The cryptocurrency market has surged across the board, driven by the record-setting performances of Bitcoin and Ethereum. Recently, the NFT sector has shown a marked resurgence. Blue-chip NFT projects like CryptoPunks, Bored Ape Yacht Club, and Moonbirds have seen floor prices and trading volumes climb sharply. According to NFT data provider Cryptoslam, NFT market trading volume surpassed $178 million in the past week alone, with buyer numbers soaring 190% to 215,000. In July, global NFT trading volume reached $574 million—a more than 50% increase month-over-month—signaling a robust return of market activity.

As the NFT industry rebounds, APENFT—the flagship NFT platform within the TRON ecosystem—has become a market focal point thanks to its innovative ecosystem strategy.

Nansen’s latest “TRON 2025 Q2 Report” highlights that, despite volatility in the broader crypto market, total NFT trading volume on the TRON network jumped 78% in Q2, showcasing strong ecosystem momentum and sustained market demand.

Since the start of 2025, APENFT has continuously delivered positive news, with its native NFT token being listed on premier global centralized exchanges (CEX). In February, it debuted on the regulated platform HashKey; in March, leading global exchange Kraken added NFT spot trading; and in July, NFT became the inaugural TRON ecosystem asset in Binance Alpha’s special section. Most recently, Binance Alpha enabled NFT market order trading, and Binance Wallet completed a deep integration with APENFT. Now, users can seamlessly access the APENFT platform via the Binance ecosystem for interconnected asset management and application utility. Broad-based support for the NFT token by top-tier exchanges is a direct vote of confidence in APENFT’s future.

APENFT keeps pushing boundaries in ecosystem building and technological innovation. Last year, APENFT and SunPump launched NFT Pump—crypto’s first fair NFT launchpad—enabling anyone to issue NFTs with “one click and zero barriers,” greatly simplifying issuance and collection. Earlier this year, NFT Pump introduced the TRC404 standard for NFT fractional trading, dramatically boosting liquidity and enhancing user experience. The synergy between NFT Pump and TRC-404 is delivering a fairer, more efficient trading environment, solving liquidity bottlenecks and making NFTs truly accessible to everyday users.

Today, APENFT transcends the limits of a single NFT trading platform, establishing a diverse ecosystem that covers NFT trading, GameFi, the TRON inscription marketplace (TRONscription), a fair NFT launchpad (NFT Pump), and more.

Significantly, APENFT has repeatedly signaled on X its commitment to integrating NFTs with AI, exploring ways that AI tech can empower NFT creation, interaction, and experience—such as using AI-generated content (AIGC) for creative acceleration or applying AI algorithms to optimize NFT engagement.

From World-Class Art Collection to Crypto Art Innovation: APENFT as a Differentiated NFT Value Hub

APENFT is far more than a platform for on-chain art display and trading. It’s an innovative crypto art ecosystem, integrating physical art collection, digital asset registration, and ecosystem incubation into a single powerful structure.

Since launching the APENFT Marketplace in April 2022, the platform has embraced BTFS-powered decentralized storage and a multi-chain strategy—bridging TRON, Ethereum, BSC, and other major blockchains via BitTorrent for seamless cross-chain NFT trades. The result is a frictionless NFT trading experience. Since launch, APENFT Marketplace has enabled the free movement of over 2 million on-chain NFT assets, with cumulative trading volumes in the tens of millions of dollars, firmly cementing its status as a major NFT force.

Today, APENFT Marketplace is the TRON network’s most vibrant NFT trading venue, listing over 2 million NFTs and supporting multi-chain, multi-currency trading in a diverse, dynamic digital asset hub.

This growth is rooted in the APENFT Foundation’s careful planning and relentless effort since its inception in March 2021. From the beginning, APENFT has focused on bringing art and culture to the blockchain through NFTs, championing the development of native crypto artists and accelerating the creator economy with blockchain tools. With strong backing from TRON founder Justin Sun—including repeated donations of museum-grade masterworks such as Picasso’s “Femme nue couchée au collier,” Andy Warhol’s “Three Self-Portraits,” Beeple’s “Ocean’s Front,” and Alberto Giacometti’s “Le Nez”—the foundation has built a deep cultural and artistic asset base that uniquely underwrites APENFT’s growth.

Thanks to this, APENFT quickly rose as the world’s first bridge between crypto and blue-chip traditional art—building a critical gateway for artists entering the NFT space and leaving a profound mark in both the art world and Web3. Its cross-sector achievements include: partnering with Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Binance NFT to tokenize and auction Warhol’s works in June 2021 for $2.8 million—kick-starting the traditional art NFT movement; establishing the $100 million “Art Dream Fund” with TRON in October 2021 to support hundreds of emerging artists and top NFT projects; and co-hosting the “Le Nez” exhibition in Paris with TRON, the Giacometti Foundation, Dior, and LVMH in October 2023.

Justin Sun’s ongoing art collecting continues to inject rare resources into APENFT—last year he acquired Maurizio Cattelan’s high-profile “Comedian” (the banana duct-taped to a wall) at Sotheby’s for $6.24 million, causing a sensation in both art and crypto circles. That work is now a prized asset of the APENFT Foundation.

As of August, APENFT Foundation’s world-class collection spans classic and cutting-edge digital art, valued at over $100 million by leading institutions like Sotheby’s and Christie’s and including masterpieces by Picasso, Warhol, Beeple, and Giacometti.

Crypto KOL @Multi recently commented on X, “APENFT is more than a marketplace—it’s a museum-level NFT curation vault backed by world-class art.”

APENFT’s blended ecosystem of traditional and digital art is now an irreplaceable value bridge between real-world art and the blockchain, forging a new, distinct path in NFTs. Whereas top NFT platforms like OpenSea and Blur remain focused on minting and trading, APENFT anchors its model on tangible art, using NFT tokenization to deeply integrate physical and digital collections. This breaks the mold of simple trading, enabling users to access deep artistic value and new experiences through the fusion of physical and digital creation—broadening the possibilities for art-crypto convergence.

Amidst a climate of commoditized competition and fee-cutting, APENFT’s unique strategy—centering on physical art—has built a genuinely sustainable competitive edge and continuously leads the innovation curve in NFTs.

From NFT Trading Platform to Comprehensive Digital Asset Ecosystem

While maintaining steady growth in its NFT business, APENFT actively explores and deploys new business lines. Through ongoing product upgrades and business expansion, APENFT has evolved from a single NFT marketplace to a robust digital asset ecosystem that now spans NFT trading, GameFi, inscription asset deployment and trading, fair NFT launches, and NFT fractional liquidity. This evolution demonstrates APENFT’s precise read on crypto market trends and commitment to redefining the NFT value landscape.

Game assets have been a core NFT application since APENFT Marketplace’s 2022 debut. From the start, APENFT invested $500,000 in a GameFi hackathon—drawing over 40 teams—and subsequent TRON ecosystem hackathons kept expanding GameFi awards, cementing long-term support. Star projects like the horse racing game Win NFT Horse have emerged, pushing NFTs beyond static collectibles into dynamic gaming environments.

The 2023 Bitcoin inscription boom spread across major blockchains, igniting an industry-wide rush. APENFT responded rapidly, launching TRONscription, its TRON-based inscription marketplace, which provides full-lifecycle services—from deployment to minting and trading—delivering a one-stop solution for inscription enthusiasts and further extending NFT use cases and asset diversity on-chain.

The rise of one-click Meme coin platforms last year sparked a new market wave. APENFT and SunPump—the TRON Meme coin launchpad—jointly rolled out NFT Pump, pioneering fair NFT launches and inheriting SunPump’s fair model, so users can mint NFTs as easily as Meme coins. This one-click NFT issuance dramatically lowers barriers to NFT creation and trading, enabling broader mainstream participation.

In February, NFT Pump upgraded to version 2.0, introducing the TRC-404 standard for fractional NFTs. This allows single NFTs to be split into tradable units represented by tokens—and with a dynamic binding mechanism, TRC-404 enables seamless swaps between NFTs and tokens, overcoming illiquidity. For example, TRC-721 NFTs are traded whole, while TRC-404 can split one NFT into many tokenized parts—letting holders acquire NFT shares by buying tokens. NFT Pump also lets users one-click mint and launch TRC-404 NFTs, with eligible tokens listing directly on Sunswap.

This combination of NFT Pump and TRC-404 effectively aligns incentives for creators, holders, and secondary market players, greatly improving on-chain NFT liquidity. The platform’s evolution from NFT Pump 1.0 to 2.0 has continuously optimized NFT creation, trading, and user experience on TRON—making NFTs open, efficient, and affordable for everyone, not just whales.

Currently, APENFT has unified APENFT Marketplace (trading), GameFi Center (gaming assets), TRONscription (inscriptions), and NFT Pump (fair launches/liquidity) into a single ecosystem supporting NFT trading, creation, gaming, and more. This comprehensive model cements APENFT as TRON’s one-stop culture and entertainment hub.

This robust product lineup reflects APENFT’s deep insight into crypto and NFT market dynamics and its fast execution—from seizing the inscription boom with TRONscription to solving liquidity issues with NFT Pump and TRC-404. Each innovation targets key industry challenges and delivers a more convenient, secure user experience.

From a physical-art-backed “NFT museum” to a fully integrated digital asset ecosystem, APENFT’s core mission remains “connecting the real world with crypto.” Through relentless product innovation and ecosystem development, it is expanding NFT use cases while carving out a unique path for value growth—showcasing industry-leading ecological strength and visionary leadership for a more open, inclusive future.

NFT Token Enters Deflationary Era; Now Listed on Kraken, HashKey, and Binance Alpha

As APENFT advances product innovation, its native NFT token has racked up multiple milestones this year, including listings on world-class exchanges like HashKey, Kraken, and Binance Alpha. These recognitions affirm APENFT’s innovation and ecosystem building in NFTs and reinforce the market’s bullish outlook on its future.

NFT is the sole governance token of the APENFT ecosystem. Holders can stake to earn voting rights, participate in key governance decisions—from curating artists to organizing marquee events—and unlock exclusive benefits according to their holdings.

NFT completed its full issuance in May 2023, locking its circulating supply—no new tokens will enter the market. In September last year, TRON founder Justin Sun announced a “100% trading fee buyback and burn” policy: all APENFT platform NFT transaction fees are used to repurchase and permanently burn NFT tokens. This mechanism ushered NFT into a deflationary era, materially lifting its value. As of August 20, APENFT had burned over 9.8 trillion NFTs.

Since 2025, NFT has gained backing from HashKey, Kraken, Binance Alpha, and other global leaders.

In February, HashKey Global (Hong Kong’s regulated platform) was the first to list NFT, launching a deposit and trading bonus pool of 20,000 USDT, followed by a trading tournament.

In March, established U.S. exchange Kraken listed NFT with NFT/USD and NFT/EUR spot pairs, and launched a $90,000 “Reef Program” NFT airdrop. Listing on Kraken marked not only a major APENFT milestone but also TRON’s breakthrough into the U.S. regulated market, accelerating global expansion.

In July, Binance Alpha brought NFT to its TRON ecosystem section, opening up NFT/USDT and NFT/USDC trading pairs and kicking off a $4 million trading competition. This milestone significantly boosted NFT trading volume and liquidity, underscoring Binance’s faith in APENFT’s potential and giving the project instant access to the global marketplace.

In August, Binance Alpha deepened integration by adding NFT market order trading; APENFT also completed deep integration with Binance Wallet. Users can now access APENFT’s official website and NFT Pump platform directly via Binance, enabling seamless NFT minting, trading, and collecting—and channeling significant Binance traffic into APENFT’s ecosystem for accelerated growth.

By August 20, NFT was listed on roughly 40 mainstream exchanges—including HTX, OKX, Bithumb, Kraken—and had a market cap of over $463 million, with more than 2.15 million holders. On August 8, NFT launched on Indian exchange CoinDCX, broadening its global footprint.

From pioneering a deflationary model to rapid-fire listings on premier exchanges, APENFT is rewriting the standard for NFT value through tech upgrades, collaborative growth, and regulatory advances. As more platforms join and the burn mechanism ramps up, NFT is poised to further solidify its role as a benchmark for decentralized governance and digital asset innovation.

Launching the “AI + NFT” Era: APENFT Drives Continuous Industry Innovation

APENFT’s accomplishments are powered not only by its ever-evolving product portfolio, but by the full-spectrum support of the TRON ecosystem. Over the past six months, TRON has expanded its global reach and chalked up several milestones: maintaining its spot as the world’s largest stablecoin network, surpassing 320 million on-chain addresses, partnering strategically with Binance Alpha and integrating with Binance Wallet, going public on Nasdaq, and seeing founder Justin Sun complete his inaugural space mission. These achievements have moved TRON center stage globally and provide APENFT with robust technical resources, user inflows, and brand strength for ongoing growth.

Infrastructure-wise, TRON’s robust DeFi ecosystem is a key enabler for APENFT’s growth—from the integrated DEX Sun.io and lending protocol JustLend DAO, to SunPump and stablecoin USDD. Interconnected DeFi tools allow NFT assets to quickly plug into staking, trading, lending, and other on-chain scenarios, fueling value discovery and ecosystem growth.

APENFT’s collaborations within TRON ECO are delivering real results: the launch of NFT Pump with SunPump has created shared user flows, while TRC404 assets can now be rapidly deployed on SunSwap, boosting NFT liquidity. For users, JustLend enables energy leasing to reduce gas fees on APENFT; in terms of influence, APENFT has held joint online and offline events with core projects such as SunPump, JustLend DAO, BitTorrent, and WinkLink, including a group appearance at the 2025 Istanbul Blockchain Summit and multiple trading competitions and ecosystem campaigns to grow the user base.

Recently, APENFT has signaled its commitment to “NFT + AI” integration on X, actively exploring how AI can supercharge NFT creation, interaction, and user experiences—using AI-generated content (AIGC) to boost creative efficiency and AI algorithms to optimize user engagement.

If APENFT’s success to date is defined by the “practical fusion of art and NFTs”—using tokenization to revolutionize art storage, display, and ownership—then the next chapter is the “convergence of art, blockchain, and AI.”

With ongoing support from TRON and the deepening impact of AI, creators will soon be able to mint, list, and price NFTs via conversational commands, and leverage AI agents to design bespoke minting and trading strategies. This visionary approach stands to massively expand digital asset scenarios and value, solidifying APENFT’s leadership in the TRON ecosystem and the global NFT arena.

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