The NFT sector is experiencing record numbers, with the total market cap surpassing 8.2 billion dollars, a significant +40% compared to a month ago. The real driving force behind everything is Ethereum (ETH), which sees its price soar above 4,600$.
NFT: record market cap above 8.2 billion dollars and the price of Ethereum (ETH)
The Non-Fungible Token sector (NFT) is experiencing a true record moment, with the total market cap surpassing the threshold of 8.2 billion dollars.
CoinGecko reveals this, which also shows that exactly a month ago, the total market cap of the NFT market was 4.6 billion dollars.
This means that, currently, the total market cap of NFTs is at at least +40% compared to a month ago.
The engine that drives this sector is definitely the blockchain of Ethereum, still the most chosen one for minting the famous NFT collections.
In fact, Ethereum (ETH) seems to be reaching new price records, hitting its all-time highs. At the time of writing, the price of ETH is $4,690, in a pump of +9% compared to 24 hours ago, +29.5% compared to a week ago, and +53% compared to a month ago.
At this moment, ETH is really close to its all-time high (All-Time High – ATH) of $4,869 recorded on November 13, 2021.
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As anticipated, Ethereum is the most chosen blockchain in the NFT sector, or at least among those that remain the best-selling.
In fact, by taking a look at the ranking of NFT collections by market cap, in the first place there is CryptoPunks with over 2 billion dollars. In second place, then, there is the collection Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYAC) and in third the Pudgy Penguins, with both having a market cap around 600 thousand dollars.
These three collections plus another 10 from this NFT ranking by market cap are all Ethereum-based.
In any case, in the last 24 hours alone, CryptoPunks has generated a volume of 630.47 ETH, which is +119%.
Even Pudgy Penguins seems to have recorded a novelty:
Siamo entusiasti di annunciare che $BTCS ha acquisito 3 Pudgy Penguins NFT da aggiungere al loro tesoro. @NasdaqBTCS è una società blockchain quotata in borsa sul @NasdaqExchange che detiene oltre $300M+ in ETH.
I Treasury Penguins sono reali. https://t.co/q5svQdBtzv pic.twitter.com/wthALnyfcS
— Pudgy Penguins (@pudgypenguins) 12 agosto 2025
“We are pleased to announce that $BTCS has acquired 3 NFT Pudgy Penguins to add to its treasury. @NasdaqBTCS is a blockchain company listed on the @NasdaqExchange that holds over 300 million dollars in ETH. The treasury penguins are real.”
The pump of ETH: Ethereum is on fire
While the NFT sector is soaring, ETH is also enjoying this price pump for several days.
In fact, it was August 11 when it surpassed the threshold of $4,000, with Coin Metrics stating that behind it were primarily pension funds and hedge funds that see ETH as a strategic asset in the long term.
In practice, it seems that industry analysts have observed that the correlation between institutional inflows and Ethereum performance has strengthened significantly in 2025.
This means that the activity of institutional financial operators, increasingly interested in the ETF on Ethereum, is influencing its trend.
