How Animecoin’s watch parties, digital collectibles and trading are creating a flywheel effect
Animecoin Overview - October 7, 2025
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Animecoin Metrics
ANIME token price: $0.014 (-12.5%)
ANIME market cap: $78.11M (-6.49%)
ANIME token holders: 2,338 (+1.26%)
These metrics are accurate at time of publication.
Anime Domain Expansion
Highlighting the latest updates from the Anime ecosystem.
Anime.com launches free watch parties with digital collectibles
At first glance, Anime.com’s new watch party feature makes for a great way to watch shows with your friends. But there are signs this can turn into a flywheel effect where revenue from collectibles can funnel back into the token via team-led buybacks, Anime.com is using user spending to sustain the growth of the ecosystem.
The goal here, of course, is to bring casual anime fans and crypto enthusiasts together. Anime.com is looking to drive token adoption by attracting a diverse userbase, since the buyback mechanism leverages sales revenue to repurchase $ANIME on the open market, reducing supply and creating upward price pressure. This in turn enhances liquidity and holder rewards.
Combined with the digital collectibles, these watch parties can drive user adoption by offering the ability to instantly acquire and trade assets during community events.
OpenSea buys Animecoin and Azuki NFTs for its rewards pool
NFT marketplace OpenSea’s integration of Animecoin and Azuki into its Treasure Chest rewards pool included $25,000 worth of $ANIME, plus ecosystem NFTs from the OG collection, Elementals and BEANZ.
As the dominant NFT hub by all-time trading volume, OpenSea’s inclusion of these assets underscores Animecoin and Azuki’s cultural relevance and market validation. For both projects, being featured in the platform’s flagship rewards program serves as a signal of legitimacy, as OpenSea’s curation directly influences which ecosystems attract trader and collector attention.
From a strategic standpoint, participation in the campaign exposes Animecoin and Azuki to one of the most active liquidity channels in the NFT market. This gamified reward structure can create recurring behavioral loops that funnel attention toward $ANIME’s buyback mechanics and Azuki’s expansive IP ecosystem.
Animecoin trading volume surpasses $414.95 million in September
Trading volumes on Animecoin reached a record high of $414.9 million last month, driven by its partnership with GameSquare, the general uplift in crypto prices, as well as a more favorable broader global macroeconomic climate for investments.
Animecoin’s high trading volume serves as a notable metric for the token’s vitality, since it signals robust liquidity and user demand, which can, in turn, attract institutional players.
For instance, the GameSquare partnership sought to underscore Animecoin’s momentum as a culture-driven asset, where elevated volumes are also fueled by fiat-to-token conversions during collectible drops.
In Case You Missed It
The Financial Times has a piece on Azuki’s watch collaboration with H. Moser & Cie
Story Protocol integrated Azuki into its ecosystem for Verse 8’s web3 gaming platform, and ABLO’s custom merch webstore
Azuki CEO Zagabond wrote two articles about Animecoin’s cultural impact and anime’s convergence with web3 culture
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Azuki on X for more about its NFT project
Anime.com on X for more about its anime infrastructure
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