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

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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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey there, crypto fam, it's your boy, Crypto Willie coming
at you with the latest from the wild world of
Web three. So let me tell you. October twenty twenty
five has been absolutely bananas for the NFT market, and
not necessarily in a good way. Pan News dropped some
numbers that had everyone talking. We saw trading volume absolutely
crater by almost forty percent, down to just under ninety

(00:23):
five million dollars 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 thirty three percent
to over five hundred and nine thousand people. That's some
serious volatility signaling right there, folks. Speaking of volatility, Ethereum
based NFTs got hammered particularly hard. Binance Research showed us

(00:46):
that Ethereum NFT sales plummeted fifty four point eight percent
in September, and that trend carried right through October. The
Ethereum network itself saw trading volume nosedive by sixty two
percent week over week. But hold up, Bitcoin network NFTs.
They actually climb fifteen point five seven percent to hit
thirteen million in trading volume. Crypto punks still managed to

(01:10):
flex though, with crypto Punk's number seven eight three nine
selling for nearly one hundred seventy five grand. Now, let's
talk about the bigger picture, because it's not all doom
and gloom. The total crypto market cap pushed up four
point three percent in September thanks to the Federal Reserve
finally cutting interest rates for the first time in nearly

(01:30):
a year. Bitcoin's dominance is absolutely crushing it right now,
sitting at fifty eight point one percent of total market share. Meanwhile,
poor Ethereum slipped below four thousand bucks and its market
share dropped to just thirteen percent. Bitcoin spot ETFs pulled
in a massive two point five six billion dollars in
net inflows, while Ethereum funds saw three hundred eighty nine

(01:53):
million dollars flowing out of them. Ouch. The DeFi space
is looking healthier, though total value locked climb three percent
month over month, with Ethereum leading the charge. Stable coin
market cap grew four point six two percent, with USDT
continuing to dominate over USDC. One bright spot in the
NFT world was hyper NFT, which saw its floor priced

(02:16):
skyrocket to around fifty thousand dollars after an air drop.
That's the kind of moon action we love to see.
Looking ahead, Market Minutes analysis suggests the NFT market is
projected to hit approximately sixty one billion dollars this year,
with long term projections shooting for between two hundred eleven
and two hundred forty seven billion by twenty thirty. The

(02:37):
narrative has completely shifted from peer speculation to utility driven applications,
especially in gaming and real world asset tokenization. Layer two
solutions are making transactions cheaper and faster, which is exactly
what we need for mass adoption. Exploding topics. Notice something
interesting too, Ai generated NFTs are becoming a thing, with

(02:58):
searches for AI NFI spiking in August. Artists like Claire
Silver are selling AI generated art as NFTs on OpenSea,
and the new e ERC seven eight five seven 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 cryptodeep dives and

(03:19):
market madness. This has been a quiet please production. For
more check out Quiet Please dot Ai stay bullish out there,