NFT Market Roars Back: Sales Surge 8% to $129.1M as Pudgy Penguins Post Solid 15% Recovery

Digital collectibles stage impressive comeback despite broader market skepticism.

Market Momentum Returns

The NFT space just flashed its first real green shoots in months. Overall sales volume jumped 8% to hit $129.1 million this week—breaking a downward trend that had traditional finance analysts nodding smugly about 'predictable bubble behavior.'

Pudgy Penguins Lead Charge

While blue-chip collections showed mixed performance, Pudgy Penguins delivered a standout 15% rebound. The penguin-themed assets outperformed major competitors, suggesting selective smart money is returning to quality projects rather than speculative gambling.

Institutional Interest Simmers

TradFi players keep watching from the sidelines—probably still trying to explain to their compliance departments what exactly an NFT is. Meanwhile, crypto-native investors are quietly accumulating positions while valuations remain depressed from all-time highs.

The recovery signals growing confidence in digital asset infrastructure, even as mainstream finance continues to treat NFTs like Beanie Babies with blockchain. Sometimes the market moves faster than the analysts' ability to understand it.

BNB Chain surges to second position

Ethereum has maintained its leading position with $45.2 million in sales, though posting minimal growth of 1.49%. Ethereum’s wash trading has decreased by 10.26% to $8.9 million.

BNB Chain (BNB) has surged to second place with $25.5 million, surging by 197.21%.

Base has climbed to third position with $13.7 million, though declining 0.02%. Mythos Chain holds fourth place with $11 million, falling 11.11%.

Bitcoin sits in fifth with $7.8 million, declining 25.73%. Immutable (IMX) occupies sixth with $6.3 million, down 24.83%.

Solana (SOL) holds seventh with $5.2 million, falling 28.38%. Polygon (POL) rounds out the top eight with $4.1 million, declining 29.45%.

The buyer count has increased across most blockchains, with Ethereum leading at 129.93% growth, followed by BNB Chain at 10.49% and Solana at 38.59%.

Pudgy Penguins rise 15%

Vesting NFT on BNB Chain has taken the top spot in collection rankings with $17.9 million in sales, showing no change from the previous period. The collection is dominated by a single seller with 22 buyers.

DX Terminal on Base has climbed to second place with $8.6 million, declining 3.55%. The collection has seen decreases in buyers (17.18%) and sellers (16.64%).

DMarket holds third position with $5.9 million, falling 17.73%. Moonbirds sits in fourth with $5.5 million, rising 30.44%.

DKTNFT on BNB Chain occupies fifth place with $3.6 million, declining 3.49%. Panini America holds sixth with $3.6 million, up 40.19%.

Guild of Guardians Heroes sits in seventh with $3.5 million, falling 23.82%. Pudgy Penguins completes the top eight with $3.4 million, rising 15.21%.

Notable high-value sales from this week include:

• CryptoPunks #9286 sold for 48.97 ETH ($220,299)
• CryptoPunks #6482 sold for 48.89 ETH ($218,454)
• CryptoPunks #2406 sold for 48.85 ETH ($217,892)
• BOOGLE sold for 950 SOL ($205,400)
• CryptoPunks #3091 sold for 48 ETH ($201,125)