The NFT market has experienced a notable drop, with sales volume falling by 16.76% to $105.7 million.
This comes as Bitcoin (BTC) prices have dropped to $103,000 after hitting $111,000, a new ATH. At the same time, Ethereum (ETH) has shown a mild drop to the $2,500 level in the last seven days. The global crypto market cap is now $3.25 trillion, down from last week’s $3.42 trillion.
According to data from CryptoSlam, despite the overall decline, NFT buyers increased by 55.35% to 699,471, and NFT sellers rose by 19.22% to 242,898. NFT transactions have surged by 34.31% to 2,233,547.
Ethereum NFT sales jump 30%
Ethereum strengthened its position with $36.5 million in sales, which jumped 28.43% from the previous week. However, Ethereum’s wash trading decreased by 23.31% to $1.6 million.
Polygon (POL) maintains second place with $15 million in sales, though it experienced a 25.88% decline. Mythos Chain holds the third position with $13.5 million, down 3.39%.
Bitcoin sits in fourth place with $13.2 million and fell 27.10% from last week. Immutable (IMX) has entered the top five with $7.3 million and dropped 15.93%. Solana (SOL) rounds out the top six with $7.2 million and showed growth of 17.78%.
The buyer count has increased across most blockchains, with Polygon leading at 43.72% growth, followed by Solana at 37.39% and Bitcoin at 33.34%.
Courtyard on Polygon retains the top position in collection rankings with $12.4 million in sales. However, it saw a 13.91% drop. The collection has seen a surge increase in sellers, up 1,196.53%.
DMarket is second with $8.3 million, down 5.33%. Guild of Guardians Heroes is third with $5 million, down 14.58%.
A notable newcomer, STRAT Option on Ethereum, has entered the fourth-place rankings with $4.7 million. The collection has experienced notable growth of 18,945,794.34% in sales, with transactions up 2,300% and buyers up 1,900%.
Bitcoin’s BRC-20 NFTs complete the top five with $4.6 million and dropped 24.06%. The collection has seen decreases across all metrics including transactions (17.56%), buyers (24.93%), and sellers (33.22%). Read last week’s NFT sales breakdown.
Notable high-value sales from this week include:
- CryptoPunks #1831 sold for 150 ETH ($389,846)
- CryptoPunks #4868 sold for 76.5 ETH ($201,933)
- CryptoPunks #5586 sold for 70.07 ETH ($185,292)
- CryptoPunks #308 sold for 69 ETH ($174,683)
- CryptoPunks #9494 sold for 66 ETH ($169,021)
