In a published analysis report on NFT minting in the first half of 2022, Nansen said that market participants spent 963,227 ETH (about $2.7 billion) on the Ethereum blockchain to mint NFTs, of which 50.7 % of ETH raised funds continued to remain in NFT projects, and 45.7% of ETH raised funds were transferred to non-physical wallets.
The 5 top NFT series raised 81,364 ETH through open minting, accounting for 8.4% of the total ETH spent on NFT minting in the first half of the year.