NFT sales declined 35.37% to $42.13 million over seven days even as market participation increased. Buyer addresses rose 44.10% to 216,012, seller addresses climbed 46.59% to 192,788 and transactions increased 30.54% to 935,198, according to CryptoSlam. Ethereum returned to first place among blockchains with $13.17 million in sales, although its volume fell 17.53%. Polygon ranked second with $9.40 million, while Bitcoin dropped to third after sales plunged 79.89% to $6.27 million. Courtyard led collections with $8.58 million, and a $2.82 million $8888 BRC-20 sale was the largest individual transaction. The average recorded transaction was approximately $45.05, about 50.5% below the preceding period based on the dashboard's percentage changes. CoinGecko showed Bitcoin near $77,206 and Ethereum at approximately $2,242 on Oct. 31, with total cryptocurrency market capitalization around $2.69 trillion.