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Kabu is actively promoting its Sunset City launch and XP/Shards farming system through community engagement. The account is heavily retweeting user content about NFT collecting, art, and daily quest participation, with recent posts highlighting Art Studio and Kabu Stadium competitions offering exclusive badges and pins to winners.

Sunset City launchXP/Shards farming mechanicsArt Studio & Kabu Stadium competitions
EvidenceRead from 20 posts1 tracked handleWindow Oct 19, 2026 – Oct 22, 2026
About

Kabu is an NFT project built around a theme of fostering fun and friendship across the digital world, centered on its bear characters and an evolving setting called Sunset City. Originally launched on Abstract, the collection migrated to Ethereum in July 2026.

About Kabu

Kabu describes its mission as fostering fun and friendship across the digital world. The brand's narrative is anchored to Sunset City, framed as a place "where friendships last a lifetime," and Kabu maintains a presence across social platforms including TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.

The Collection

The Kabu collection consists of 7,000 NFTs and was released through a presale and public mint. Holders connect to the Sunset City world and brand built around the Kabu characters.

Migration to Ethereum

Kabu launched its collection on Abstract in 2025, then migrated to Ethereum in July 2026 (announced by kabuxyz on July 9, 2026). Trading is open on Ethereum; holders who kept their Kabu in an EVM wallet received automatic airdrops on Ethereum, and a migration portal for remaining holders opens July 11, 2026.

Community

Kabu runs community programming including "Kabu Spaces" and whitelist collaborations with other NFT communities. Through a partnership with 223 — a studio that has produced products for web3 brands such as Pudgy Penguins, Creepz, and Chimpers, under JCorp — Kabu aims to expand from web3 into web2 distribution.

Recent developments

  • 2026-07-01 — Kabu NFTs to Migrate from Abstract to Ethereum on July 10 — Kabu collection freezes on Abstract, snapshot taken, and eligible NFTs airdropped automatically to same wallets on Ethereum Mainnet. (@kabuxyz)
  • 2026-07-17 — Kabu Unveils Security Room Media Hub as Living Archive for Sunset City — Kabu introduces the Security Room, a media hub within Sunset City that will serve as a living archive documenting the Kabu universe's characters and lore. (@kabuxyz)
  • 2026-08-13 — kabuxyz Launches Kabu Art Studio, Teases Imminent Sunset City Launch — Kabu invites web3 artists to create with Kabu IP for XP pins, with winners' artwork featured in a new interactive location. (@kabuxyz)
  • 2026-10-13 — Kabu Unveils Sunset City World, Touts 'New Age of NFT IP' — Abstract-born NFT project Kabu has opened its long-teased Sunset City world, framing the reveal as the start of a new era for NFT IP — without dates, numbers or partner names. (@kabuxyz)
  • 2026-10-15 — Kabu's Sunset City Season 1 Shard Rewards Pool Closes Nov 23 — Kabu detailed how players earn Shards in its Sunset City world to share in a growing Season 1 rewards pool, with the season set to end Nov. 23, 2026. (@kabuxyz)
  • 2026-10-19 — Kabu Opens XP and Shards Quests Ahead of Season 1 Rewards Pool — Kabu Klubs holders can now earn XP and Shards through weekly posting, participation and engagement quests, with leaderboard standings feeding into a Season 1 Rewards Pool. (@kabuxyz)

Coverage

Scope and Products

Kabu is an NFT collection and brand, not a marketplace or a pull-mechanic platform. Its products are:

  • The 7,000-piece Kabu NFT collection, released through a presale and public mint.
  • Sunset City, the lore world and holder-facing experience the brand is built around.
  • Two earlier brand efforts that preceded the collection: Kabu Museum and Kabu Art Studio.

The collection launched on Abstract and migrated to Ethereum in July 2026.

Kabu operates no gacha, pack-rip or card-pull product. Monthly-spend and pull-value records reported in this ecosystem — including the $2.5 million monthly-spend all-time high — belong to Gacha Pull, a separate Abstract-based collectibles market, and are not Kabu figures. The two are distinct entities and their metrics should never be attributed across.

Sunset City launch

On October 13, 2026, Kabu posted "Welcome to Kabu — Sunset City" and "The New Age of NFT IP is HERE." In a follow-up eight minutes later it gave the date: "In 24 hrs, Sunset City Launches. 12pm EST 10/14/2026 we begin our exploration." On October 14 it posted "Sunset City is LIVE" with a link to kabu.xyz.

On October 15 Kabu detailed Season 1. Players accumulate Shards in Sunset City to take part in a Season 1 rewards pool, which Kabu said consists of "1000+ USDC, 50 Kabu NFTs, 50% of Kabu NFT Royalties + External Revenue" until the season ends on November 23, 2026. The pool goes to the 50 profiles with the most Shards accumulated by that date, ranked on total Shards earned; Kabu said Shards spent in its Arcade or Shard Store do not lower a ranking.

Kabu has not said which chain, if any, Sunset City itself uses. The Kabu NFT collection is on Ethereum.

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Market Overview

AI read · 6m ago

Kabu saw minimal trading today, with volume dipping to just 0.0329 ETH and only 3 sales—a notable slowdown compared to its 7-day daily average of 0.1220 ETH. Despite the quiet market, the OpenSea-verified collection maintains a bullish community sentiment, with attention focused on the upcoming Sunset City launch and XP/Shards farming mechanics. Floor prices held at 0.0119 ETH as holders remain engaged with Art Studio and Kabu Stadium competitions.

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Kabu is on the graph as a project with a linked asset, but we don't yet have enough corroborated evidence to characterize what it is, who's behind it, or what it does. What's the best source — an official site, the deployer, or a first announcement — so the record can represent Kabu instead of leaving a stub?

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