NFT market up 23% in weekly sales; Ethereum leads charge

The non-fungible token market experienced a 23.4% jump in sales between Aug. 19 and 24. Ethereum currently dominates the landscape, followed by Solana and Polygon.

In the past week, CryptoSlam data shows sales volumes in the broader NFT market soared by 23.4%, to settle at just under $100 million. The uptick in activity was accompanied by a nearly 43% increase in NFT buyers, totaling 468,822, and a 41% rise in sellers, reaching 223,433.

Furthermore, the market registered more than 1.8 million transactions, with NFT traders showing growing interest in blue-chip collections and emerging projects.

Ethereum maintains stronghold

In terms of individual blockchain performances, Ethereum (ETH) once again solidified its position as the dominant blockchain for NFTs, with sales reaching $36.4 million. This was a 34% increase from the previous week.

As was the case in the previous week, Solana (SOL) and Polygon (MATIC) also had impressive performances, making big contributions to the NFT market’s overall growth in the past week. Solana recorded $18.45 million in sales, reflecting a 14.70% increase, with an astounding 61.18% rise in buyers to 202,167.

On the other hand, the weekly sales volume on Polygon increased by more than 90%, to $12.49 million. The number of NFT buyers on the blockchain also rose by 37.77% to 84,505.

Notable NFT sales and collections

The week’s NFT activity was also marked by some major individual NFT sales. For instance, on Arbitrum (ARB), the gETH Locked Deposit #158 fetched an impressive $256,513, making it one of the highest sales of the week. 

Ethereum’s Zoth_Nibiru_Pool1 #4 also made headlines with a $250,000 sale, while Solana’s BOOGLE #61 boasted the third-highest price tag of the week at $201,200.

CryptoPunks, DMarket shine

In terms of collections, CryptoPunks — built on Ethereum — took top spot after it attracted more than $7.4 million in weekly sales. The amount came from just 102 transactions — a 292% rise from last week’s numbers. 

Meanwhile, on the Mythos chain, DMarket generated $4.99 million in sales across 195,143 transactions, cementing its place as a significant player in the NFT ecosystem.

Bored Ape Yacht Club maintained its relevance with a 21.46% increase in sales, pushing the amount raked in to $3.58 million. 

Although sales of NFTs from The Guild of Guardians collection on Immutable (IMX) dropped by 12.25%, it still managed to stay in the top five, with slightly more than $3 million earned.

Finally, rounding up the top five collections by sales volume was Sorare, which continued its run with about $2.6 million in sales. However, the figure was a 27% drop from last week. The plunge was also witnessed in the number of transactions, which went down by more than 12%, according to CryptoSlam.