{"id":13161,"date":"2025-10-11T21:10:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T21:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/pudgy-penguins-waddle-higher-despite-overall-nft-sales-slump\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T21:10:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T21:10:40","slug":"pudgy-penguins-waddle-higher-despite-overall-nft-sales-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/pudgy-penguins-waddle-higher-despite-overall-nft-sales-slump\/","title":{"rendered":"Pudgy Penguins waddle higher despite overall NFT sales slump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">DX Terminal and Pudgy Penguins are hot despite the overall coolness of the NFT (non-fungible token) market.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_52086cf571684c4c149976cc2caf5bb6\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NFT sales dropped 34% to $169.7M, but transactions rose by 1.99% to 1,920,271.<\/li>\n<li>DX Terminal topped collections with $13M in sales, up over 50% this week.<\/li>\n<li>Ethereum led with $86M NFT sales, though buyers fell more than 80% overall.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">According to CryptoSlam data, NFT sales volume has dropped by 33.56% to $169.7 million, down from last week\u2019s $256.9 million.<\/p>\n<p>The pullback has been more severe for market participants, with NFT buyers plummeting by 75.68% to 168,946 and sellers falling by 73.94% to 152,283. Specific NFT collections (i.e. DX Terminal and Pudgy Penguins) bucked the trend. <\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s (BTC) price has retreated to the $112,000 level following last week\u2019s rally. Ethereum (ETH) has also pulled back to $3,700 from its recent highs. The global cryptocurrency market cap has dropped to $3.78 trillion, down from last week\u2019s $4.2 trillion valuation. <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DX Terminal dominates NFT collections<\/h3>\n<p>DX Terminal on the Base blockchain has taken the top spot with $13.03 million in sales, up 50.20%. The collection processed 570,066 transactions and attracted 169,973 buyers and 168,979 sellers.<\/p>\n<p>CryptoPunks fell to second place with $11.06 million in sales, down 36.92% from last week\u2019s $17.33 million. The Ethereum collection saw 48 transactions with 26 buyers and 30 sellers.<\/p>\n<p>DMarket maintained third position at $7.72 million, down 3.33% from last week\u2019s $7.95 million. The Mythos-based collection recorded 225,129 transactions.<\/p>\n<p>Pharaoh V3 Non Fungible on Avalanche (AVAX) surged into fourth place with $7.34 million in sales, posting a massive 41,365.84% jump. The collection had 554 transactions with 101 buyers and 38 sellers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Top collections by NFT Sales Volume (CryptoSlam)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Moonbirds dropped to fifth with $7.01 million, down 60.89% from last week\u2019s $18.72 million. The collection processed 512 transactions with 205 buyers and 243 sellers.<\/p>\n<p>Pudgy Penguins claimed sixth place at $6.63 million, up 16.98% from last week\u2019s $5.67 million. The Ethereum collection witnessed 172 transactions, involving 81 buyers and 97 sellers.<\/p>\n<p>Bored Ape Yacht Club rounded out the top seven with $5.30 million, up 90.38%. The collection recorded 174 transactions with 103 buyers and 91 sellers.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ethereum maintains lead despite decline<\/h3>\n<p>Ethereum remained the leading blockchain for NFT sales with $86.46 million, down 9.34% from last week\u2019s $97.4 million.<\/p>\n<p>The network recorded $12.46 million in wash trading, bringing its total to $98.92 million. Buyers dropped sharply by 81.35% to 19,509.<\/p>\n<p>Base held second position with $15.56 million, up 39.75% from last week\u2019s $10.92 million. The blockchain recorded $5.29 million in wash trading, with buyers falling 66.63% to 95,027.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760217037_166_Pudgy-Penguins-waddle-higher-despite-overall-NFT-sales-slump.webp.webp\" alt=\"Pudgy Penguins waddle higher despite overall NFT sales slump - 3\" class=\"wp-image-14424274\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Blockchains by NFT Sales Volume (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cryptoslam.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoSlam<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bitcoin climbed to third with $14.04 million, up 20.92% from last week\u2019s $10.97 million. The network saw 3,188 buyers, down 86.51%.<\/p>\n<p>Mythos Chain placed fourth at $12.86 million, down 2.13% from last week\u2019s $13.07 million. The blockchain attracted 9,568 buyers, a 79.07% decrease.<\/p>\n<p>Avalanche jumped to fifth with $10.63 million, surging 373.13%. The blockchain had just 280 buyers, down 88.49%.<\/p>\n<p>Solana (SOL) secured sixth place with $7.58 million, up 0.81% from last week\u2019s $7.74 million. The network recorded 9,554 buyers, a decrease of 83.18%.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top collectible sales<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A Protoshrooms NFT led individual sales at $470,760.50 (3.7811 BTC), sold five days ago.<\/li>\n<li>CryptoPunks #9205 sold for $416,002.50 (92.5 ETH) seven days ago.<\/li>\n<li>Wrapped Ether Rock #91 fetched $380,000 (380,000 USDC) six days ago.<\/li>\n<li>CryptoPunks #3390 sold for $279,243.03 (59.68 ETH) four days ago.<\/li>\n<li>CryptoPunks #9968 sold for $259,739.06 (58 ETH) three days ago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DX Terminal and Pudgy Penguins are hot despite the overall coolness of the NFT (non-fungible token) market. Summary NFT sales dropped 34% to $169.7M, but transactions rose by 1.99% to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13162,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13161\/revisions\/13162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}