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NFT Madness: Plummeting Volume, Soaring Bitcoin, and the Rise of AI Art

NFT Madness: Plummeting Volume, Soaring Bitcoin, and the Rise of AI Art

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 Web3 Deep Dive: NFTs, DeFi, and Cryptocurrency Explained podcast.

Hey there crypto fam, it's your boy Crypto Willy coming at you with the latest from the wild world of Web3!

So let me tell you, October 2025 has been absolutely *bananas* for the NFT market, and not necessarily in a good way. PANews dropped some numbers that had everyone talking – we saw trading volume absolutely crater by almost 40%, down to just under 95 million bucks this past week. Now here's the weird part that's got me scratching my head: while trading volume tanked, we actually saw buyer numbers jump by 33% to over 509,000 people. That's some serious volatility signaling right there, folks.

Speaking of volatility, Ethereum-based NFTs got hammered particularly hard. Binance Research showed us that Ethereum NFT sales plummeted 54.8% in September, and that trend carried right through October. The Ethereum network itself saw trading volume nosedive by 62% week-over-week. But hold up – Bitcoin network NFTs? They actually climbed 15.57% to hit 13 million in trading volume. CryptoPunks still managed to flex though, with CryptoPunks number 7839 selling for nearly 175 grand.

Now let's talk about the bigger picture because it's not all doom and gloom. The total crypto market cap pushed up 4.3% in September thanks to the Federal Reserve finally cutting interest rates for the first time in nearly a year. Bitcoin's dominance is absolutely crushing it right now, sitting at 58.1% of total market share. Meanwhile, poor Ethereum slipped below 4,000 bucks and its market share dropped to just 13%. Bitcoin spot ETFs pulled in a massive 2.56 billion in net inflows while Ethereum funds saw 389 million flowing *out*. Ouch.

The DeFi space is looking healthier though! Total value locked climbed 3% month-over-month, with Ethereum leading the charge. Stablecoin market cap grew 4.62%, with USDT continuing to dominate over USDC. One bright spot in the NFT world was Hypurr NFT, which saw its floor price skyrocket to around 50,000 dollars after an airdrop. That's the kind of moon action we love to see!

Looking ahead, MarketMinute's analysis suggests the NFT market is projected to hit approximately 61 billion dollars this year, with long-term projections shooting for between 211 and 247 billion by 2030. The narrative has completely shifted from pure speculation to utility-driven applications, especially in gaming and real-world asset tokenization. Layer 2 solutions are making transactions cheaper and faster, which is exactly what we need for mass adoption.

Exploding Topics noticed something interesting too – AI-generated NFTs are becoming a thing, with searches for "AI NFT" spiking in August. Artists like Claire Silver are selling AI-generated art as NFTs on OpenSea, and the new ERC-7857 standard for intelligent NFTs could be a total game-changer for AI ownership.

Thanks so much for tuning in this week, fam! Come back next week for more crypto deep dives and market madness. This has been a Quiet Please production – for more, check out Quiet Please Dot A I. Stay bullish out there!

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