NFT Sales Reach $46.78 Million as Buyer Addresses Plummet 84%
Global NFT sales climbed to approximately $46.78 million for the seven days ending September 12, marking a 6.8% increase from the prior week, according to CryptoSlam data. Ethereum maintained its position as the leading blockchain by sales volume, while a handful of high-value Bitcoin transactions drove a disproportionate share of the week’s activity.
Transaction Counts Rise Sharply Amid Address Decline
The dollar-volume gain coincided with a steep drop in unique addresses recorded as buyers and sellers. Buyer addresses fell 84.67% to 41,959, while seller addresses declined 85.13% to 43,247. Meanwhile, the dashboard recorded 917,549 transactions, a 48.75% increase.
These figures track addresses rather than confirmed individual participants, which helps explain why total sales rose even as the pool of active addresses shrank dramatically. More transactions occurred despite far fewer distinct addresses appearing in the buyer and seller counts.
Ethereum Leads Blockchain Sales at $16.83 Million
Ethereum remained the largest blockchain for NFT sales at $16.83 million, though its total decreased 6.36% from the previous period. CryptoSlam recorded 8,271 buyer addresses on Ethereum, down 79.37%, alongside $794,730 in wash-trading volume. The platform lists wash volume separately from sales; the two figures should not be combined.
Bitcoin Posts Strongest Weekly Gain Among Top Chains
Bitcoin ranked second with $9.44 million in sales, a 50.12% week-over-week increase. Its buyer-address count fell 82.79% to 2,255, with listed wash volume of $74,767. Bitcoin’s percentage gain outpaced Ethereum’s, but collection and individual-sale rankings reveal that a small number of transactions carried a large share of that volume.
Polygon, BNB Chain, Base, and Solana Round Out Top Six
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—a figure larger than the chain’s listed sales, meaning it should not be interpreted 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 declined across all six leading chains, including a 90% drop on BNB Chain and an 86.97% decline on Base.
Together, these six networks accounted for approximately $42.78 million of the $46.78 million global total. Smaller networks supplied the remainder. For U.S. readers tracking NFT activity across chains, the split is notable: Ethereum led in dollar volume, while Bitcoin posted the largest weekly sales gain among the top six.
Courtyard Tops Weekly Collection Sales at $6.67 Million
Courtyard led all collections with $6.67 million in sales on Polygon, up 8.46%. The project recorded 104,404 transactions, 16,253 buyer addresses, and 14,268 seller addresses. Transactions rose 9.98%, though buyer addresses fell 14.60%.
Courtyard’s NFTs represent ownership of physical collectibles held through its platform, according to Polygon’s project description. Its high transaction count therefore reflects a different category of activity compared to the week’s largest Bitcoin BRC-20 NFT transfers.
Argonauts and Bitcoin BRC-20 Collections Follow
Ethereum-based Argonauts ranked second with $4.36 million in sales, up 109.04%. The collection recorded 2,331 transactions and 656 buyer addresses. Despite the sales-value increase, its transaction count fell 25.14% and buyer addresses dropped 21.72%.
The Bitcoin-based X@AI BRC-20 NFTs collection placed third with $2.90 million, up 217.88%, but reached that total through just nine transactions involving seven buyer addresses. Its largest displayed sale, at $2.10 million, represented about 72% of the collection’s weekly volume. CryptoSlam classified the transfers as NFT sales; the dashboard alone does not establish that they reflect broad demand for conventional digital collectibles.
Another Bitcoin collection, X@AGI BRC-20 NFTs, ranked fourth at $1.72 million across three transactions. CryptoSlam showed a 7,762.30% weekly increase, a percentage shaped by the extremely small number of sales. Its largest displayed transaction was worth $1.14 million, or roughly two-thirds of the collection’s weekly total.
CryptoPunks, OI NFT, and Guild of Guardians Complete Top Eight
CryptoPunks followed at $1.13 million across 15 transactions, down 41.84%. BNB Chain’s OI NFT recorded $1.00 million across 2,001 transactions, with 2,001 buyer addresses and two seller addresses. Guild of Guardians Heroes placed seventh at $952,128, down 2.27%, ahead of Bitcoin-based ATMC BRC-20 NFTs at $920,976, up 80.47%.
Bitcoin BRC-20 NFTs Dominate Largest Individual Sales
The five largest individual sales displayed by CryptoSlam were all Bitcoin BRC-20 NFTs. The top-ranked X@AI BRC-20 NFT sold for $2,095,886.72, or 26.2326 BTC, approximately five days before the September 12 data snapshot.
A X@AGI BRC-20 NFT followed at $1,140,988.93, or 14.3755 BTC, roughly three days before the snapshot. Another X@AGI item sold for $574,078.04, or 7.1817 BTC, about six days prior.
Fourth was a X@AI BRC-20 NFT at $401,684.92, settled for 5.0818 BTC, approximately five days before the snapshot. A further X@AI item completed the top five at $395,775.82, or 5 BTC, roughly three days before it. Together, those five listed trades were worth about $4.61 million—close to half of Bitcoin’s weekly NFT sales total.
