Among the biggest digital collectible blockchains in terms of sales, Ethereum had the best start in December for non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Continuing a rising trend that started in October, NFT data tracker CryptoSlam revealed on December 8 that digital collectibles had a weekly sales volume of over $187 million during the first week of December. The best week of November, when NFT sales were $181 million, was surpassed in the first week of December.
September had the lowest monthly sales volume of NFTs since 2021, continuing a downward trend that began in March. But by October, the asset class had made a full recovery. The sales volume of NFTs surpassed $562 million in November, marking a 57% month-on-month rise.
Sales of Ethereum NFTs reached $92 million last week, up 44.69% from the previous week. Pudgy Penguins and CryptoPunks, two popular NFT collections, drove the rise with their great results.
As reported by CryptoSlam, Pudgy Penguins had a sales surge of 346%, reaching $25 million, compared to the previous week. According to DefiLlama data, the floor price of the collection increased from 13 Ether on November 30 to 20.9 ETH, or almost $83,000, as of December 8.
With weekly sales of $16.5 million, CryptoPunks was the second most popular NFT collection. The floor price of the collection spiked to 44 ETH on December 4 and then settled at 40 ETH, or almost $160,000, on December 8.
With sales of $43.8 million, Bitcoin-based NFTs came in second place, just behind Ethereum. The aggregate weekly sales volume of Solana, Immutable, Mythos Chain, Polygon, Cardano, and Flow was $47 million.
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