NFT sales fell for the sixth consecutive week, down 9.91% from the previous week
NFT sales have continued to decline for the sixth consecutive week. This week's NFT sales amounted to $72.76 million, a decrease of 9.91% from the previous week. However, the number of NFT buyers increased by 17.77% to reach 569,407. Over the past week, the number of NFT sellers also increased by 15.82% to reach 714,889.
In cross-chain NFT sales, Ethereum ranked first with sales of $37.27 million, meaning that 51.22% of NFT transactions this week came from the Ethereum blockchain. Although leading, NFT sales centered around ETH have slightly decreased, dropping by 1.16% compared to the previous week. Mythos NFT sales ranked second with sales of $7.83 million, a whopping increase of 13.12% since last week. Polygon ranked third in NFT sales this week with sales of $7.12 million. Solana ranked fourth with $5.86 million, while Immutable X ranked fifth with sales of $5.47 million.
In addition, this week's top NFT series was won by Mythos' Dmarket, with sales of $7.76 million. Following closely behind was Immutable X's collection "Gods Unchained," which took second place with revenue of up to $5.22 million.
Independent Filmmaker Releases Trailer for CryptoPunks Documentary
Independent filmmaker Sherone Rabinovitz has been working on a CryptoPunks movie since March 2018, when he was interviewed by the founders of the NFT series, John Watkinson and Matt Hall. The trailer for the CryptoPunks documentary has been released, which includes a four-minute clip from the 2018 interview and previews other themes of the film.
France’s Musée d’Art d’Orsay Partners With Tezos Foundation to Release Digital Collection
The Musée d'Orsay in France has established a one-year partnership with the Tezos Foundation. The museum will provide blockchain-based digital souvenirs to visitors of the upcoming exhibition "Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: The Final Months," which will open on October 3. One is an augmented reality work depicting Van Gogh's final color palette, and the other is an original digital artwork inspired by Van Gogh and produced by KERU.
Yuga Labs’ Metaverse Game Otherside Announced the Removal of the Character “Shattered”
Yuga Labs' subsidiary, Otherside, has announced that "Shattered" is being taken down. The restoration of "Shattered" will be announced separately. Currently, the camp can still be used for farming and passive hunting. Yuga Labs has not yet revealed the reason for the removal. It is reported that "Shattered" is a new character introduced by Otherside in the second season of the game. Players (Voyagers) can obtain special treasures after defeating this character.
Users Have Minted Over 52 Million Compressed NFTs on Solana
Austin Federa, the strategic director of the Solana Foundation, posted on X platform that according to Dune data, users have minted over 52 million compressed NFTs on Solana in the past six months, and the number of holders has doubled.
Earlier in April, Solana launched state compression, a new method of storing data on Solana that can significantly reduce costs. The first use of this method to compress NFTs has reduced the cost of minting NFTs on Solana by 2,400-24,000 times.
Yuga Labs’ Latest Mara Series of NFTs Banned From Trading on OpenSea, Blur, LooksRare and SudoSwap V1
X (formerly on Twitter) user 0xCygaar stated that Yuga Labs has explicitly stated that their NFT series can only be traded on markets that enforce royalties (X2Y2 and SudoSwap V2), and their latest Mara series NFT is prohibited from being traded on OpenSea, Blur, LooksRare, and SudoSwap V1.
NFT Development Service Provider CryptoCoco Completed Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Seed Round Financing
NFT development service provider CryptoCoco announced the completion of a seed round of funding worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, with participation from Skyland Ventures and individual investors.CryptoCoco is a startup that provides blockchain-related services, with its main product being the CocoShop no-code development platform for NFT markets. Its business includes NFT issuance, NFT market development, other blockchain-based system development, and consulting services.
WAGMI Games Launches Founder's Pack NFTs on OpenSea for New Mobile Game, WAGMI Defense
WAGMI Games has launched its Founder's Pack NFTs on OpenSea, featuring 10,000 unique character cards designed by Gadget-Bot. These cards can be used to level up in the mobile game WAGMI Defense, but can only be exchanged on Layer 2 marketplaces after being wiped out on OpenSea. Those who obtain a Founder's Pack will gain beta access to WAGMI Defense and can collect all 32 card types for optimal gaming experiences. WAGMI Defense offers a diverse arsenal of spells, troops, and air units for strategic tower defense gameplay.
Unstoppable Domains Co-founder Brad Kam Will Leave the Company on October 31
On September 28th, it was announced that Brad Kam, co-founder of NFT domain service provider Unstoppable Domains, will be leaving the company on October 31st. However, he will continue to serve as a member of the board of directors. He also stated that he will take a few months off and then plans to start a new business.
Pudgy Penguins 24-Hour Trading Volume Exceeds 1,000 ETH
According to Blur data, the NFT project Pudgy Penguins had a 24-hour trading volume of 1011.16 ETH and the floor price rose to 5.195 ETH, with a 24-hour increase of 9.83%.
