NFT sales rise 6.8% to $46.8M as Bitcoin trades surge

NFT sales reached approximately $46.78 million over the seven days ending Sep. 12, up 6.8% from the previous seven-day period, according to CryptoSlam data. Ethereum led blockchain sales, while a small number of high-value Bitcoin transactions accounted for much of the week’s activity. Summary NFT sales rose 6.8% to $46.78 million across the seven-day reporting window. Buyer addresses fell 84.67% to 41,959, even as transactions rose 48.75% to 917,549. Ethereum led blockchains with $16.83 million in sales, down 6.36%. Bitcoin sales climbed 50.12% to $9.44 million, helped by several large BRC-20 NFT trades. Polygon-based Courtyard topped collections with $6.67 million in sales across 104,404 transactions. According to data from CryptoSlam, the increase in dollar sales came alongside a steep drop in the addresses recorded as buyers and sellers. Buyer addresses fell 84.67% to 41,959, while seller addresses declined 85.13% to 43,247. The dashboard recorded 917,549 transactions, up 48.75%. Those counts describe addresses, not confirmed individual buyers or sellers. They also show why the higher sales total needs context: more transactions took place despite far fewer addresses appearing in the buyer and seller figures. Ethereum leads NFT sales with $16.83 million Ethereum remained the largest blockchain for NFT sales at $16.83 million, although its total fell 6.36% from the prior period. CryptoSlam recorded 8,271 buyer addresses on Ethereum, down 79.37%, and $794,730 in wash-trading volume. The dashboard lists wash volume separately from sales; the two figures should not be added together. Ethereum leads weekly NFT blockchain sales | Source: CryptoSlam Bitcoin ranked second with $9.44 million in sales, a 50.12% increase. Its buyer-address count fell 82.79% to 2,255, while listed wash volume was $74,767. Bitcoin’s gain was much stronger than Ethereum’s, but its collection and individual-sale rankings show that a handful of transactions carried a large share of that volume. You might also like: NFT sales jump 55.6% to $75.5M as BNB Chain takes lead Polygon followed with $7.71 million in sales, up 7.73%, and 13,888 buyer addresses, down 85.34%. CryptoSlam separately displayed $17.11 million in Polygon wash volume. Because that figure is larger than the chain’s listed sales, it should not be read as additional collectible purchases. BNB Chain ranked fourth at $4.02 million, up 25.99%, followed by Base at $2.48 million, down 35.34%, and Solana at $2.30 million, up 32.91%. Buyer-address counts fell on all six of the leading chains shown in the dashboard, including a 90% decline on BNB Chain and an 86.97% drop on Base. The six networks together accounted for approximately $42.78 million of the $46.78 million global sales total. Smaller networks supplied the remainder. For U.S. readers following NFT activity across chains, the split matters: Ethereum led in dollar volume, while Bitcoin posted the largest weekly sales gain among the top six.