The NFT market has continued its downward trend despite minimal crypto price recovery, with Bitcoin nudging up to $84,000 and Ethereum holding steady at $1,900. The global crypto market cap has moved up to $2.77 trillion from last week’s $2.73 trillion. According to CryptoSlam data, NFT sales volume has fallen to $100.9 million, marking a 5.34% decline from the previous week. Despite the sales drop, market participation metrics show strong growth in both buyers and sellers. The weekly metrics reveal: NFT sales volume fell to $100.9 million from $99.1 million NFT buyers climbed 70.97% to 350,146 NFT sellers rose 68.57% to 225,465 NFT transactions increased 16.90% to 1,696,996 You might also like: Tether eyeing ‘Big Four’ firm for reserve audit: CEO Bitoin NFT sales affected the most Ethereum ( ETH ) NFT sales continued to struggle with a 13.03% drop to $27.7 million. However, buyer numbers grew 42.17% to 44,850. As per the data, wash trading decreased 6.53% to $2.8 million. Bitcoin ( BTC ) faced an even steeper decline of 30.69% to $16.3 million, though it maintained second place overall. The network saw buyer participation rise 63.67% to 31,251. Source: Blockchains by NFT Sales Volume (CryptoSlam) Mythos Chain moved in the opposite direction with a modest 3.12% gain to $15.6 million, holding third place. Polygon ( POL ) fell 5.81% to $13.3 million in fourth position, while Solana ( SOL ) saw a 5.25% drop to $9.4 million, rounding out the top five. CryptoPunks drops to sixth place Courtyard maintained its leading position with $11.5 million in sales, though it was down 6.95%. The Polygon-based project saw transaction volume grow by 4.76% to 100,285. DMarket climbed to second place with $10.4 million, up 4.44% and keeping strong volume with 333,211 transactions. Guild of Guardians Heroes held steady in third with $5.6 million, posting impressive growth of 159.46%. Good Vibes Club remained fourth with $4.0 million, up 264.67%, while BRC-20 NFTs continued to lose ground in fifth with $3.2 million, falling 43.57%. CryptoPunks dropped to sixth place with $2.6 million, down 15.52%. Notable sales this week included: CryptoPunks #6634: $431,243 (222.5 ETH) Azuki #641: $209,021 (110 WETH) Autoglyphs #166: $198,308 (103 ETH) Autoglyphs #275: $189,198 (100 WETH) Autoglyphs #402: $188,475 (99.9 ETH) Read more: Coinbase in ‘advanced’ talks to acquire Deribit: report