Polygon NFT sales surpass Ethereum, driven by RWA-based Courtyard

The NFT landscape undergoes a notable quarter of work, with polygon sales exceeding Ethereum for the first time.

According to Cryptoslam dataNFT sales on polygon (POL) reached $ 22.1 million in the seven days preceding on April 22, exceeding Ethereum (Eth)which arrived second with $ 21.8 million in weekly sales.

In addition to total sales, Polygon has also exceeded Ethereum in the number of individual buyers. During last week, 39,027 buyers bought NFTS on Polygone – a jump of 81.61%. In comparison, Ethereum recorded 36,544 individual buyers.

Rwa Project Courtyard feeds Polygon growth

The main engine of the Polygon climb is Courtyard, a real active project (RWA) which incorporates the NFT. Courtyard has represented $ 20 million in sales in the last seven days, constituting most of the Polygon NFT volume. On April 22 alone, the project recorded $ 2.746 million in NFT sales.

Courtyard sells physical negotiation cards, each corresponding to an NFT on the network of polygons. These include rare baseball, basketball and Pokémon cards, which the court keeps in a safe. The project also has a virtual automatic distributor that gives users random cards to start collecting.

The rise of the courtyard based on polygon is parallel to the trend of Layer 2 networks Eat in the traffic and domination of Ethereum. This has aroused criticism among ETH holders, who believe that Ethereum allows layers of layer 2 to capture too much value of the ecosystem.

However, the polygon remains deeply connected to the wider network of Ethereum. It benefits from the decentralization and safety of Ethereum, and its EVM compatibility ensures interoperability with the basic layers Ethereum and other L2.