Pudgy Penguins dominate weekly NFT sales, reaching $21.6M after token launch
Amid the cryptocurrency market's rise and Bitcoin hitting a new all-time high (ATH), the non-fungible token (NFT) market also demonstrated significant growth.
According to CryptoSlam data, NFT sales increased by 34% over the past 7 days, reaching $196.2 million.
Key metrics across the market saw growth, including the number of buyers—up over 20% to 693,833—and sellers, which increased by 16% to 402,069. However, the number of transactions dipped slightly by 2% to 1,405,054.
Ethereum exhibited the strongest performance, nearly doubling its sales volume to $100.9 million. The network attracted 61,020 buyers, marking a 23.15% increase. Alongside this growth, wash trading also surged by 52.79% to $18.2 million, indicating heightened market activity.
Bitcoin’s NFT ecosystem experienced a slight decline of less than 7% but maintained its second-place position. Bitcoin network sales totaled $45.1 million, while the number of buyers rose 22% to 67,188.
Solana held third place with $16.2 million in sales. Mythos Chain and ImmutableX rounded out the top five, with sales of $11.2 million and $10.6 million, respectively.
Pudgy Penguins gains momentum with token launch
The announcement of the PENGU token launch propelled Pudgy Penguins to the top spot, achieving $21.6 million in sales—a nearly 4x increase in just one week.
CryptoPunks followed with $21.3 million in sales, a 174% increase compared to the previous period. BRC-20 NFTs took third place with $9.9 million in sales.
Guild of Guardians Heroes and Uncategorized Ordinals completed the top five with sales of $8.9 million and $8.4 million, respectively.
The most expensive NFT of the week was Uncategorized Ordinals #876, sold for $7,512,996 (76.9998 BTC).
According to a Messari report, NFT trading volume on the BNB Chain surged by 283% in Q3 2024 compared to the previous quarter. The average daily trading volume reached $600,400, while daily sales grew by 47% to 8,900.
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