BNB Chain has become the leading network for NFT sales after its weekly volume surged by 1,042% to approximately $32.75m, helping push the global market total up 55.6% to $75.54m.
Data from CryptoSlam, captured on 5 September with the seven-day view selected, showed that sales rose from about $48.55m in the previous period. The increase came despite a 14.77% fall in total transactions, which dropped to 650,332.
Buyer addresses climbed 20.38% to 273,655, while seller addresses rose 18.09% to 291,266. CryptoSlam measures blockchain addresses rather than verified individuals, meaning the figures should not be interpreted as confirmed numbers of buyers or sellers.
The average value of each transaction increased to about $116, compared with approximately $64 in the previous seven-day period. That suggests the rise in overall sales was driven by higher-value transfers, even as fewer transactions were recorded.
NFT activity increased while the wider cryptocurrency market remained volatile. Bitcoin was trading close to $79,694 and Ethereum was changing hands at about $2,458 at the time of writing. The total cryptocurrency market capitalisation stood at approximately $2.78 trillion.
The simultaneous movements do not prove that cryptocurrency prices caused the increase in NFT sales. BNB Chain’s exceptional weekly growth also means the overall figures need to be considered alongside the performance of individual networks.
BNB Chain takes top spot
BNB Chain recorded approximately $32.75m in organic NFT sales during the seven-day period, moving into first place after its volume increased by 1,042%. Buyer addresses on the network rose 30.84% to 22,132.
CryptoSlam recorded only $8 in wash-trading volume for BNB Chain, leaving its combined figure almost unchanged at $32.75m. Although the increase made BNB Chain the biggest contributor to the global rise, the collection rankings did not identify a single BNB Chain project responsible for most of the total.
Ethereum ranked second with $18.94m in organic sales, a decline of 14.23%. Its wash-trading volume fell 56.30% to about $742,249, giving the network a combined total of $19.68m. Ethereum nevertheless recorded a 21.13% increase in buyer addresses, taking the number to 40,098.
Polygon was third with $7.29m in organic sales, up 6.12%. Its wash-trading volume reached $18.73m, lifting its combined figure to $26.02m. Polygon had 94,731 buyer addresses, the highest total among the leading networks, after an increase of 10.67%.
Bitcoin ranked fourth with $5.87m in sales, down 34.20% on the previous period. Buyer addresses increased by 28.95% to 13,103, while wash trading contributed approximately $94,991, producing a combined total of $5.96m.
Base occupied fifth place after organic sales rose 36.59% to $4.23m. Wash-trading volume reached $4.80m, exceeding organic sales and taking its combined volume to $9.03m. Buyer addresses on the network jumped 64.50% to 5,050.
Solana completed the leading six networks with $1.91m in organic sales, an increase of 9.99%. It recorded 47,853 buyer addresses, up 24%, and approximately $24,849 in wash-trading activity.
Courtyard leads collection rankings
Polygon-based Courtyard was the top-performing NFT collection, generating $6.32m in sales after a 7.50% increase. It recorded 97,050 transactions, up 1.01%, although buyer addresses fell 7.63% to 17,766.
Courtyard accounted for approximately 8.4% of all NFT sales during the week. Its large number of transactions contrasts with collections where reported sales were concentrated among a small number of wallets or transfers.
Beezie, which is based on Base, ranked second with $2.64m in sales, an increase of 39.39%. Transactions rose 47.36% to 16,521, but CryptoSlam recorded only nine buyer addresses and 240 seller addresses. The low number of buyers indicates that the collection’s sales were highly concentrated rather than distributed across a broad group of addresses.
Ethereum-based Argonauts finished third with $2.07m, despite a 63.54% fall in sales. Transactions dropped 72.74% to 3,068, while buyer and seller addresses both declined by more than 50%.
CryptoPunks followed with $1.86m in sales, down 9.92% from the previous week. The collection recorded 18 transactions involving 15 buyer addresses and 15 seller addresses.
Blokyz generated $1.48m from 3,889 transactions, a decline of 19.56%. Bored Ape Yacht Club ranked sixth with $1.17m, up 19.71%, while its transaction count increased 18.87% to 63.
Guild of Guardians Heroes completed the leading seven collections with sales of $981,850, an increase of 2.64%. Its transactions fell 5.78% to 733, and buyer addresses declined 15.42%.
BRC-20 NFT records biggest sale
The biggest individual sale was Bitcoin-based $REWD BRC-20 NFT #68f822daa8f482226a42a15319b5fe66a…, which changed hands for 10 BTC, worth approximately $796,863. The transaction took place nine hours before the data snapshot.
A Bitcoin-based asset from the $X@AI BRC-20 NFT collection was the second-largest sale. It sold for 5.1158 BTC, valued at approximately $394,346, three days before the snapshot.
CryptoPunks #1839 ranked third after selling for 161.5 ETH, or approximately $394,320, around 18 hours before the data was captured.
The fourth-largest transaction involved Algebra Positions NFT-V2 #43, which sold for 365,231.125 USDT, worth approximately $365,231, two days earlier. Algebra position NFTs represent liquidity positions on decentralised exchanges rather than conventional digital collectibles.
CryptoSlam classifies both BRC-20 transactions and the Algebra position transfer as NFT sales, although their underlying economic structures differ from those of profile-picture and digital-art NFTs.
