NFT sales hit $535 million over the past week. These were the 5 best-selling digital collections.

• NFT sales had a breakthrough year in 2021, with total sales volume surging to $14 billion.
• The NFT market is dominated by a handful of standout leaders due to their popularity and rarity.
• These are the five best-selling digital collectibles that helped drive $535 million in NFT sales over the past week.
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The cryptocurrency boom over the past few years has helped propel a newer market to record heights: digital collectibles known as NFTs.

In fact, 2021 was a breakthrough year for NFTs, with total sales volume topping $14 billion as artists, investors, and entrepreneurs descend upon the nascent Web3 space.

NFTs, or $4, are unique, irreplaceable, $4 that users buy and sell online.

NFTs $4 to keep a digital record of ownership, similar to cryptocurrencies. They were first launched on ethereum, the same blockchain that supports the cryptocurrency $4, and most NFTs can still only be purchased using ether.

Despite the $4, NFT sales have held up relatively well. In the past week alone, sales hit $535 million, according to $4

With NFT sales soaring, these are the five best-selling collections over the past week, according to NonFungible.

5. Art Blocks

7-Day Sales Volume: $8.3 million
Number of 7-Day Sales: 5,567
Highest Sale Price: $222,884

Explainer: "A storefront for genuinely programmable and on-demand generative artwork that is stored directly on the Ethereum blockchain."

4. Doodles

7-Day Sales Volume: $9.6 million
Number of Sales: 232
Highest Sale Price: $91,847

Explainer: "Doodles come in a joyful range of colors, traits, and sizes with a collection size of 10,000. Doodles are a funky bunch that like to role play or transmogrify themselves into delicious treats. Holding a Doodle allows you to participate in coordinating the Doodles Community Treasury."

3. The Sandbox

7-Day Sales Volume: $9.9 million
Number of 7-Day Sales: 910
Highest 7-Day Sale: $84,467

Explainer: "The Sandbox is a community-driven UGC-voxel platform where users own their LAND and host their creative magic."

2. CryptoPunks

7-Day Sales Volume: $20.8 million
Number of Sales: 131
Highest Sale Price: $7.7 million

Explainer: "10,000 unique collectible characters with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain. The project that inspired the modern CryptoArt movement."

1. Bored Ape Yacht Club

7-Day Sales Volume: $68.2 million
Number of Sales: 770
Highest Sale Price: $1.1 million

Explainer: "BAYC is a collection of 10,000 Bored Ape NFTs -- unique digital collectibles living on the Ethereum blockchain. Your Bored Ape doubles as your Yacht Club membership card, and grants access to members-only benefits."