The number of investors purchasing NFTs increased by +20% this Christmas week.

The highly anticipated Christmas event brought warm messages, joy of celebration and exciting sporting moments to fans, with many celebrities and teams sharing their warm wishes and gratitude. The cryptocurrency and non-fungible token community has had some fun using blockchain technology to give gifts to family and friends. In response to this festive hype, the number of investors purchasing the collection of non-fungible tokens has increased, up more than 27% from the previous week.

NFT buyer growth rate +20% this week

The number of cryptocurrency users trading non-fungible tokens increased by 27% in the past week, according to data collected by cryptoslam.io, an on-chain cryptocurrency and non-fungible token collection explorer that tracks digital collectibles across more than 20 blockchain networks. Over the past seven days, more than 300,000 traders have purchased NFT collections in the global NFT market. This surge brought total trading volume to $63 million.

The increase in NFT buyers coincides with Christmas celebrations that began earlier this week. NFTs create unique, modern Christmas gifts, allowing personalized digital art, collectibles, or Christmas-themed items to be shared via blockchain. NFT use cases for Christmas include gifting digital assets in virtual “wrapped” boxes, launching holiday-themed collections, and leveraging blockchain networks for transparent charitable giving.

Pudgy Penguins, the team behind the internationally recognized Pudgy Penguins non-fungible token collection, celebrated the holiday season with a massive animated display outside the Las Vegas Sphere that launched on Christmas Eve. The project, known for its NFT characters and physical toys, has also shared a variety of holiday-themed images and artwork on social media.

Bitcoin NFTs Rise More Than 50% This Festive Week

Ethereum, the blockchain network popular in the NFT market for hosting most collections of blue-chip non-fungible tokens, was the market leader this festive week. In the past seven days, Ethereum-based NFTs have recorded over $20 million in transaction sales. During this period, Ethereum NFT trading volume plummeted by 24% compared to the previous week.

Bitcoin, a blockchain network known in the NFT market for supporting the popular Ordinals, BRC-20, and Rune NFT collections, was the second most traded blockchain network in the NFT market this week. Over the past seven days, trading volume for Bitcoin-based NFT collections has reached $12 million. During this period, Bitcoin NFT trading volume surged 53% compared to the previous week.

BNB Chain, a high-speed, low-cost layer 1 blockchain ecosystem popular in NFTs, DeFi, and GameFi, was the third most traded blockchain network in the NFT market this week. Over the past seven days, the BNB Chain NFT collection has recorded $7 million in transaction sales, with Polygon reporting $5.6 million in transaction sales, a 15% increase over the previous week. Mythos Chain was the fifth most traded blockchain network with $4.3 million in revenue.

The most sold NFTs this festive week

1. Courtyard NFT Collection

Courtyard, a collection of non-fungible tokens containing randomly generated digital items stored on the Polygon blockchain network, was the second most traded NFT collection this Christmas week. Over the past seven days, the Courtyard NFT collection has recorded $4.5 million in transaction sales. During this period, Courtyard NFT trading volume surged 23% compared to the previous week.

2. DMarket NFT Collection

DMarket, Mythos Chain’s non-fungible token collection featuring in-game virtual items (skins) for NFT games such as Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2, was the second best-selling non-fungible token collection on the global NFT market this Christmas week. Over the past seven days, the DMarket NFT collection recorded a trading volume of $4.1 million, down 4.90% from last week.

3.?? BRC-20 NFT Collection

$??, the famous non-fungible token collection created on the Bitcoin blockchain network using the BRC-20 protocol, was the third best-selling non-fungible token collection on the global NFT market this Christmas week. $?? in the last 7 days The BRC-20 NFT collection recorded $3.4 million in transaction sales. During this period $?? BRC-20 NFT sales increased 333% compared to last week.

4. 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 company Larva Labs but now curated by the Infinite Node Foundation, was the fourth best-selling NFT collection on the global NFT market this week. Over the past seven days, trading volume for the CryptoPunks NFT collection has reached $2.6 million. During this period, Punks NFT sales surged 66% compared to last week.

5. Yes Bond NFT Collection

Yes, Bond, a popular and actively traded non-fungible token collection of digital collectibles hosted on the BNB chain, was the 5th most traded non-fungible token collection on the NFT market this Christmas week. Over the past seven days, the Yes Bond non-fungible token collection has recorded a trading volume of over $2.2 million. During this period, Yes Bond NFT sales surged 6.98%.

6. $X@AI BRC-20 NFT Collection

$X@AI, a collection of non-fungible tokens created on the Bitcoin blockchain network using the BRC-20 token standard and ordinal protocol, was the sixth most sold collection of non-fungible tokens on the global NFT market this week. Over the past seven days, the $X@AI BRC-20 NFT collection has recorded $1.9 million in transaction sales. This NFT collection saw a 1,000% increase in sales compared to last week.

7. Guild of Guardians Heroes NFT Collection

Guild of Guardians Avatars, a collection of popular non-fungible tokens from the multiplayer, action, mobile fantasy role-playing game Guild of Guardians, which allows players to role-play as heroes and travel through dungeons to gather resources, were the seventh best-selling NFT collection this week. Over the past seven days, sales of the Guild of Guardians Heroes NFT collection reached $1.8 million. During this period, Guild of Guardians Heroes NFT sales plummeted 12% compared to the previous week.

8. Chunky Penguin NFT Collection

Pudgy Penguins, a collection of globally recognized non-fungible tokens from digital asset company Igloo Inc with a fixed supply of 8,888 cute penguin cartoons hosted on the Ethereum blockchain network, was the eighth best-selling NFT collection on the NFT market this week. Over the past seven days, the Pudgy Penguins NFT collection has recorded $1.7 million in transaction sales. During this period, Fuzzy Penguin NFT trading volume plummeted by 16% compared to the previous week.

9. Milllady Maker NFT Collection

Milady Maker, another globally recognized non-fungible token series from digital asset company Remilia, with a limited supply of 10,000 neo-chibi NFT collections, was the 9th best-selling non-fungible token collection on the global NFT market last week. In the past seven days, the Milady Maker NFT collection has recorded over $1.5 million in transaction sales.

NFT Market Forecast

The NFT market is in a phase of structural maturity and transition in late 2025. Over the past few months, the market has experienced significant declines from all-time highs (ATH), with cumulative market capitalization falling significantly. Nonetheless, the global NFT market is expected to rebound in the coming weeks and months, possibly retesting another bull market, albeit lower than the historic 2021 bull market.

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