The non-fungible token market has seen a major slowdown, with Bitcoin falling 4% over the past week to $94,000 and Ethereum to $3,300.
According to the latest data from CryptoSlam, the NFT market has seen a substantial correction: total sales volume fell 49.77% last week to $152.7 million.
Despite the sharp decline in trading volume, market participation metrics show continued interest from new and existing traders.
- NFT buyers increased 50.97% to 531,208
- NFT sellers increased by 47.14% to 308,666
- NFT transactions decreased 13.26% to 1,477,340
- NFT sales fell from last week’s $302.2 million in total sales
Ethereum and Bitcoin see sharp declines
The Ethereum (ETH) blockchain NFT saw sales drop 62% to $75.3 million. Despite the drop in volumes, the network welcomed 63,054 buyers, an increase of 42.91%. Wash trading also declined significantly by 80.04% to $21.6 million.
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The Bitcoin (BTC) NFT ecosystem follows a similar pattern with a 30% drop in sales to $28.0 million. However, the network shows strong growth in users with 59,311 buyers, an increase of 52.13% compared to the previous period.
Solana (SOL) retained its third position despite a 58.71% decline to $13.9 million in sales. The network continues to show strong user engagement with 180,111 buyers, an increase of 68.43%.
Mythos Chain and ImmutableX (IMX) showed resilience, with Mythos Chain posting a modest 4.38% increase to $11.4 million and Immutable increasing 15.93% to $8.1 million in sales.
Pudgy Penguins lead market decline
Pudgy Penguins experienced a major reversal, with sales plummeting 76.65% to $12.6 million. The project saw declines across all metrics, with transactions down 71.82% and buyer participation down 69.92%.
Azuki climbed to second place with $9.3 million in sales, despite a 41.94% decline. BRC-20 NFTs fell to third position with $6.5 million in sales, a decline of 30.68%.
DMarket and Guild of Guardians Heroes round out the top five, with DMarket growing 8.96% and Guild of Guardians Heroes 22.23%.
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Notable individual sales this week include:
- Azuki #3535 sold for $427,000 (125 ETH)
- CryptoPunks #6797 sold for $159,792 (49 ETH)
- CryptoPunks #3017 sold for $156,815 (47 ETH)
- CryptoPunks #704 sold for $156,488 (46 ETH)
- CryptoPunks #5792 sold for $155,949 (45.9849 ETH)
The global cryptocurrency market capitalization declined to $3.29 trillion from $3.41 trillion last week, highlighting a dominant downtrend in the market.