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title: "NFT sales surge to $93m, Ethereum network dethrones Bitcoin"
url: https://diffcoin.com/nft-sales-surge-to-93m-ethereum-network-dethrones-bitcoin/
description: "Weekly NFT sales volume has surged 22.5% and now stands at $93 million as per the latest data."
published: 2024-10-19
updated: 2024-10-19
author: "Mila"
site: "Diffcoin"
---

# NFT sales surge to $93m, Ethereum network dethrones Bitcoin

Weekly non-fungible token sales volume has surged 22.5% and now stands at $93 million, per the latest data.

As the crypto market shows slow signs of recovery, the NFT market enjoys an uptick in volume and other metrics. Here’s a small glimpse:

- NFT sales volume pumped to $93 million from last week’s $77.6 million.
- The Ethereum (ETH) network has dethroned the Bitcoin (BTC) network in terms of volume.
- NFT buyers almost doubled from last week’s 263,804 to 494,666.
- The number of NFT sellers also witnessed a 108% surge and stands at 252,401.

### Ethereum vs. Bitcoin

Bitcoin, which has been maintaining its top position, has been dethroned by Ethereum in terms of sales volume in the last seven days.

![NFT sales surge to $93m, Ethereum network dethrones Bitcoin - 1](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2024/10/image-9-1024x295.png)

Source: Blockchains by NFT Sales Volume (CryptoSlam)

Ethereum NFT sales volume has surged from last week’s $26.6 million. The sales have seen an uptick by over 30% and stand at $33.4 million at press time.

Bitcoin has also exhibited a 36% surge, with the weekly sales volume standing at $21.6 million.

However, when it comes to Ethereum, $5.3 million of the volume accounted for wash trading. This is considerably higher compared to Bitcoin’s wash trading of $902,000.

Cryptoslam data shows that Solana (SOL) has stood robust in its third position, just like last week. Solana’s weekly NFT sales volume stood at $16.6 million.

Mythos Chain (MYTH) and Polygon (POL) earned the next two positions in the leaderboard with $5.5 million and $3.9 million in sales, respectively.

Concerning the number of NFT buyers, Solana has maintained its dominance at 192,543. This is a considerable 220% surge from last week’s 60,115.

### DMarket maintains its first position for over three weeks

![NFT sales surge to $93m, Ethereum network dethrones Bitcoin - 2](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2024/10/image-10-1024x204.png)

NFT Collection Rankings by Sales Volume (CryptoSlam)

Just like the last two weeks, DMarket maintains its ranking with the highest sales — $5.2 million. However, the sales are down by almost 30% from last week’s $8.02 million.

Uncategorized Ordinals is second on the list with $4.86 million in sales. This NFT collection has seen an 1,800% surge in sales in the last seven days.

According to Cryptoslam, these are the top NFT sales from the last seven days:

- Ordinal Maxi Biz (OMB) #882b65…a96ei0 sold for $109,079 (1.5942 BTC).
- Ordinal Maxi Biz (OMB) #32b13f…6c26i0 sold for $91,085.87 (1.3371 BTC).
- Ordinal Maxi Biz (OMB) #591165…c718i0 sold for $87,895.17 (1.2857 BTC).
- CryptoPunks #6409 sold for $79,237.16 (29.99 ETH).
- CryptoPunks #8135 sold for $78,503.09 (29.75 ETH).

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