The global non-fungible token market began showing some signs of recovery in the first week of January 2026, ending a three-month slump. Over the past seven days, the NFT market has recorded over $85 million in trading volume, up more than 30% from the previous week. In this article, we will take a look at the overall state of the global NFT market in the first week of January 2026 and what traders should expect in the coming weeks and beyond.
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NFT sales increase +30% in the first week of January 2026
The global non-fungible token market has seen a surge in transaction sales over the past week, according to data collected by CryptoSlam.io, an on-chain cryptocurrency market data aggregator and multi-chain non-fungible token collection explorer. Over the past seven days, the global non-fungible token market has recorded a trading volume of $85 million. During this period, the NFT market soared more than 30%, breaking a three-month downward trend.
Bitcoin, a popular blockchain network known in the global NFT market for supporting the Runes, BRC-20, and Ordinal collections, was the most traded blockchain network in the NFT market in the first week of January. Over the past seven days, Bitcoin-based NFT collections have recorded $31 million in transaction sales. During this period, Bitcoin NFT trading volume surged 185% compared to the previous week.
Ethereum, a prominent blockchain network in the global NFT market that hosts most NFT collections, was the second most traded blockchain network in the global NFT market in the first week of January. Over the past seven days, the Ethereum-based NFT collection has recorded over $28 million in transaction sales. During this period, Ethereum NFT trading volume increased by 37% compared to last week.
BNB Chain, Binance’s high-performance, decentralized, community-driven blockchain ecosystem designed for fast and cheap transactions, supports smart contracts, DeFi, and NFTs with full Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility, and was the third most traded NFT chain in the first week of January 2026. Over the past seven days, the BNB Chain NFT collection has recorded $6.3 million in transaction sales.
Immutable and Solana were the fourth and fifth most traded blockchain networks as of January 2026. In the past seven days, the Immutable-based NFT collection recorded $3.4 million in transaction sales, while the Solana-based NFT collection recorded $3.1 million in transaction sales. During this period, immutable NFT sales increased by 6% and Solana NFT sales increased by 76% compared to the previous week.
Most sold NFTs in the first week of January
1. $X@AI BRC-20 NFT Collection
$X@AI, one of the popular non-fungible token series created on the Bitcoin blockchain network using the BRC-20 protocol, was the most sold non-fungible token series on the global NFT market in the first week of January 2026. Over the past seven days, the $X@AI BRC-20 NFT collection has recorded $24 million in transaction sales. During this period, $X@AI BRC-20 NFT sales surged 1,170% compared to the previous week.
2. CryptoPunks NFT Collection
CryptoPunks, a globally recognized collection of non-fungible tokens featuring a limited edition of 10,000 pixelated NFTs previously created by digital asset incubation studio Larva Labs but now curated by the Infinite Node Foundation, was the second best-selling NFT collection in the first week of January. In the past seven days, sales of the CryptoPunks NFT collection reached $3.9 million. During this period, Punks NFT sales surged 51% compared to the previous week.
3. Chunky Penguin NFT Collection
Pudgy Penguins, another globally recognized non-fungible token series from digital asset company Igloo, with a fixed supply of 8,888 penguin cartoons hosted on the Ethereum blockchain network, was the third most sold NFT collection on the NFT market last week. In the past seven days, the Pudgy Penguins NFT collection has recorded over $2.7 million in transaction sales. During this period, Fuzzy Penguin NFT sales surged by more than 50% compared to last week.
4. Yes Bond NFT Collection
Yes Bond, a collection of utility-focused non-fungible tokens hosted on the BNB Chain blockchain network that serves as a “soulbound” digital certificate within the NFT ecosystem, was the fourth best-selling NFT collection in the global NFT market last week. Over the past seven days, the Yes Bond NFT collection has recorded $2.6 million in transaction sales, a 13% increase over the previous week.
5.DMarket NFT Collection
DMarket, a popular collection of gaming non-fungible tokens representing in-game virtual items from popular online NFT games such as Counter-Strike, Rust, and Dota 2, was the fifth best-selling NFT collection on the global NFT market last week. Over the past seven days, DMarket NFT collections have generated $1.9 million in transaction sales. During this period, DMarket NFT transaction sales volume decreased by 75% compared to the previous week.
NFT market forecast for January 2026
While the NFT market isn’t expected to reach the frenzied highs seen in 2021 and 2022, industry analysts predict it could retest another bull market before the end of the year. The expected NFT market strength is likely to be driven by large-scale enterprise NFT adoption and technology integration. The NFT market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 33% from 2026 and reach $231.98 billion by 2030.
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