The non-fungible token market appears to be showing good signs of consolidation and growth as the number of unique buyers of NFT has increased. While overall sales volumes have declined, the arrival of new players in the space and blockchain-based games are causing the market to flourish.
The NFT market appears stronger than ever as the number of unique buyers increases, according to data from Delphi Digital. The report notes that, despite a reduction in the overall sales volume, the market appears not to be facing a negative turnaround.
Delphi Digital reports that NFT’s daily sales volumes have declined since early September 2021, but coinciding with this, there has been a slight increase in the number of unique buyers. One of the explanations he offers for this is the lower average ticket price, as fewer crypto-native buyers are entering the market.
The report also analyzes the sales of NFTs of different valuations on different platforms. Data shows that SuperRare and OpenSea are the preferred markets for high-end NFTs, with SuperRare surpassing $ 100,000 in daily average NFT selling price six times. More generally, however, both platforms have an average daily bulk selling price of $ 30,000 to $ 60,000.
One aspect worth noting is that OpenSea is by far the most popular NFT marketplace, perhaps partly helped by the many retail NFT sellers on the platform. OpenSea’s market share represents 97.8% of the total trading volume among all NFT marketplaces.
OpenSea has been very successful with DappRadar showing impressive sales results. The NFT marketplace has also dominated ethereum burn rankings, which was recorded shortly after it saw $1.5 billion in monthly trading volume in Aug. 2021.
Ethereum and Ronin lead NFT volume
As for the networks dominating NFT volumes, Ethereum and Ronin, Axie Infinity’s sidechain, make up the bulk of the NFT market. Ethereum crossed the $ 100 million mark in daily NFT volume in late August and early September and now stands at a few tens of millions of dollars. Ronin falls just short of Ethereum’s volumes, having been boosted by Axie’s releases in Q2 and Q3 of 2021.
NFTs on Wax Network also appear to be on the rise, as sales volumes have increased since early October. Delphi Digital puts this down to increasingly popular blockchain games using Wax NFTs.
While the NFT market is still relatively new, it doesn’t look like the market will turn away from Ethereum anytime soon. However, given the comparative newness of NFTs, it is likely that many more players will enter the market, which can only set the stage for more growth.
