{"id":38494,"date":"2021-03-08T12:22:20","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T10:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=38494"},"modified":"2025-08-30T04:58:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T01:58:55","slug":"nft-marketplaces-monthly-turnover-nears-500-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/nft-marketplaces-monthly-turnover-nears-500-million\/","title":{"rendered":"NFT marketplaces&#8217; monthly turnover nears $500 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From February 4 to March 4, NFT trading volume<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the 12 largest platforms<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reached a record $480 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In the last 30 days, the top 12 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFT?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFT<\/a> Marketplaces have accumulated over $480 million in transaction volume.<\/p>\n<p>Find out which NFT Marketplace has been the biggest contributor. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/opensea?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@opensea<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nba_topshot?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nba_topshot<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rariblecom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rariblecom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larvalabs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@larvalabs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SorareHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SorareHQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AtomicHub?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AtomicHub<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GPKMarket?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GPKMarket<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7vda2nV6cH\">https:\/\/t.co\/7vda2nV6cH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DappRadar (@DappRadar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DappRadar\/status\/1367844858233294849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of March 7, the figure could have surpassed the $500 million mark. By the time of writing<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dappradar.com\/nft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DappRadar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had not updated the statistics. The user counts for 5\u20137 March on the three leading NFT marketplaces exceeded those for the same dates in February.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_127243\" style=\"width: 1710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127243\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127243\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803211.png\" alt=\"Monthly NFT marketplace turnover approaching $500 million\" width=\"1700\" height=\"916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803211.png 1700w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803211-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803211-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803211-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803211-1536x828.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1700px) 100vw, 1700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-127243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily user counts on the leading NFT marketplaces. Data: DappRadar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_127244\" style=\"width: 1706px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127244\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127244\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803212.png\" alt=\"Monthly NFT marketplace turnover\" width=\"1696\" height=\"920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803212.png 1696w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803212-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803212-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803212-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803212-1536x833.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1696px) 100vw, 1696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-127244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily transaction counts on the leading NFT marketplaces. Data: DappRadar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From February 4 to March 4, the maximum price of a sold NFT reached $1.54 million (800 ETH). In the top-5 sales for this period, four tokens were from CryptoPunk.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_127245\" style=\"width: 704px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127245\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127245\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803213.png\" alt=\"Top 5 sales on NFT marketplaces\" width=\"694\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803213.png 694w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803213-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-127245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top 5 NFT sales on NFT marketplaces. Data: DappRadar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The leading monthly turnover is held by the NFT marketplace NBA TopShot.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_127246\" style=\"width: 1088px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127246\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127246\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803214.png\" alt=\"Top 5 NFT marketplaces by sales volume\" width=\"1078\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803214.png 1078w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803214-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803214-1024x323.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DappRadar0803214-768x242.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1078px) 100vw, 1078px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-127246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top 5 NFT marketplaces by sales volume. Data: DappRadar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/nft-copy-of-burned-banksy-painting-sells-for-228-eth\">NFT copy of Banksy\u2019s burned painting<\/a> was purchased for 228 ETH (~$400 000).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/beeples-trump-nft-crossroad-resold-for-6-6-million\">In late February, Beeple\u2019s NFT featuring Trump<\/a> was resold for $6.6 million. In December 2020, the artist earned $582,000 for &#8216;Crossroad&#8217;. Before that, Beeple&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/christies-to-auction-beeple-nft\">\u00abEverydays: The First 5000 Days\u00bb<\/a> NFT was first offered for sale at Christie\u2019s<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/lindsay-lohan-sells-bitcoin-nft-at-auction-price-tops-70000\">In early February, actress Lindsay Lohan sold an NFT token Lightning on a Rarible auction<\/a> for $70,000. The popular meme GIF Nyan Cat was sold at Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/nyan-cat-meme-animation-sells-for-300-eth-at-foundation-auction\">for $568 000<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/litecoin-creator-likens-nft-craze-to-the-2017-ico-boom\">Litecoin creator Charlie Lee noted the similarities between the growing popularity of the NFT market<\/a> and the ICO boom of 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/opinion-nft-market-to-grow-severalfold-in-2021\">In analytics firm NonFungible<\/a> they predicted substantial growth of the NFT market in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For February activity on NFT marketplaces, see ForkLog&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/february-2021-in-numbers-bitcoin-tops-1-trillion-in-market-capitalization-binance-smart-chain-surges-and-the-nft-ecosystem-booms\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">review<\/span><\/a> ForkLog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VK<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From February 4 to March 4, NFT trading volume on the 12 largest platforms reached a record $480 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1737,1213],"class_list":["post-38494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-dappradar","tag-nft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"59","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38496,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38494\/revisions\/38496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}