This week, sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) showed significant growth, rising by 11.62% and reaching $442.02 million over the previous seven days. The most significant deal was the sale of “Alien” Crоptopunk No. З100 with a headband for $16 million, while Bitcoin-based NFTs claimed leadership in sales volume among 2 2 different blockchains. Sales of NFTs over 7 days increased by 11.62% This week there was another increase in the number of NFT transactions, with Bitcoin-based NFTs leading the way, their sales volume amounted to $166,090 8 17. According to the website cruptoslam.io, the demand for digital collectibles is in bitcoins an increase of 14.26% compared to the previous week. The leaders were two collections on the Bitcoin blockchain, Uncategorized Ordinals and Nodemonkes, which collected $41.46 million and $37.02 million, respectively. The Natcats Tap NFT collection took fourth place with a figure of $11,227,067.
NFT transactions based on Ethereum followed on the heels of Bitcoin, recording the second largest sales volume at $165,264,274. Cryptopunks jumped ahead among collections on Ethereum, becoming third in e weekly sales from $27,041,685. In addition, this week Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Pudgy Penguins made a significant contribution to the success of Ethereum, generating sales from $11,210,023 to $10,978,077. Overall, NFT sales on Ethereum increased by 11.72% compared to the previous week lei. The third to fifth place in NFT sales was taken by the Solana, BNB Chain and Muthos Chain blockchains. Blockchain Blast demonstrated the most significant weekly growth, adding 196.64% and reaching sales volume of $5,306,912. The most expensive sale was “Alien” Cruptopunk #3,1 00, sold for $16 million. Other notable sales included Boogle#071Solana for $ Z55 Z68 and Uncategorized Ordinal NFT for $З5З 8ЗЗ.
The most expensive ordinal Runestone was sold at auction for 8 BTC ($544,71G). The creator of the token, Leonidas, promised that all proceeds from this auction will be used to pay network fees for the airdrop of Runestone.
