NFTs Start Shining – Record $130M In The First Week Of Jan 2025

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The non-fungible token market has started shining again this January after recording a remarkable performance in the recently ended year 2024. A recent market analysis shows that the global NFT market has experienced a bullish week, marked by a rise in trading sales volume and floor price values. The global non-fungible token market has recorded a trading sales volume of over $130 million in the past seven days.

NFT Sales Hit +$130M First Week of Jan 2025

Data compiled by CryptoSlam.io, an on-chain crypto assets market aggregator and a multi-chain non-fungible token explorer backed by billionaire Mark Cuban, indicates that the global non-fungible token market significantly surged again in the first week of January. From December 30, 2024, to January 05, 2025, the NFT market raised a trading sales volume of $130 million, down 4.41% from the last week of December.

Ethereum, the blockchain network powering the famous Ethereum crypto and renowned in the NFT market for hosting most blue-chip NFT collections, was the dominant NFT network in the first week of January 2025. From December 30 to January 05, Ethereum-based NFT collections raised a trading sales volume of $63 million, up 9.78% from the previous week.

Bitcoin, the blockchain network popularly known in the NFT market due to its Ordinals, Runes, and BRC-20 NFT collections, was the second most-traded NFT blockchain network in the NFT ecosystem in the first week of January 2025. From December 30 to January 05, 2025, the Bitcoin-based NFT collections recorded a sales volume of $28 million. During this time, Bitcoin NFT sales volume dropped by 6.13% from the past week.

Solana, an open-source blockchain network that supports smart contracts, including non-fungible tokens and various decentralized applications, has been the third most-traded NFT blockchain network in the NFT ecosystem in the first week of Jan 2025. From December 30, 2024, to January 05, 2025, the Solana-based NFT collections have recorded a trading sales volume of $15 million. During this period, the Solana NFT sales have dropped by 5.05% from the past week.

Five Top Selling NFTs First of Week Of Jan 2025

1. Pudgy Penguins NFT Collection

Pudgy Penguins, a globally acknowledged non-fungible token collection from the digital asset firm Igloo featuring a limited edition of 8,888 cute penguins hosted on the Ethereum blockchain network, was the most-selling NFT collection in the global NFT market in the first week of January 2025. From December 30 to January 05, 2025, the Pudgy Penguins NFT collection raised a sales volume of $10 million. During this time, the Pudgy Penguins NFT trading sale volume plunged by 1% from the past week.

Source: Cryptoslam.io, Five top-selling NFTs in the past seven days

2. DMarket NFT Collection

DMarket, a non-fungible token collection from DMarket, a cross-chain digital marketplace for trading non-fungible tokens, virtual items, and in-game items from popular blockchain games like Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2, has been the second most-selling NFT collection in the NFT market in the first week of January 2025. From December 30, 2024, to January 05, 2025, the DMarket NFT collection has raised a trading sales volume of $6.9 million, up 8.59% from the past week.

3. Guild of Guardian Heroes NFT

Guild of Guardians, an NFT collection from Guild of Guardians, a multiplayer, action, mobile fantasy RPG where players can role-play as heroes and go through dungeons to gather redeemable resources, has been the third most-selling NFT collection in the first week of January 2025. From December 30, 2024, to January 05, 2025, the Guild of Guardian NFT Collection amassed a trading sales volume of $6.2 million, up 11.13% from the past week.

4. Azuki NFT Collection

Azuki, a renowned non-fungible token collection from the digital asset incubation studio Chiru Labs that features a limited edition of 10,000 pixilated NFT collections hosted on the Ethereum blockchain network, has been the fourth most-selling NFT collection in the NFT market in the first week of Jan 2025. From December 30, 2024, to January 05, 2025, the Azuki NFT collection garnered a trading sales volume of $6.1 million, down 305 from the past week.

5. $?? BRC-20 NFT Collection

$??, a renowned non-fungible token collection that features digital items created on the Bitcoin blockchain network using the popular BRC-20 protocol, has been the fifth most-selling NFT collection in the NFT market in the first week of 2025. From December 30, 2024, to January 05, 2025, the $?? BRC-20 NFT collection recorded a sales volume of $6.1 million, closing our five top-selling NFT collections in the first week of January 2025.