{"id":61981,"date":"2025-04-25T12:30:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=61981"},"modified":"2025-04-25T12:30:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:30:21","slug":"pokemon-rumors-power-up-sui-as-token-surges-63-in-4-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=61981","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Rumors Power Up SUI As Token Surges 63% In 4 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speculation that the Pok\u00e9mon franchise could make its leap onto the Sui blockchain is fueling a price spike in Sui\u2019s native token. SUI has rallied more than 63% over the past four days, climbing from $3.10 to $3.42, even as Bitcoin gained a comparatively modest 7%<\/a> in the same period.<\/p>\n

SUI x Pok\u00e9mon?<\/h2>\n

Market observers trace SUI\u2019s outperformance to a cluster of social-media posts that connect the dots between The Pok\u00e9mon Company\u2019s latest update to its Pok\u00e9mon HOME mobile app and recent disclosures from the Sui ecosystem. On April 23, Pok\u00e9mon HOME added a medal-collection feature and\u2014crucially\u2014quietly amended its privacy policy to include Parasol Technologies as an approved developer permitted to receive user data. Parasol, a blockchain-gaming studio, was recently acquired by Mysten Labs, the core development team behind the Sui network.<\/p>\n

Within hours, prominent crypto commentators amplified the coincidence. TylerD (@Tyler_Did_It) told<\/a> followers: \u201cPok\u00e9mon on Sui? The rumor mill is working overtime on this one. Today, Pok\u00e9mon HOME had a privacy policy update which includes a new developer\u2014Parasol Technologies. Mysten Labs owns Parasol\u2014and is also the developer behind Sui. Not too hard to start connecting these dots\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Shotgun (@shotguncaio), founder of The Espresso Shot, pointed<\/a> to a since-deleted Sui Foundation blog entry that, according to screenshots, briefly mentioned Pok\u00e9mon-branded NFTs: \u201cThe official Sui Foundation blog confirmed (and removed) Pok\u00e9mon NFTs. \u2026 When Parasol Technologies\u2014owned by Mysten Labs, the company behind Sui\u2014was included in their privacy policy, the rumors became more intense. \u2026 Those \u2018medals\u2019 are tradable, unique digital items with distinct codes and serial numbers rather than SBTs (soulbound tokens). In my opinion, this adds an element of excitement by introducing a trading layer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ashen (@solashenone), founder of Kamai Finance, emphasized the corporate links: \u201cMysten Labs owns SUI and recently acquired Parasol Labs. Parasol Labs is listed as a dev in the new Pok\u00e9mon HOME game. Could this be because Ashen one is heavily invested in Pok\u00e9mon cards and SUI now?\u201d<\/p>\n

Gaming Daily (@GamingDailyx) summarized the emerging narrative for a broader gaming audience: \u201cRUMOR: Pok\u00e9mon x Sui. Pok\u00e9mon might be closer to Web3 than we think. Parasol Technologies now listed in Pok\u00e9mon HOME\u2019s privacy policy. Parasol is owned by Mysten Labs, the creators of Sui. No comments yet from Nintendo or TPC.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond social media, a separate report<\/a> detailing the April 23 app update underscored why Parasol\u2019s name matters. While the Sui Foundation\u2019s blog post of the same day announced that Parasol will launch trading-card games such as Capybara Fusion and Code of Joker: Evolutions on Sui, it made no mention of Pok\u00e9mon.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the proximity of the announcements\u2014and the franchise\u2019s history with collectible assets\u2014has stoked expectations that Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s sprawling intellectual-property empire could experiment with tokenized items on Sui.<\/p>\n

The Pok\u00e9mon brand commands one of the most valuable trading-card markets in the world; in 2022, YouTuber Logan Paul<\/a> paid $5.275 million for a single Pikachu Illustrator card in a private sale that set a world record. Yet blockchain integrations have historically met fan resistance: a 2023 Pok\u00e9mon Company job post seeking candidates familiar with NFTs generated swift backlash from long-time players.<\/p>\n

Neither Nintendo, The Pok\u00e9mon Company, nor Mysten Labs has issued an official statement on any Pok\u00e9mon-related blockchain initiative. The absence of confirmation has not dampened momentum in the SUI market, where traders appear willing to price in even a slim probability of a Pok\u00e9mon partnership.<\/p>\n

At press time, SUI traded at $3.54.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Speculation that the Pok\u00e9mon franchise could make its leap onto the Sui blockchain is fueling a price spike in Sui\u2019s native token. SUI has rallied more than 63% over the past four days, climbing from $3.10 to $3.42, even as Bitcoin gained a comparatively modest 7% in the same period. SUI x Pok\u00e9mon? Market observers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":61982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}