NFTs

NFT Sales Spike to $155M, Pudgy Penguins Push Back with an 82% Surge

The NFT market has turned upward despite crypto price weakness, with Bitcoin falling 3% to $94,000 and Ethereum dropping sharply by 9% to $3,200. Even though the broader crypto market cap has contracted to $3.3 trillion from last week’s $3.5 trillion market cap, the NFT market has turned positive. According to CryptoSlam data, NFT sales volume has climbed 10.70% to $155.4 million this week. The rise in total sales comes alongside a notable drop in market participants, suggesting larger trades from fewer buyers.
Weekly metrics are as below:
  • NFT sales volume rose to $155.4 million from $132.7 million last week
  • NFT buyers fell 81.79% to 122,806
  • NFT sellers dropped 73.24% to 104,090
  • Transactions inched up 0.16% to 1,483,044
Ethereum NFT sales grew 13.09% to $61.9 million, though buyer numbers fell 65.62% to 24,836. Wash trading on the network increased 76.73% to $25.1 million.
Bitcoin Ordinals saw modest growth, with sales up 1.97% to $30.8 million. The network’s buyer count dropped 87.15% to 8,665. Solana moved up with $20.1 million in sales, rising 9.96%. Mythos Chain held fourth place with $12.4 million, up 4.39%. Base entered the top five with $8.4 million, jumping 211.18% in sales.

Pudgy Penguins enjoyed $9.2 million in sales, up 82.32%. The recovery brought more activity, with transactions up 50.70% and buyers increasing 67.39%.BRC-20 NFTs took second place with $8.2 million, growing 40.78%. DMarket kept steady in third with $7.2 million, up 8.06%, and maintaining high volume with 282,071 transactions. Guild of Guardians Heroes fell 11.17% to $5.1 million, while Azuki dropped to fifth place with $4.0 million, down 56.58%.

Top sales this week included:
  • SuperRare #37380: $474,710 (474,710 USDC)
  • CryptoPunks #4757: $453,894 (125 ETH)
  • SuperRare #37380: $396,000 (108.7469 WETH)
  • CryptoPunks #3698: $277,876 (82 ETH)
  • Abstract Being: $222,680 (2.3681 BTC)

The NFT market has found some stability with rising sales volume, even as participation stays limited.

Terron Gold

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