8,510 NFTs are Humans (the most common) in the collection. Furthermore, there are 645 Toxic and 647 Mech-type Valhalla NFTs. The collection is rounded out with 99 God-type and 99 Demon-type Valhalla NFTs. Valhalla holders get exclusive access to Stacked Studio offerings. Valhalla is also a utility-enabled PFP project for gaming and streetwear enthusiasts. NFT holders have access to an exclusive community, events, and digital drops. Read this full guide for all you need to know about Valhalla NFT!
Valhalla is a crypto-native brand for gamers. According to the project’s discord, VALHALLA is “an NFT project building a community for gamers around the world.” They are building a tailor-made experience for their members who are passionate about gaming and culture.
In the last 30 days (as of the time of writing), Valhalla has accumulated over $15 million in total volume! According to DappRadar, it is also the 6th best-performing collection in the last month on the Ethereum network. With over 12K ETH total sales and 3K unique holders, the project still mints with a floor price of 1.13 ETH. Valhalla has 38% unique owners with 17% of its collection re-listed.
Their official launch video follows two characters going through a futuristic Cyberpunk meets The Matrix-type world. The pair navigate through multiple timelines and dimensions along the way. Some of these include Blade Runner-Esque futuristic cities, to castle lairs with a huge dragon. The video then ends with the two protagonists in a snow-washed forest.
A new era will rise from the ashes.
Valhalla is a top-tier NFT gaming project founded by Alex Lin, who also founded Stacked Studios. Stacked Studios is a Los Angeles-based Web3 startup studio building a decentralized live-streaming platform. The NFT project is built by a team of 11 full-time employees at Stacked Studios. The group has immense web2 and web3 experience, coming from prestigious institutes including MIT. Some of the team also come from the world’s top companies – Microsoft, Uber and Goldman Sachs, etc.
The fully doxxed team is as below:
Some of Valhalla’s gaming partners are as follows:
The Valhalla NFT project positions itself to become the number one gaming NFT community in the world. Valhalla ran a unique application process for their mint. Existing members sent out referral codes to friends, so the application pool grew purely by word of mouth. This unique model saw the project generate over 11,000 applications, making it a huge web3 success story!
Currently, the project has over 24,000 members on their active Discord server. Valhalla NFT holders also gain access to certain Discord channels that non-holders can not enter. Users without a Valhalla NFT can only access the basic Discord server.
Moreover, according to Valhalla’s official NFT Twitter, the project has over 48,000 followers since May 2022. But beware, a lot of fake accounts of the project are already on social media. Collectors must follow their official accounts to avoid scams and fraud.
The web3 brand has also faced its fair share of conspiracy. And this one is up against another well-known Anime-themed project – none other than the top NFT collection Azuki. The whole thing started out when crypto detectives NFT Ethics wrote a detailed thesis on both these projects. Apparently, both the projects have the same founders and Valhalla would be nothing more than a scam. Of course, both the projects’ communities became dragged into this, and it spiralled into controversy.
Valhalla NFT Founder Alex Lin also founded Stacked Studios. In their original thread, NFT Ethics claims that Alex Lin and HoshiBoy are the same people. This is because both have similar biographies on their official websites. The official Azuki website displays Hoshiboy as a design lead who “did Y-Combinator twice”. Whereas, on Alex Lin’s official Twitter, it states that he’s a 2x Y-Combinator founder. Alex Lin’s profile previously also showed him as the design lead.
But things took a turn when the community responded to NFT Ethics. In fact, they debunked this theory themselves in the next thread they put out. They state that Alex Lin and Hoshiboy are not the same people but rather “long-term business partners”.
Although, it is undeniable that both collections do share similarities in their art style. The characters of both collections are anime-theme avatars. Each NFT in both their collections only has side profiles shown. Additionally, both projects cater to web3 gaming as well. It wouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone to compare and contrast both these projects. But there are no limits to web3 and having one Anime themed collection does not mean someone cannot make another successful one in this space.
Additionally, Valhalla is already funded with years of runway and will predictably integrate well into the Stacked Studios ecosystem. In September, Pantera Capital led a $12.9 million Series A funding for Stacked Studios. The innovations and future prospects of Valhalla are a promising path for its web3 community.
The project has also introduced a “VALHALLA ARMORY” project alongside re-rolling traits. This means that NFT holders can now look for different traits for the same NFTs. This is an innovative feature by Valhalla. Furthermore, this announcement was also followed by a marketplace announcement, indicating a marketplace release scheduled for January 2023. The team claims that “Valhalla is also a web3-native tech platform. The Armory is a novel experience we want to deliver to holders, while pushing the pace of technical innovation.”
This is just the beginning for the anime-themed pfp collection, but there are already promising signs of tech innovations within this project! This is the beauty of web3 and Valhalla should be a must-check project for any NFT collector!
