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Q3 2024 NFT Market Report: Trading Volume Exceeds $1.1 Billion Amid Shifting Landscape

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The non-fungible token (NFT) market has been a rollercoaster ride in 2024, but the latest data signals strong potential for a resurgence. While volatility caused trading volume to plunge 50% quarter-over-quarter to $1.1 billion in Q3, this still represents an impressive figure given the current landscape. The global NFT market started 2024 scorching hot with a record $4.1 billion in Q1 trading, demonstrating immense upfront enthusiasm. Although activity cooled to $2.25 billion in Q2 as the initial hype faded, meaningful demand persevered.

Most crucially, the $1.1 billion in Q3 transaction volume highlights the resilience of the NFT ecosystem and collector interest in this innovative asset class. As long as conditions remain conducive, we have reasons to believe NFT trading will regain serious upward momentum in the coming quarters, propelled by expanding infrastructure and use cases. Despite the recent roller coaster, the promising long-term outlook and transformative potential of NFT technology provide confidence the market will rebound from this trough stronger than before. To better understand where the NFT market is heading next, let’s dive deeper into the key trends that emerged in Q3 2024.

Source: NFTScan Multi-chain Marketplaces

According to data from NFTScan, Ethereum continues to reign supreme in the NFT market, cementing its industry-leading position with the highest trading volume across all blockchains.

Solana has solidified its #2 ranking, with NFT trading activity on the high-throughput blockchain surging. Solana’s low transaction costs, scalability, and thriving ecosystem of games, metaverse projects, and DeFi applications have fueled rapidly growing demand for Solana-based NFT collections and utilities.

While a relatively new entrant, Bitcoin has already captured the third spot in NFT trading volume across chains.

Polygon, the Ethereum-compatible layer-2 solution, has risen to #4, benefiting from its low fees, fast transaction times, and seamless bridging with the Ethereum mainnet. As a scalable platform for expanding Ethereum’s reach, Polygon’s NFT ecosystem continues growing in parallel with its large DeFi presence; zkSync Era has quickly ascended to the #5 position.

Data source: https://www.nftscan.com/chain/overview

Source: NFTScan Multi-chain Data

According to NFTScan data, August 21st marked the peak for consolidated cross-chain NFT sales, recording a staggering 3,151.52 ETH in trading volume on that single day.

On the other end of the spectrum, July 7th saw the lowest trough in cross-chain NFT trading activity for the quarter at just 755.24 ETH in daily volume. Such dips can often be attributed to quieter periods with fewer high-profile NFT releases, waning promotional efforts, and times of broader market uncertainty that suppressed risk appetites.

The wide 4x range between the quarterly high and low points underscores the nascency and subsequent volatility that still characterizes the emerging multi-chain NFT market. Swings in trading interest and volumes remain heavily influenced by new collection launches, shifting market sentiments, and the real-world cadence of developments in this rapidly evolving space.

Data source: https://www.nftscan.com/chain/detail

Source: NFTScan Multi-chain Data

Source: NFTScan Multi-chain Marketplaces

OpenSea maintained its position as the largest NFT marketplace in Q3 2024, recording a towering $445.52 million in trading volume over the past 90 days and capturing an impressive 40.78% market share. While transaction fees totaled a hefty $620,000, OpenSea facilitated a robust 2.72 million sales across 1.93 million wallets, underscoring its status as the preeminent NFT trading hub.

Blur solidified its #2 ranking with $230.62 million in Q3 trading volume, commanding a 21.11% market share. Though gas fees reached $366,000, the platform processed 258,000 sales from 203,000 unique wallets. Blur’s advanced features like real-time pricing and portfolio tools likely boosted its appeal among sophisticated NFT traders and collectors.

MagicEden took the third spot at $102.27 million in volume and a 9.36% share of the total NFT market. While incurring just $53,260 in fees, the multi-chain marketplace facilitated an impressive 469,000 transactions across 269,000 wallets. Its support for NFTs across Solana, Ethereum, Polygon and Bitcoin likely broadened MagicEden’s user base.

Element marketplace ranked fourth with $99.79 million in quarterly volume and 9.14% market share. It had a relatively low $13,900 in fees while recording a high 627,000 sales from 250,000 wallets, pointing to efficient infrastructure. The platform’s unique offerings may have contributed to its momentum.

Rounding out the top five, Tensor generated $45.5 million in trading volume for a 4.17% market share. Despite just $6,590 in fees, it delivered a leading 850,000 sales from 198,000 wallets, showcasing its seamless user experience optimized for high transaction throughput.

Data source: https://www.nftscan.com/marketplace

Emerging as the preeminent NFT collection in Q3 2024 was Liberty Cats, a limited edition of 9,903 non-fungible tokens hosted on the Polygon blockchain network. Over the past 90 days, Liberty Cats achieved impressive trading metrics, recording $157.86 million $MATIC in volume.

The collection’s strong performance was driven by 3,010 transactions, pointing to substantial demand from collectors and investors. Despite its exclusive supply cap, Liberty Cats maintained a healthy liquidity profile with its floor price holding at a robust 60,634 $MATIC.

Source: NFTScan

The iconic Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collection from blue-chip NFT studio Yuga Labs maintained its status as an industry titan in Q3 2024. The 10,000 profile-pic NFTs minted on Ethereum commanded 15.1K ETH in trading volume over the past 90 days, derived from 1,300 transactions.

Source: NFTScan

BAYC’s enduring dominance stems from its pioneering role in catalyzing the profile picture (PFP) NFT phenomenon and nurturing a passionate community of holders. The intellectual property rights and ambitious roadmap for expanding into games, merchandise, and the metaverse have solidified BAYC as a blue-chip asset with robust utility and cultural relevance beyond pure digital collectibles.

Not far behind was Pudgy Penguins, the 8,888 generative penguin avatars issued by NFT studio Igloo on Ethereum. The collection attracted 14.67K ETH in trading volume from 1,470 sales over the quarter, cementing it as a formidable PFP contender.

Source: NFTScan

At the same time, these projects’ multimillion-dollar trading volumes highlight the concentration of liquidity and wealth residing in blue-chip NFT ecosystems. Capturing mainstream mindshare will likely require next-generation collections to creatively blend culture, utility, accessibility, and composability to onboard broader users.

The Q3 2024 NFT market data from NFTScan provides valuable insights into the evolving landscape and key players within this innovative digital asset class. While overall trading volume declined 50% quarter-over-quarter to $1.1 billion, this still represents a healthy figure demonstrating resilient demand amid market cycles.

Looking ahead, the NFT ecosystem shows immense potential for resurgence driven by expanding infrastructure, use cases, and mainstream adoption. While volatility will persist in this nascent market, the underlying transformative technology provides confidence that this market will emerge stronger long term.

Realizing NFTs’ full disruptive impact will require stakeholders to prioritize utility, accessibility, composability, and robust incentive design to onboard and empower the broadest user base possible. The groundwork is being laid for NFTs to spark a revolutionary new creator economy.

NFTScan is the world’s largest NFT data infrastructure, including a professional NFT explorer and NFT developer platform, supporting the complete amount of NFT data for 20+ blockchains including Ethereum, Solana, BNBChain, Arbitrum, Optimism, Mint Blockchain and other major networks, providing NFT API for developers on various blockchains.

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