NFT weekly sales rise 12% to $43.77 million as Blast jumps 306,341%

The non-fungible token market expanded in value while participation fell sharply, leaving sales and user activity moving in opposite directions over the week.

As of Oct. 13, weekly NFT sales totaled $43.77 million, up 12% from the previous week, according to NFT data platform CryptoSlam.

Transactions fell 18.4% to 669,966. Buyers dropped 68.4% to 72,119, while sellers declined 74.2% to 54,795.

Ethereum ranked first among NFT blockchains by weekly sales, with $19.87 million in NFT sales, up 15.9% from a week earlier. Buyers totaled 8,227.

Polygon ranked second with $8.75 million in sales, up 3.7%, and 18,437 buyers. Bitcoin placed third with $4.21 million in sales, up 18.7%, and 2,641 buyers.

BNB Chain recorded $3.09 million in sales, up 64.9%, with 2,579 buyers; Immutable posted $2.69 million, up 14.5%, with 1,717 buyers; Base had $2.14 million, up 9.5%, with 604 buyers; Solana logged $1.35 million, down 25.4%, with 26,056 buyers; and Blast reached $573,596, up 306,341%, with 0 buyers.

Courtyard was the top-selling NFT collection of the week, generating $7.80 million in sales, up 2.3% from the previous week.

Pudgy Penguins ranked second with $3.06 million in sales, up 298.2%, while Argonauts placed third with $2.17 million, up 30.5%.

CryptoPunks recorded $2.14 million in sales, up 1.4%; Guild of Guardians Heroes posted $1.48 million, up 23.1%; Bored Ape Yacht Club had $1.10 million, up 91.5%; Claus reached $820,456, up 365.6%; and identity.md logged $787,706, up 418.5%.

The highest-priced NFT sale of the week was $X@AI BRC-20 NFTs #535f94...6f6di0, which sold for $638,448, or 7.69 BTC.

It was followed by $8888 BRC-20 NFTs #692720...6015i0 at $327,126, or 4 BTC; CryptoPunks #2651 at $135,637, or 50 ETH; CryptoPunks #5713 at $132,924, or 49 ETH; and TokenA #66 at $130,000, or 130,000 USDT.