NFT sales fell 23.48% to $40.88 million in the seven days ending Oct. 3, even as buyer addresses rose 28.79% to 206,788 and transactions increased 8.44% to 863,295. Ethereum led blockchain sales with $17.08 million, followed by Polygon at $8.21 million and Bitcoin at $3.83 million. Courtyard topped collections with $7.31 million, while Panini America recorded the largest collection growth, up 557.53% to $1.87 million. The increase in trading activity came alongside lower dollar volume, with the prior period estimated at $53.42 million and the average recorded sale at approximately $47.35. CoinGecko listed Bitcoin near $84,638 and Ethereum at approximately $2,676 on Oct. 3, while total cryptocurrency market capitalization stood at approximately $2.98 trillion.