In short
- A new report from Dapradar showed that NFT trade volumes in Q2 2025 fell by 45% quarter-on-quarter.
- A “competitive decrease” in the average prices paid for NFTs accompanied an increase in the turnover of 78% at quarter.
- That suggests that Art NFTs “have become more accessible to a wider audience,” the report argued.
NFT Commercial volumes saw a quarter to quarter of dive of 45%, according to a new report-never-mentioning turnover of 78%.
Dappadar says that there is still a healthy interest in digital collective objects, but there has been a “sharp decrease” in the average prices paid.
In a sign that the sale of millions of dollars is bored APE Yacht and cryptopunks a distant memory, the trade volume was $ 823 million in $ 4 billion a year ago.
A total of 12.5 million turnover took place during this three -month period. That is compared to 15 million in Q2 2024, but it is a huge leap of the 7 million that is seen in Q1 2025.
Illustrating how space becomes more affordable, added the Dapradar report: “The art category saw a volume by a 51% decrease, but an increase in turnover of 400% suggests that prices have fallen considerably, making Art NFTs more accessible to a wider audience.”
It has also been a good quarter for Domain NFTs, in which the report suggests that this is mainly due to an increase in activity on the Ton Blockchain.
“Telegram users buy anonymous, number-based domains that can be linked to Telegram accounts without SIM cards, a very specific use case that seems to resonate,” says the report.
NFT marketplaces also have a decrease in sales with double digits. But OpenSea is the exception here, with a quarter to a quarterly rise of 156% while excitement builds for his upcoming $ Sea token.
“Many users are now actively exchanging cheaper collections at farm points in the hope of maximizing their future rewards,” Dappadar noted.
Elsewhere, brave Users remained fairly constant at 24.3 million and Although gaming remains the most popular category in general, the market share of AI-related projects has risen to 18.6%.
It was also a gloomy period for hacks, where Web3 lost $ 6.3 billion as a result of exploits in Q2 – one of the highest figures since FTX collapsed. That is an increase of 215% compared to the first three months of the year.
“We hoped that after all these years the industry would have learned its lessons to remain vigilant, to be more careful with user funds and to a certain extent to a certain extent to a certain extent. But unfortunately this quarter turned out to be different,” Dapadar added.
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