NFT Sales Show Mixed Trends: Courtyard Tops List Despite Declines
The NFT market had an odd day. Courtyard, a collection on Polygon, snagged the top spot in 24-hour sales with $2.5 million in volume. But here’s the thing—almost every other metric for it was down. Sales dipped by 7.33%, transactions fell 13.09%, and the number of buyers dropped over 20%. Even sellers seemed to pull back, with a sharp 41.3% decline. It’s a weird disconnect, and I’m not entirely sure what to make of it. Maybe people are holding onto their assets, or perhaps interest is just fading.
Guild of Guardians, running on Immutable-Zk, took second place with $1.7 million in sales. But it wasn’t exactly a win—sales volume cratered by 40.71%, and transactions, buyers, and sellers all slid by around 45% each. DMarket on Mythos came in third with $1.2 million, but it wasn’t immune either. Sales and transactions both dropped by roughly 13%.
BRC-20 NFTs Buck the Trend
While most collections struggled, BRC-20 NFTs on Bitcoin did something unexpected. Sales actually grew by 14.16%, even as transactions and buyers saw smaller declines. It’s not a huge jump, but in a sea of red numbers, it stands out.
Meanwhile, Guild of Guardians popped up again in fourth place with another $772,600 in sales. But again, the engagement numbers weren’t great—purchases dropped 42.28%, and buyers fell by 41%. Gods Unchained, another Immutable-Zk project, rounded out the top five with $586,885 in sales. This one had the steepest decline of the bunch: sales plummeted 61.78%, and every other metric took a hit too.
Some Bright Spots in the Chaos
Not everything was gloomy. Over on Cardano, the STRIKE_PERP_POOL collection saw sales surge 56.80% to $446,317. Oddly, though, it had just one buyer and one seller—the same as before. Maybe it’s a niche thing, or maybe someone just really wanted those tokens.
CryptoPunks, the old-school Ethereum project, held steady in ninth place with $304,198 in sales. No changes, no drama. And then there’s $PI BRC-20 on Bitcoin, which took tenth place but had the wildest growth: sales exploded by 244.16%, and transactions jumped 33.33%. Buyers and sellers dipped slightly, but that kind of sales spike is hard to ignore.
So what’s going on? It’s hard to say. Some collections are barely hanging on, others are surging unexpectedly. The NFT market’s never been predictable, and today’s numbers just prove it.
