NFT sales rise to $39.85m as Pudgy Penguins jump 125%
NFT sales reached $39.85 million over the seven days to Oct. 10, up 0.90% from the previous week, as Ethereum retained its blockchain lead and Pudgy Penguins sales more than doubled. According to data from CryptoSlam, weekly NFT sales totaled $39,853,744 in its seven-day dashboard checked on Oct. 10. The tracker recorded 30,332 buyer addresses, down 85.33%, and 30,598 seller addresses, down 84.45%. Transactions fell to 778,055, a 6.92% decline from the previous seven-day period. The small increase in dollar sales came alongside much larger declines in participating addresses. Based on the dashboard totals, the average recorded transaction value was about $51.22. Separately, CoinGecko listed Bitcoin near $82,768 and Ethereum around $2,494 on Oct. 10, with total cryptocurrency market capitalization at approximately $2.89 trillion. Ethereum leads NFT sales with $17.60 million CryptoSlam ranked Ethereum first with $17,604,074 in seven-day sales, an increase of 4.52%. The network accounted for approximately 44.2% of the global NFT sales total. Ethereum recorded 4,254 buyer addresses, down 85.84%. Its separately tracked wash-trading volume reached $1.15 million, up 12.45%, bringing combined sales and wash volume to $18.76 million. Ethereum led seven-day NFT blockchain sales with $17.60 million | Source: CryptoSlam Polygon held second place with $8,622,071 in sales, up 5.76%. Buyer addresses declined 78.88% to