NFT Sales Dip 15% to $37.5M While Wallet Participation Surges

Global NFT sales volume dropped 15.28% to $37.54 million over the most recent seven‑day period, even as participation metrics surged. Buyer addresses rose 174.04% and seller addresses increased 151.72%, indicating broader wallet involvement despite lower overall sales.

Key Market Shifts

• Overall NFT sales: $37.54 million, down from $44.31 million the week before.
• Buyer addresses: 114,977 (↑174.04%).
• Seller addresses: 108,037 (↑151.72%).
• Number of NFT transactions: 808,432 (↓9.08%).

Blockchain‑Specific Performance

Ethereum

Ethereum led organic NFT sales with $15.32 million, a 2.66% decline from the prior week. Buyer addresses on Ethereum grew 63.82% to 13,546. Including wash‑trading, total volume reached $15.76 million, down 5.44%.

Polygon

Polygon posted $7.09 million in organic sales (↓4.88%) and saw buyer addresses rise 91.47% to 26,588. Wash‑trading added $18.07 million, bringing combined volume to $25.15 million.

Bitcoin

Bitcoin‑based NFT sales fell sharply to $4.33 million, a 53.99% drop, while buyer addresses climbed 141.29% to 5,441.

BNB Chain

BNB Chain generated $2.58 million in sales (↓36.26%) with buyer addresses jumping 384.73% to 10,732, the highest percentage increase among the top six blockchains.

Base

Base was the only top‑five network with higher organic sales, reaching $2.16 million (↑4.06%). Buyer addresses surged 253.04% to 2,323.

Solana

Solana recorded $1.89 million in sales (↓11.08%) and buyer addresses increased 164.90% to 25,301.

Top Collections

• Courtyard (Polygon) remained the leading collection with $6.3 million in sales, down 0.93%.
• Argonauts (Ethereum) ranked second with $2.74 million, down 36.91%.
• Alchemix V3 Transmuter (Ethereum) rose to third after a 622.03% jump to $1.83 million, driven by a few high‑value transactions.

High‑Value Individual Sales

• Alchemix V3 Transmuter #219 sold for $770,985.
• Alchemix V3 Transmuter #214 sold for $715,216.
• A Bitcoin‑based BRC‑20 NFT sold for $402,534.

Contextual Market Data

During the same period, Bitcoin traded near $81,311 and Ethereum around $2,647. Total crypto market capitalization was approximately $2.79 trillion, according to CoinGecko.