*� NFTs Just Popped: 173M in a Week

Whales are flexing, Ethereum is pumping, and the NFT market is suddenly loud again.

⚡ Quick Hits

• 💰 173.2M in NFT trades (+30%)
• 🪙 Ethereum crushed it: 105.4M (+85%)
• 📉 Fewer sales, bigger tickets (–10.65% transactions)
• 👥 Buyers: +190% | Sellers: +169%
• 🔗 Winners: BNB Chain, Solana
• ❌ Down bad: Polygon, Mythos
• 💎 ETH chilling at 4,462

📈 The NFT Comeback Vibes

NFTs just pulled a 30% glow-up. Total volume? 173M. But here’s the twist — sales actually dropped 10%.

Translation: less spammy flippers, more mega-whales dropping fat bags. And leading the charge? Ethereum.

• 105.4M in trades (+85%)
• Other chains? Trying, but still in ETH’s shadow.

👥 Crowd Is Back

The crowd went wild this week:

• 🚀 Buyers almost tripled
• 🚀 Sellers almost doubled

The floor might be shaky, but the top end? Straight luxury auction vibes.

🤐 Still No Narratives

No Yuga hype. No Vitalik tweets. No “next BAYC.”

CryptoSlam’s Randy Wasinger says:

“We see the pump, but no one’s really owning it.”

So yeah — this isn’t influencer-driven. This is raw, market-driven chaos.

🔮 Bigger Picture

• July already clocked 574M in NFT sales (2nd highest this year).
• Now August kicks in with another whale-fueled pump.
• Ethereum proves it’s still NFT HQ, despite Solana/BNB nipping at its heels.

👉 The real Q: is this the start of a new NFT wave, or just whales showing off again?

TL;DR

• 💥 NFT market up 30% to 173M
• 🪙 Ethereum dominance: +85%
• 📉 Fewer transactions, higher-ticket sales
• 👥 Buyer +190%, Seller +169% surge
• 🤐 No official hype — just organic whale energy