OpenSea trading volume set for record month despite crypto market retreat
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The world’s main NFT market OpenSea is poised to interrupt its personal report for month-to-month gross sales on Ethereum as each day volumes are surging.
OpenSea’s $2.1 billion in buying and selling quantity of nonfungible tokens (NFT) by Jan. 10 is greater than half the overall buying and selling quantity for the whole thing of August 2021, the best month on report. Quantity reached almost $3.5 billion in that month, in line with Dune Analytics.
{The marketplace} is at the moment on tempo to prime $6 billion in buying and selling quantity for January ought to the present pattern proceed.
Present buying and selling volume on OpenSea has been pushed by the brand new PhantaBear assortment, which recorded 17,124.79 ETH ($53 million) in gross sales over the previous seven days. Bored Ape Yacht Membership is a detailed second place with 16,657.78 ($51.5 million).
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Aggregated knowledge from CryptoSlam reveals the Doodles assortment because the chief in gross sales throughout all NFT marketplaces, with almost $56 million in gross sales over the previous seven days. It at the moment ranks third in buying and selling quantity on OpenSea.
Different key elements contributing to the report tempo for OpenSea in line with Dune embody the variety of lively customers, which at 260,369 is quickly approaching the all-time excessive of 362,679 tallied final month.
OpenSea has proven that there’s nonetheless an incredible quantity of room to fill for NFT marketplaces, as buying and selling volumes have remained excessive for over six months straight and surpassed $4 billion globally over the previous 30 days. In gentle of that, various marketplaces similar to the brand new LooksRare (LOOKS) and Solana’s Magic Eden intend to siphon off a minimum of a portion of OpenSea’s quantity.
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The NFT markets have skilled a veritable resurgence in curiosity because the starting of the brand new 12 months. Volumes throughout all platforms tracked by NFT market knowledge supply NonFungible present a gradual improve since Jan. 1 when complete each day gross sales reached almost 15,671 objects. Between Jan. 7 and eight, gross sales spiked up from 13,189 to 36,041 NFTs. Day by day gross sales hit a month-to-month excessive of 29,921 NFTs on Jan. 10.