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Whereas the Ethereum blockchain stays by far the most well-liked alternative for minting non-fungible tokens (NFT), different layer 1 blockchains and layer 2 networks have lately had small bumps in NFT gross sales.
Based on information from CryptoSlam, layer 1 blockchain Cardano, whose token is ADA, briefly overtook Ethereum scaling platform Polygon early on Monday because the fourth-most standard blockchain by NFT gross sales quantity.
As of Monday afternoon, Cardano had slid again into the sixth spot behind BNB and Polygon, in line with Crypto Slam, though its gross sales have been up 86% over the previous 24 hours. The bump appears to have been led by curiosity in two tasks, Goofy Gophers and Spacebudz, which have had over 185,000 ADA (about $70,000) in buying and selling quantity within the final 24 hours, in line with CNFT.io.
Different blockchains, together with Solana (SOL), have had rising gross sales quantity over the previous seven days. Solana skilled a bounce in gross sales, distinctive patrons and distinctive sellers on April 22, largely as a result of launch of Mad Lads, which had excessive demand it needed to delay its mint. The mad sprint for the Mad Lads contributed over $8 million of the $9.9 million in gross sales on April 22 – a excessive not seen since January, in line with Crypto Slam. General, Solana’s gross sales quantity has grown by 129% over the previous seven days.
In the meantime, Polygon has skilled an increase in gross sales quantity over the previous few days, in line with a Dune dashboard compiled by NFT researcher Sealaunch. It seems that NFT assortment Y00ts, which lately migrated from Solana to Polygon, has been driving a lot of the motion on OpenSea and Magic Eden.
The expansion of NFT gross sales throughout different blockchains comes as gross sales of Ethereum NFTs have shrunk in latest days. The gross sales quantity on Ethereum is down 12% over the previous seven days, in line with Crypto Slam, whereas the variety of distinctive patrons and sellers on Ethereum has additionally dipped.
It seems the general NFT market has cooled amid an prolonged crypto winter, with a handful of collections eliciting transient spikes in buying and selling over the previous few months. Based on a Dune dashboard by SeaLaunch, the variety of distinctive customers throughout high NFT marketplaces together with Blur, OpenSea and LooksRare fell to 7,805 on April 19, a low not seen since July 2021. The variety of gross sales throughout NFT marketplaces additionally fell sharply, with 16,149 gross sales recorded on April 19, in line with the identical information from Dune. The final time the variety of gross sales was that low was in November 2021. Numbers have recovered barely over the previous few days.
