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In the last week, the non-fungible token ($NFT) market experienced unremarkable sales, totaling $311.31 million. This figure represents a slight uptick of just 0.05% from the previous week. Despite this, Bitcoin $NFT sales have consistently outperformed other blockchain networks since November 2023. However, it’s noteworthy that $NFT sales on the Bitcoin blockchain have decreased by 19.12% compared to the previous week.
Weekly $NFT Sales Reach $311 Million With Bitcoin Leading, Ethereum and Polygon See Impressive Growth
Data from cryptoslam.io over the past seven days shows that $NFT sales reached $311.31 million. However, there was a significant decrease in market participation: the number of $NFT buyers fell by 69.40%, and the number of sellers declined by 68.09% during the same period.
Sales of NFTs from the Bitcoin blockchain totaled $107.16 million, accounting for 34.42% of the overall sales across 21 distinct blockchain networks. Nonetheless, sales of Bitcoin-based NFTs experienced a decline of over 19% compared to the previous week.
$NFT sales on the Ethereum blockchain experienced a growth of 18.29%, reaching approximately $84,622,852. Polygon NFTs witnessed a more substantial increase, surging 81.33% to $44.67 million, thus securing the third spot in sales among blockchain networks.
On the other hand, Solana $NFT sales saw a downturn, declining 19.47% from the previous week, with total sales amounting to $41.48 million. Avalanche NFTs saw a 46.83% increase and Flow-based NFTs jumped by 25.65%.
The leading $NFT collection in terms of total sales over the past seven days was Uncategorized Ordinals, which garnered $22.68 million, although this was a 53.70% decrease from the previous week.
The second-highest in digital collectible sales was the Gas Hero Common Hero NFTs from Polygon, achieving $18.82 million in sales, marking a significant 261% increase. Sales of Gas Hero items and weapon NFTs also saw notable activity this week.
Meanwhile, Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFTs enjoyed a substantial 170% surge in sales compared to the previous week. This past week’s highest-priced $NFT sale originated from the BNB chain, with the “Lock Deal” collectible commanding $452K just seven days ago.
Following closely, the “Token Vesting Plans” $NFT from Polygon was purchased for $299K. Ranking third in the list of expensive NFTs was “Cryptopunks #8,639” from the Ethereum blockchain, which changed hands for $240K a day earlier. Additionally, other significant $NFT sales this week came from networks including Arbitrum, Bitcoin, and Cardano.
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