abstract NFTs were Modllly Green, led by Gigaverse Roms (+10%)