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OKX NFT Marketplace tops Blur and OpenSea in daily trading volume

OKX NFT Marketplace tops Blur and OpenSea in daily trading volume

OKX NFT Marketplace recorded a 24-hour trading volume of $50 million on Dec. 18, surpassing its competitors in the NFT space.

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Crypto exchange OKX’s nonfungible token (NFT) arm surpassed the 24-hour trading volume of other prominent NFT marketplaces like OpenSea, Blur and Magic Eden. 

On Dec. 18, the OKX NFT Marketplace recorded a daily trading volume of around $50 million at around 10:00 am UTC, according to decentralized applications (DApp) data tracker DappRadar. 

At the time of writing, the platform’s trading volume has dropped to $35 million. However, OKX NFT Marketplace is still ahead of its competitors Blur, Magic Eden and OpenSea, which have a combined 24-hour trading volume of around $24 million. 

24-hour NFT trading volume by marketplace. Source: DappRadar

The NFT marketplace’s trading volume surged as it offered Bitcoin Ordinals trading. Data from NFT tracker CryptoSlam shows that the Bitcoin network had a massive week, with a sales volume of $367 million, surpassing Ethereum and Solana, which had $91 million in combined weekly trading volume. 

The shift in sales volume for Bitcoin NFTs came as early as Dec. 12 when the Bitcoin network had a daily NFT sales volume of $24 million, followed by Ethereum with around $16 million and Solana with $6 million.

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Apart from Bitcoin Ordinals, the broader NFT space has also experienced a comeback, with the space’s collective volume nearing $1 billion in November. During that month, the average value of NFT transactions surged by 114%, going from $126 to $270, suggesting that users are more willing to perform higher-value trades than in the previous months. 

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