NFT Sales Surge 8 Despite Wider Cryptocurrency Market Decline

NFT Sales Surge to $109M in Weekly Transactions
In the last week, NFT sales have seen a significant increase, reaching a total of $109 million, marking an 8.1% rise from the previous week.
The highest-priced NFT sold in the past week was Cryptopunk #2, fetching $386,916. Solana’s Boogle #089 followed with a sale of $191,517, and Arbitrum’s GUSDC Locked Deposit #201 was sold for $90,744. Ethereum dominated the blockchain-based NFT sales, totaling $36.48 million over the week.
According to data from cryptoslam.io, Ethereum-based NFT sales saw a 14.04% increase from the previous week, while Solana secured the second position with $22.46 million in sales, reflecting a 39.03% growth. Polygon placed third with $19.66 million in sales, a 5.36% decrease, and Bitcoin took the fourth spot with $15.72 million in sales, down 14.7%.
Mythos ranked fifth this week with $4.21 million in NFT sales, a 4% decrease from the prior week. Despite this drop, Mythos’ Dmarket NFT collection led in volume, amassing $3.95 million. Pudgy Penguins claimed the second spot for top collections with $3.32 million, followed by Base Ape Polygon with $3.17 million in sales.
Solana’s Dogezuki collection secured fourth place with $3.14 million, while Solana’s Mad Lads collection brought in just over $3 million. The number of NFT buyers increased by 20.93% to 809,923, and the number of sellers rose by 14.05% to 363,190. In total, 2,042,431 NFT transactions were recorded, up 45.57% from the previous week.
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