While non-fungible token ($NFT) sales witnessed a substantial increase in May, demonstrating significant progress, recent data indicates that $NFT sales have soared by 39.35% within just the last week alone. Furthermore, sales figures for the trailing week demonstrate that the Bitcoin blockchain maintains its rank as second in weekly sales volume.
Ethereum Dominates $NFT Market with 60% Share, Bitcoin $NFT Sales Capture 17% of Weekly Sales Volume
The $NFT sales for this week saw a 39.35% growth from last week, amounting to $202.22 million in global sales. The quantity of $NFT buyers also expanded by 37.45%, reaching the current week’s total of 724,193 buyers. Besides those two data points, $NFT transactions have ascended to 2,350,977 transactions, marking a 6.94% increase compared to the preceding week. In the meantime, sales originating from the Ethereum blockchain led the $202 million in sales by collecting approximately $123.17 million.
The $ETH-based $NFT sales represented 60.97% of all $NFT sales documented over the past week. Bitcoin $NFT sales secured second place with $34.97 million in revenue during the previous seven days. These Bitcoin-based $NFT sales constituted roughly 17.31% of the combined number of NFTs sold this past week. In terms of $NFT sales distributed across 21 blockchains, Polygon, Solana, and Mythos followed Ethereum and Bitcoin in the top five.
The Ethereum-backed Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) $NFT collection claimed this week’s top compilation status with $17.06 million in sales volume. The $ETH NFTs from the Azuki collection secured second place this week with $13.75 million in sales. Uncategorized Ordinals grabbed third place with $9.5 million worth of Bitcoin-focused NFTs sold, while Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) snagged fourth place with $8.50 million in sales this week. Bitcoin NFTs from the $OXBT BRC20 collection accumulated $8.32 million in sales, claiming the fifth spot this week.
Data from cryptoslam.io reveals that this week’s most expensive $NFT sale or the highest-priced $NFT item was an Uncategorized Ordinal, which fetched $2.72 million. A single $NFT from the $PPAI BRC20 $NFT collection sold for $1.34 million, while the third priciest item was another Uncategorized Ordinal that commanded $709,371.
All five of the costliest NFTs sold during the past week originated from the Bitcoin blockchain. The sixth most expensive $NFT—generated from the Azuki $NFT collection—sold for $306,976 on the Blur marketplace just nine hours ago.
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