NFT Sales Reach $39.85 Million As Pudgy Penguins Double

NFT sales reached $39.85 million over the seven days leading to Oct. 10, marking a 0.90% increase from the previous week, according to data from CryptoSlam cited by CryptoNews. Despite the slight increase in dollar volume, participating addresses and transactions experienced notable declines during the period.

Buyer addresses fell 85.33% to 30,332, while seller addresses dropped 84.45% to 30,598. Total NFT transactions declined 6.92% to 778,055.

Blockchain Performance

Ethereum retained its position as the leading blockchain for NFT sales, recording $17.60 million, up 4.52% week over week. The network accounted for approximately 44.2% of the global NFT sales total and recorded 4,254 buyer addresses.

Polygon held second place with $8.62 million in sales, representing a 5.76% increase. Bitcoin followed in third place with $3.55 million in sales, down 7.33%, driven in part by transactions from its $8888 BRC-20 NFTs collection.

Immutable ranked fourth with $2.64 million, up 22.06%, while Base took fifth place with $2.40 million, an increase of 27.87%. BNB Chain and Solana completed the top blockchain rankings with $1.80 million and $1.57 million respectively.

Collection Highlights

Polygon-based Courtyard topped collection sales with $7.68 million, up 6.56% and accounting for roughly 19.3% of global NFT sales. Ethereum-based CryptoPunks ranked second with $2.45 million in sales, a 24.45% increase.

Pudgy Penguins placed third after sales surged 125.66% to $1.49 million, accompanied by 196 transactions. Guild of Guardians Heroes and Argonauts rounded out the top five collection sales.

Key facts

• Weekly NFT sales totaled $39.85 million over the seven days to Oct. 10.
• Ethereum led blockchains with $17.60 million in sales.
• Pudgy Penguins sales rose 125.66% to $1.49 million.
• Courtyard topped collection sales at $7.68 million.
• Total buyer addresses fell 85.33% to 30,332.