NFT Market News: Here’s The Top NFT News In October 2025

Throughout October 2025, the global non-fungible token market has experienced many NFT happenings, from brand integrations to NFT event experiences. These significant developments in the non-fungible token market in October 2025 demonstrate a shift from speculative hype toward practical utility, brand integration, and ecosystem expansion. In this article, we will take you through some of the top news in the NFT market in October 2025.

Top NFT News: First Week of October 2025

Earlier this month, United States federal Judge Fernado Olgun dismissed a class action against top music celebrities, including Justin Bieber, Paris Hilton, Madonna, and more. These music celebrities were charged in a class action lawsuit for promoting the Bored Ape Yacht Club, a globally acknowledged non-fungible token collection. In his ruling, Olguin found that the plaintiffs failed the three-part test that requires securities to be an investment of money.

DexCheck, an AI-powered platform offering on-chain and social intelligence for crypto and non-fungible token collectors and traders, also made headlines after appointing Antoine Mingo as its new Head of Creative. Mingo is the original non-fungible token artist behind Pudgy Penguins, one of the globally acknowledged non-fungible token collections in the global NFT market. The company needed Mingo to bring his artistic mastery from Pudgy Penguins NFT and help them craft another standout collection.

In response to the top news among other factors, the non-fungible token market significantly surged, with its trading sale volumes and floor price values reaching new heights. In the past seven days, the global non-fungible token market recorded a trading sales volume of $258 million. This was the highest weekly trading sale volume made in 2025. The last time the global NFT market saw such highs was in December 2024.

Top NFT News: Second Week of October 2025

The second week of October began with EtherRock making the headlines. Data compiled by cryptoslam.io, an on-chain crypto market data aggregator and non-fungible token explorer tracking non-fungible token collections from more than 20 blockchain networks, showed that the EtherRock NFT collection exchanged hands for over $380,000. These NFT collections do not have inherent utility beyond their collectible status and are valued simply because of their historical significance and scarcity.

Goblintown, the digital asset incubation company behind the globally acknowledged Goblintown non-fungible token collection, made headlines in the second week of this month after announcing the debut of its highly anticipated non-fungible token strategy, “GobStrategy.” The Goblintown NFT creator partnered with TokenWorks, an automated non-fungible token trading protocol, to launch the Goblintown NFT Strategy. In response to this launch, Goblintown saw its daily trading sales volume skyrocket by over 1,700%.

Still in the second week of October, Rarible, a renowned high-speed on-chain commerce and non-fungible token market platform, launched on-chain storefronts. These branded modular spaces allow non-fungible token traders to own their marketplace presence, tell their stories, and engage communities in unique ways that go beyond normal NFT trading. To create its first NFT storefront, the Rarible NFT team partnered with VeeFriends.

Kanpai Labs, the digital asset incubation studio behind the Kanpai Pandas non-fungible token collection, also appeared in the news after partnering with OpenSea, one of the leading non-fungible token marketplaces, to offer its holders seamless non-fungible token trading. Under this collaboration, OpenSea became the official NFT trading platform for Kanpai Pandas non-fungible token collections.

Lamborghini, an Italian manufacturer of luxury sports cars and SUVs, renowned for its high-performance, exotic vehicles with aggressive designs and powerful engines, made news after releasing collectible, verifiable NFT stickers on Telegram via the TON blockchain. These stickers allow fans to own, trade, and use them in chats, as part of their “Fast ForWorld” initiative. These digital stickers, like the Lamborghini Urus SE pack, offer a new way for fans to engage with the brand’s digital universe.

Top NFT News: Third Week of October 2025

The non-fungible token space entered the third week with unfortunate news after the NFT market lost over $1.2 billion. Data compiled by DefilLama, a decentralized finance aggregator, indicated that top non-fungible token projects saw their floor prices sink by double digits in the past seven days. Blue-chip NFT collections like Pudgy Penguins, Lil Pudgy, Checks, and Doodles were among the hardest hit. NFT Investors were shaken after President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on imports from China and Canada.

The non-fungible token community suffered a significant blow in the third week of October after Benoit Pagotto passed away. Pagotto was the co-founder of the digital asset incubation studio ‘RTFKT,’ which was later acquired by Nike. In response to this sad news, Clone X, an NFT collection from RTFKT, saw its daily sales volume tank by more than 51% from its initial figures.

Coinbase, the team behind the largest American crypto exchange ‘Coinbase,’ brought some good news to the non-fungible token market. At the time, the team invested $25 million in the NFT market to bring back to life “Up Only,” a show that was once a significant part of the crypto and non-fungible token community. The Coinbase team acquired an NFT series from Cobie, which gave them the exclusive right to redeem over 8 episodes of the “Up Only” show.

Last week, Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn and a well-known venture capitalist, made headlines after declaring his foray into the burgeoning non-fungible token sector. Reid chose a CryptoPunks profile picture as his profile image for his X account (formerly Twitter). Hoffman’s NFT foray highlighted his renewed interest in blockchain investment and CryptoPunks’ resilience amid hostility in the global NFT market over the past several years.

The third week of October concluded successfully with Yuga Labs, a renowned web3 lifestyle, media, and digital assets incubation company that created the Bored Ape Yacht Club, Mutant Ape Yacht Club, and other related non-fungible token projects, dominating the NFT news headlines. Over the weekend, Yuga Labs hosted its much-anticipated annual non-fungible token event, ApeFest. The NFT event took place at The Conrad Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. In response to the hype generated by this NFT event, the Bored Ape NFT saw its sales volume skyrocket by over 200%.

Top NFT News: Last Week of October 2025

Pudgy Penguins, the digital asset company behind the globally acknowledged non-fungible token series, Pudgy Penguins, entered the NFT news desk this week after partnering with DreamWorks Animation, the team behind Kung Fu Panda, to launch a non-fungible token sticker collection on Telegram. Kung Fu Panda is an American-Chinese martial arts comedy media franchise that started in 2008.

Ferrari also made its way to the NFT news desk after launching a non-fungible token collection to pay tribute to Ferrari’s first Le Mans win in 1949, 76 years ago. Ferrari is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer renowned for producing high-performance, elegant, and expensive cars and for its legendary success in motorsports, particularly Formula 1, where it is the oldest and most successful racing team.

Lastly, Doodles, the company behind the globally acknowledged non-fungible token collection, “Doodles,” made news this week after partnering with Universal Monsters, the entertainment studio renowned for creating classic horror characters like Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, The Mummy, The Wolf Man, and The Invisible Man, to launch a sticker non-fungible token series on Telegram.