NFT Weekly Sales Fall 23% to $40.9 Million as Panini Surges 557%\nNon-fungible token (NFT) sales fell 23.48% week over week to $40.88 million, according to CryptoSlam data, even as seller participation climbed sharply and Panini America posted a 557.53% surge. Courtyard held on to first place among collections with $7.31 million in sales for the seven-day period ending Oct. 3.

Seller addresses rose 31.99% to 197,297 during the period, and the increase in trading addresses and transactions came alongside lower dollar sales volume. The weekly percentage change puts the previous period's sales at approximately $53.42 million, meaning recorded volume fell by about $12.54 million. Based on total sales divided by transactions, the average recorded sale was approximately $47.35 — a picture of broader participation across more addresses, but with less money changing hands overall.

For market context, CoinGecko listed Bitcoin near $84,638 and Ethereum at approximately $2,676 when checked on Oct. 3, while the broader cryptocurrency market capitalization stood at roughly $2.98 trillion. Because NFT purchases are typically priced in cryptocurrencies, the dollar figures trackers like CryptoSlam record move with the underlying token markets — a backdrop worth keeping in mind when comparing weekly numbers.

Ethereum Leads Blockchain Rankings With $17.08 Million

Ethereum topped CryptoSlam's blockchain rankings with $17.08 million in NFT sales, down 42.01%. The network accounted for approximately 41.8% of the global total, while its buyer count increased 57.75% to 30,041. Ethereum's separately recorded wash-trading volume fell 15.40% to $908,894 — volume CryptoSlam flags as wash trading and tracks outside the sales totals used for its rankings — bringing its sales and wash-trading columns to a combined total of approximately $17.99 million.

Polygon followed in second place with $8.21 million in sales, up 12.89%, and 47,606 buyer addresses, an increase of 26.97%. The network accounted for approximately 20.1% of overall sales. Polygon also recorded $22.98 million in wash trading, up 22.44%, a figure that exceeds its sales volume. CryptoSlam's combined total for the network was $31.19 million; the $8.21 million sales figure determines its second-place ranking.

Bitcoin placed third with $3.83 million, down 25.56%, while buyer addresses rose 30.73% to 10,377. Its wash-trading volume fell 24.93% to $82563, compared with a combined total of approximately $3.92 million.

Base ranked fourth with $2.25 million in sales, down 21.98%. Buyer addresses increased 14.96% to 3,373, while wash trading rose 79.93% to $4.80 million. Including that separate category, Base's combined volume reached $7.05 million.

BNB Chain followed with $2.16 million, a decline of 18.97%. Its buyer count rose 25.63% to 18,844, while wash trading totaled just $1,687.

Immutable ranked sixth with $2.12 million in sales, down 12.73%, and 5,421 buyer addresses, up 27.04%. Solana placed seventh with $1.95 million, an increase of 1.96%, while its buyer count rose 29.73% to 46,684.

Panini ranked eighth among blockchains with $1.87 million, up 557.53%. Its blockchain table showed 743 buyer addresses, an increase of 18.88%.

Courtyard Tops Weekly NFT Collection Sales

Courtyard led CryptoSlam's collection rankings with $7.31 million on Polygon, up 15.11%. The collection recorded 125,802 transactions, an increase of 15.78%, along with 19,288 buyer addresses, up 4.27%, and 15,404 seller addresses, up 12.68%. Courtyard accounted for approximately 17.9% of global NFT sales and 89% of Polygon's recorded sales volume.

Courtyard says its digital collectibles represent physical assets held in custody. Its help center states that vaulted cards are stored in the United States and can be redeemed worldwide, linking the collection's on-chain trading to physical collectibles held in a US vault.

Ethereum-based Credits ranked second with $2.22 million, down 56.92%. Transactions fell 35.75% to 36,660, while buyer addresses declined 54.17% to 1,917 and seller addresses dropped 66.78% to 3,632.

CryptoPunks placed third with $1.97 million, a decline of 76.09%. The collection recorded 21 transactions, down 75.29%, involving 18 buyer addresses and 20 seller addresses — thin volume for one of the earliest and most established NFT collections on Ethereum.

Panini America took fourth place with $1.87 million, up 557.53%. Its transaction count rose 67.90% to 20,622, while the collection table showed 745 buyer addresses, up 19.58%, and 1,809 seller addresses, up 32.43%. The sports trading card publisher's jump, coming alongside Courtyard's vault-backed strength, placed two collections rooted in traditional physical collectibles among the week's four largest.

Bitcoin's $ATMC BRC-20 NFTs ranked fifth with $1.21 million, up 36.25%. Transactions increased 25.54% to 1,160, while buyer addresses rose 14.73% to 522. BRC-20 is a Bitcoin token standard tied to the Ordinals-era minting of NFT-style assets on the network.

Guild of Guardians Heroes followed with $1.05 million on Immutable-zk, down 17.96%. It recorded 701 transactions and 493 buyer addresses, declines of 18.96% and 12.12%, respectively. Immutable-zk is Immutable's gaming-focused network, keeping gaming collections in the week's top ranks.

Ethereum's Argonauts ranked seventh with $1.04 million, down 46.58%, across 572 transactions and 255 buyer addresses. Pudgy Penguins, a widely recognized Ethereum profile-picture collection, followed with $751,027, up 3.48%, from just 89 transactions.

Beeple Leads High-Value NFT Sales With $436,154 Trade

CryptoSlam's individual sales rankings showed Ethereum accounting for all five largest transactions, underscoring the network's continuing role as the main venue for high-value NFT trades. CryptoPunks occupied two places on the list, while the three remaining trades settled in $USDC.

Beeple Special Edition #100020001 led with a $436,153.94 sale for 436,153.9375 $USDC, recorded approximately one day before the snapshot Beeple is the digital artist Mike Winkelmann, whose 2021 auction results helped bring NFT art to mainstream attention.

Known Origin #70104 followed at $205,028.02, paid in 205,028.0156 $USDC, also approximately one day earlier.

CryptoPunks #1824 sold for $121,814.48, or 45.5 $ETH, approximately 12 hours before the snapshot. CryptoPunks #6489 recorded a $121,290.66 sale for 45 $ETH approximately 14 hours earlier.

WrappedSuperRare #250 ranked fifth at $111,709.48, paid in 111,709.4766 $USDC, approximately two days before the snapshot.

The figures cover the seven days ending Oct. 3, and the next weekly snapshot will show whether the period's broad gains in buyer and seller participation carry through to dollar volume — and whether Panini's surge extends beyond a single week.

Source: CryptoNewsNet