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The non-fungible token market experienced a 23.4% jump in sales between Aug. 19 and 24. Ethereum currently dominates the landscape, followed by Solana and Polygon. 
In the past week, CryptoSlam data shows sales volumes in the broader <a href="https://crypto.news/tag/nft/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NFT market</a> soared by 23.4%, to settle at just under $100 million. The uptick in activity was accompanied by a&nbsp;nearly 43% increase in NFT buyers, totaling 468,822, and a 41% rise in sellers, reaching 223,433. 
Furthermore, the market registered more than 1.8 million transactions, with NFT traders showing growing interest in blue-chip collections and emerging projects. 
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="ethereum-maintains-stronghold">Ethereum maintains stronghold</h2> 
In terms of individual blockchain performances, Ethereum (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/ethereum/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ETH</a>) once again solidified its position as the dominant blockchain for NFTs, with sales reaching $36.4 million. This was a 34% increase from the previous week. 
As was the case in the previous week, Solana (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/solana/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SOL</a>) and Polygon (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/polygon/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">MATIC</a>) also had impressive performances, making big contributions to the NFT market’s overall growth in the past week. Solana recorded $18.45 million in sales, reflecting a 14.70% increase, with an astounding 61.18% rise in buyers to 202,167. 
On the other hand, the weekly sales volume on <a href="https://crypto.news/tag/polygon/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Polygon</a> increased by more than 90%, to $12.49 million. The number of NFT buyers on the blockchain also rose by 37.77% to 84,505. 
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="notable-nft-sales-and-collections">Notable NFT sales and collections</h2> 
The week’s NFT activity was also marked by some major individual NFT sales. For instance, on Arbitrum (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/arbitrum/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ARB</a>), the gETH Locked Deposit #158 fetched an impressive $256,513, making it one of the highest sales of the week.&nbsp; 
Ethereum’s Zoth_Nibiru_Pool1 #4 also made headlines with a $250,000 sale, while Solana’s BOOGLE #61 boasted the third-highest price tag of the week at $201,200. 
<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="cryptopunks-dmarket-shine">CryptoPunks, DMarket shine</h3> 
In terms of collections, CryptoPunks — built on <a href="https://crypto.news/tag/ethereum/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ethereum</a> — took top spot after it attracted more than $7.4 million in weekly sales. The amount came from just 102 transactions — a 292% rise from last week’s numbers.&nbsp; 
Meanwhile, on the Mythos chain, DMarket generated $4.99 million in sales across 195,143 transactions, cementing its place as a significant player in the NFT ecosystem. 
<a href="https://crypto.news/tag/bored-ape-yacht-club/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bored Ape Yacht Club</a> maintained its relevance with a 21.46% increase in sales, pushing the amount raked in to $3.58 million.&nbsp; 
Although sales of NFTs from The Guild of Guardians collection on Immutable (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/immutablex/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">IMX</a>) dropped by 12.25%, it still managed to stay in the top five, with slightly more than $3 million earned. 
Finally, rounding up the top five collections by sales volume was Sorare, which continued its run with about $2.6 million in sales. However, the figure was a 27% drop from last week. The plunge was also witnessed in the number of transactions, which went down by more than 12%, according to CryptoSlam. 
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NFT market up 23% in weekly sales; Ethereum leads charge

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