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 ...