- Polygon NFTs were on top of the charts with $22.3 million, primarily because of Courtyard鈥檚 RWA card collection.
- Over 39,000 buyers have grown Polygon鈥檚 volumes by surpassing Ethereum and Bitcoin NFTs.
- Meatbags, one of the Solana-based projects, wants to buy a Cold War bunker using funds from NFT sales.
Polygon-based NFTs have outpaced Ethereum in becoming the top-selling digital collectibles of the week. As reported by CryptoSlam on April 22nd, the total sales of Polygon NFT are $22.3 million, which is 20% more than last week.聽 The sales hit $92.9 million, and the performance took 24%.
Ethereum follows with the second, selling $19,2 million worth of NFT. Mythos Chain and Bitcoin-based collections came with $14.3 million and $14.1 million, respectively. The growth of polygon was closely followed by a significant increase in active wallets and over 39,000 buyers of NFTs, with a weekly growth of 81%.
RWA Tokenization Drives Collector Activity
Polygon NFT sales increased mainly due to one project: Courtyard. The Polygon NFT real-world asset marketplace brought in $20,700,000 in volume for nearly all of its weekly sales.
Courtyard focuses mainly on tokenizing graded collectible cards such as Pok茅mon, basketball, and baseball. Buyers receive a non-fungible token linked to insured and stored physical cards. On the other hand, when a user decides to take a physical copy of a product, the NFT is permanently non-salable in the digital domain.
The case of Courtyard can also be seen as echoing the rising trend of RWAs in the NFT sector. It also points to an even larger phenomenon in which consumers look for utilization value in digital possessions. Unlike many art-focused NFT projects created to sell dreams and visions, Courtyard connects digital ownership with physical property and provides more clarity and practicality.
The adoption of onchain real-world assets will increase in 2025. From RWA.xyz, tokenized real-world assets have been valued at approximately $21.2 billion. A total of 9,771 unique addresses are currently invested in these markets, which indicates growing use.
Polygon鈥檚 capability of performing numerous and inexpensive transactions makes it a platform capable of efficiently tokenizing real assets. With NFT being dominated by asset-backed tokens, there is a likelihood that Polygon will remain a hub for marketplaces in physical-to-digital transitions.
Solana Project Eyes Nuclear Bunker Through NFT Sales
While Polygon leads in volume, Dead Bruv, a Solana-based NFT, is one of the most daring projects. Its newest release, Meatbags, is set to be released on April 21 and will go towards buying and renovating a nuclear bunker from the Cold War era in Rutland, England. The collection includes 100,000 Billionaire Bunker Club NFTs with a cost of $14 each to raise $1.4 million.
The intended site was constructed in 1960 as a Royal Observer Corps and is bordered by a defunct underground bunker, which takes up approximately 1.4 acres of land. The owner has permission to change the property into a home of the highest standard with high vaulted ceilings and an outlook to the countryside. The house will be sold at an auction as it goes to the block on April 24 at a starting bid of 拢650,000 ($862,000).
