BlockBeats news, on May 18, according to Crypto.News, the NFT market transaction volume increased by 17.16% over the past week to 130.70 million USD, the number of NFT buyers increased by 138.96% to 259,264 people. The number of NFT sellers increased by 98.69% to 137,347 people. The number of NFT transactions was reported at 1,498,668.
Ethereum still dominates the primary NFT trading market, with transaction volume reaching 41.30 million USD, an increase of 21.47% from the previous week. Bitcoin chain rose to second place, with transaction volume at 22.60 million USD, an increase of 53.53%. Polygon's transaction volume was 14.50 million USD, a decrease of 22.85%. Mythos Chain ranked fourth with a transaction volume of 13.30 million USD, and Solana ranked fifth with a transaction volume of 8.90 million USD, an increase of 17.31%.
High-value NFT transactions this week include:
Known Origin #30101 sold for 410,532.5625 USDC (410,532 USD);
CryptoPunks #3281 sold for 148 ETH (384,286 USD);
CryptoPunks #1507 sold for 80 ETH (204,711 USD);
CryptoPunks #9460 sold for 81 ETH (202,324 USD);
Mutant Ape Yacht Club #30001 sold for 194,815.0469 USDC (194,815 USD).