Blur ahead of OpenSea: NFT marketplaces have new leader after token debutOriginally posted here. BLUR has been trading on crypto exchanges as a token of the eponymous NFT marketplace for the past eight days, and the launch has caught the previously most important NFT platform OpenSea on the wrong foot. Data from DappRadar shows that Blur saw nearly $600 million in NFT trading last week, five times as much as OpenSea ($117 million) – yet OpenSea had been the undisputed number one NFT marketplace in recent years. Blur’s rapid overtaking of OenSea was aided by a general surge in global NFT trading. But this measure shows little impact so far, BLUR as a bonus for NFT trading on Blur instead of OpenSea apparently appears to collectors and investors as much more attractive than the zero-fee policy.
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