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title: "Bitcoin NFTs make comeback in weekly sales, flipping Ethereum"
url: https://diffcoin.com/bitcoin-nfts-make-comeback-in-weekly-sales-flipping-ethereum/
description: "Bitcoin nonfungible tokens (NFT) sales have just surpassed Ethereum over the last seven days following a sudden spike of Bitcoin Ordinals-based NFT…"
published: 2024-03-04
updated: 2024-03-04
author: "Mila"
site: "Diffcoin"
---

# Bitcoin NFTs make comeback in weekly sales, flipping Ethereum

Bitcoin nonfungible tokens (NFT) sales have just surpassed Ethereum over the last seven days following a sudden spike of Bitcoin Ordinals-based NFT collections, led largely by the collection NodeMonkes.

Bitcoin NFT sales rocketed 80% week-over-week to $168.5 million, with three of the top five best-selling NFT collections for the week being Bitcoin Ordinals-based. Ethereum only drew in $162 million in sales, according to CryptoSlam! data.

*Bitcoin led on sales over the week despite seeing half as many buyers compared to Ethereum. Source: CryptoSlam!*

Ordinals launched in January 2023 and provided the tools to create NFT-like assets by giving users to ability to insert files, such as an image, into satoshis (sats) — the smallest unit of Bitcoin.

Uncategorized Ordinals (not part of any collection) drew in the most sales, with over $43 million worth sold across more than 47,000 transactions.

A close second was the Bitcoin-based collection NodeMonkes, with over $41 million in sales, a nearly 170% increase from the week prior. The Ordinals collection Natcats took the fourth position for the week with over $10 million in sales.

*NodeMonkes sales jumped nearly 170% week-on-week. Source: CryptoSlam!*

NodeMonkes is a collection of 10,000 unique pixelated profile picture (PFP)-style Ordinals launched in December and claims to be the first 10,000-strong collection on Bitcoin.

Other 10,000 count Ordinals collections had launched prior, but the NodeMonkes team had etched their collection onto the blockchain in February 2023, just a month after Ordinals launched.

***Related:*** ***Ordinals trader gets Bitcoin back after fat-fingered NFT purchase***

X user “NFTstats” [posted](https://twitter.com/punk9059/status/1764223748637385135) on March 2 that NodeMonkes’ market capitalization reached over $500 million, making it the third-largest PFP-style NFT collection among all blockchains behind only the Ethereum-based Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC).

> NodeMonkes have flipped Pudgy market cap and jumped to the #3 overall spot in terms of PFPs.
> 
> Just 3 days ago, Pudgy market cap was more than 2x NodeMonkes.
> 
> Puppets have flipped Milady as well.
> 
> The speed of moves in this space is pretty insane. [pic.twitter.com/ZMafTWJPl2](https://t.co/ZMafTWJPl2)
> 
> — NFTstats.eth (@punk9059) [March 3, 2024](https://twitter.com/punk9059/status/1764223748637385135?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

It’s unclear exactly why the collection has gained its recent attention.

NFT collection GRAYCRAFT founder Kevin Wu wrote in a Feb. 22 X [post](https://twitter.com/kevwuzy/status/1760669015758782697) that NodeMonkes has “meaningful provenance” as it’s the first PFP-style NFT collection on “the first chain ever” — giving it a “great competing narrative” which speculative investors could now be buying into.

***NFT Collector, DCinvestor:*** ***Is this the best NFT collection in the world?***

[Source link](https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-beats-ethereum-week-nft-sales-with-ordinals-comeback)