NFT Market Sees Decline, Crypto Prices Fall
The NFT market has taken a hit, with sales dropping 18.43% too $116.9 million, according to CryptoSlam data. This marks a reversal from the previous week’s strong performance. Bitcoin (BTC) price has dropped to $103,000. Simultaneously occurring, Ethereum (ETH) has dropped 4% in the last seven days. The global crypto market cap is now $3.21 trillion, down from last week’s $3.29 trillion. Despite the sales decline, market participation metrics show mixed results. NFT buyers remain flat at 1,061,348 (50.56% growth maintained),and NFT sellers rise by 8.09% to 38,494. NFT transactions have decreased slightly by 0.63% to 1,709,086. Immutable retains its top position Immutable (IMX) has retained its top position but with reduced sales of $28.3 million, falling 32.23% from the previous week. The blockchain’s wash trading has nearly disappeared, dropping 81.19% to just $3. Polygon (POL) has surged to second place with $23.3 million in sales, growing 24.98% and overtaking Ethereum. Ethereum has dropped to third place with $20.4 million, declining 32.06%. Ethereum’s wash trading has also decreased by 18.29% to $1.8 million.Source: Blockchains by NFT Sales Volume (CryptoSlam) Mythos Chain maintains fourth position with $14.1 million, remaining essentially flat with a marginal 0.03% decline. Solana (SOL) has climbed to fifth place with $8.7 million, jumping 42.74%. The buyer count has increased across most blockchains, with Polygon leading at 35.63% growth, followed by Solana at 27.41% and Mythos Chain at 19.32%. In collection rankings, Courtyard on Polygon has reclaimed the top position with $17.4 million in sales, showing minimal growth of 0.56%.The collection has experienced major growth in sellers, up 1,264.81%. Guild of Guardians Heroes has fallen to second place with $16.5 million, declining 33.60%. The gaming collection has seen decreases across all metrics, including transactions (35.26%), buyers (41.99%), and sellers (42.33%). DMarket holds third place with $9 million, up 0.99%. Guild of Guardians Avatars remains in fourth with $7 million, though falling 31.19%.Gods Unchained Cards has entered the top five with $4.7 million, declining 28.60%. Notably, Uncategorized Ordinals on Bitcoin has disappeared from the top collections. Notable high-value sales from this week include: CryptoPunks #1831 sold for 150 ETH ($389,846) CryptoPunks #9778 sold for 150 ETH ($377,958) CryptoPunks #4868 sold for 76.5 ETH ($201,933) CryptoPunks #5586 sold for 70.07 ETH ($185,292) CryptoPunks #7516 sold for 60 ETH ($158,378)
