NFT sales surge 55.6% to $75.5M, BNB Chain overtakes Ethereum

In the latest seven‑day window, total NFT sales increased 55.6% to roughly $75.54 million, while the number of transactions fell 14.77% to 650,332. The rise in sales value occurred alongside higher buyer and seller address counts.

BNB Chain becomes top NFT network

BNB Chain recorded $32.75 million in organic NFT sales, a 1,042% increase from the previous week, moving it to the top spot. Buyer addresses on the network grew 30.84% to 22,132. Wash‑trading volume on BNB Chain was negligible, reported at $8.

Ethereum slips to second place

Ethereum’s weekly NFT sales fell 14.23% to $18.94 million despite a 21.13% rise in buyer addresses to 40,098. Wash‑trading on Ethereum declined 56.30% to about $742,249, bringing its combined volume to $19.68 million.

Other leading chains

• Polygon: $7.29 million in organic sales (up 6.12%); 94,731 buyer addresses; $18.73 million wash‑trading.
• Bitcoin: $5.87 million in organic sales (down 34.20%); 13,103 buyer addresses; $94,991 wash‑trading.
• Base: $4.23 million in organic sales (up 36.59%); 5,050 buyer addresses; $4.80 million wash‑trading.
• Solana: $1.91 million in organic sales (up 9.99%); 47,853 buyer addresses; $24,849 wash‑trading.

Top collections by sales

Courtyard led collections with $6.32 million in sales, representing about 8.4% of global NFT volume. Beezie (Base) ranked second with $2.64 million, while Ethereum’s Argonauts placed third with $2.07 million.

High‑value individual sales

A Bitcoin‑based BRC‑20 NFT sold for 10 BTC (≈ $796,863). Another BRC‑20 from the $X@AI collection fetched 5.1158 BTC (≈ $394,346). CryptoPunks #1839 sold for 161.5 ETH (≈ $394,320). Algebra Positions NFT‑V2 #43 transferred for 365,231 USDT (≈ $365,231).

Market context

During the same period, Bitcoin traded near $79,694 and Ethereum around $2,458, with total crypto market capitalization at approximately $2.78 trillion. The data reflects blockchain address activity, not verified user counts.