NFT sales enjoy modest bump to $164.3m, Azuki dethrones Pudgy Penguins with 268% surge

Base stayed in fifth with .3 million, rising 13.82%.

Bitcoin (BTC) NFTs, meanwhile, fell 10.9% to .5 million, though buyer participation soared 174.98% to 23,827.

NFT market momentum was evident this week alongside broader crypto gains, as Bitcoin surpassed 3,000.

At last check Saturday, Ethereum was down 3.2% and priced at around ,316. See below.

• NFT sales volume grew to $164.3 million from $155.4 million
• NFT buyers surged 115.49% to 270,108
• NFT sellers rose 107.81% to 218,676
• Transactions dipped 4.58% to 1,466,206

Blockchain networks see growth

Pudgy Penguins moved to second with .0 million, falling 8.04%. CryptoPunks took third place with .8 million, rising 126.31%.

According to CryptoSlam data, NFT sales volume reached 4.3 million, up 5.8% from last week. The market saw a strong return of traders, with buyer and seller numbers more than doubling.

Ethereum (ETH) NFT sales climbed 40% to .6 million, with buyer numbers up 52.54% to 37,913. Wash trading increased 49% to .2 million.

Azuki dethrones Pudgy Penguins

The weekly metrics show renewed market activity:

Top sales for the week:

Read the last week’s NFT market activity here.

• CryptoPunks #4940: $502,941 (150 ETH)
• CryptoPunks #7338: $319,016 (100 ETH)
• CryptoPunks #1782: $250,594 (75 ETH)
• CryptoPunks #8619: $178,123 (54 ETH)
• CryptoPunks #7376: $177,515 (55 ETH)

BRC-20 NFTs fell to fourth with .6 million, down 7.79%. DMarket rounded out the top five with .5 million, up 4.64% while keeping high volume with 271,785 transactions.