NFT Trading Charts Shake Up in April as Courtyard Surges

• Courtyard dominated April’s NFT sales, which amounted to more than $62 million, and DMarket saw the most trading activity.
• Some of the other earlier NFT projects, like Bored Ape Yacht Club and CryptoPunks, experienced weak performance and sales.
• DogeZuki attracted the most buyers, and Solana Monkey Business sold the lowest volumes.

According to recent data from Phoenix Group, the most popular NFT collection in April was Courtyard, with total sales of $62.40 million. The figure was 12.19% higher compared with the previous month of March, and this is the only high-volume collection that recorded double figures on the monthly growth rate. It also registered 497,749 transactions and 33,970 unique buyers to boost its position as the market leader.

DMarket came in second with $39.91mm in sales in this period but recorded a 4.28% decline from the previous month’s sales. Although it fell short, it was still the most trading-centric, with more than 1.15 million NFT sales and 59,384 buyers, making it the highest in the entire collection.

CryptoPunks stood third with an estimated trading volume of $19.23 million. However, the collection witnessed very low activity, with only 147 transactions and ninety different buyers. The substantial difference between the sales value and the participation indicates one-time purchases without return visits hence, it is not in the general market.

Guild of Guardians Slides, Taproot Wizards Climbs

Guild of Guardians recorded $15.75m in sales, which represents a monthly decrease of 11.01%. It also had limited market coverage, with only 7,706 buyers and 16,519 transactions. On the other hand, there was an increase in sales volume for Taproot Wizards, which was valued at $7 million and with a sales growth of 3.37%. This was evidenced by the fact that there were 651 transactions recorded from 305 different buyers, suggesting that there was active interaction with the community.

Pudgy Penguins exhibited the least fluctuations, reporting a 0.39% decrease of $7.93 million. Bored Ape Yacht Club also declined further and closed at $5.59 million, down by 15.94%. It sold only 134 units of its blue-chip collection, indicating reduced consumer appeal for the brand earlier associated with the series.

On the brighter side, Mutant Ape Yacht Club exhibited a more promising outcome with an increase in its Daily Sales by 10.48% to $ 4,188. It recorded 879 purchases from 375 buyers, more evident in market support than in the parent collection.

DogeZuki Stays Strong as Solana Monkey Business Plummets

DogeZuki remained quite active in terms of trading, selling around $3.43 million in volumes, which was 1.07% higher compared to the preceding month. The project had the highest requests for the concentration, with 73,066 wallets used in all collections. It also performed about 75,000 transactions, indicating that the camp made significant contact with a large client base.

The performance of Panini and Sorare this past month was a mixed one. Panini’s sales collapsed by 39.70, reaching $3.50 million, and Sorare by 23.99%, to $3.91 million. Panini still recorded 128690 transactions while Sorare recorded 352204 in spite of the relatively low volumes, indicating a vibrant ecosystem.

The overall trading volume of Solana Monkey Business was at $2.89 million, a staggering 36.95% decline compared to the previous month. It recorded 892 transactions and attracted 164 buyers, which proved the dwindling popularity of collectors. However, market sales of NFTs declined in Q1 2025, decreasing by 63% to $1.5 billion from $4.1 billion posted between January and March 2024.