{"id":569428,"date":"2022-03-31T19:13:16","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T16:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/?p=569428"},"modified":"2022-03-31T19:13:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T16:13:29","slug":"opensea-solana-nft-support-april-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/opensea-solana-nft-support-april-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenSea Confirms Solana NFT Support for April 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>The biggest NFT marketplace by traded volume will onboard the so-called \u201cEthereum killer\u201d blockchain Solana this April<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Solana\u2019s native token SOL is currently the sixth-largest cryptocurrency in the world by market cap<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Leading digital collectible marketplace platform OpenSea confirmed plans to add Solana-based projects to its marketplace on Tuesday. Although the Web3 platform has not announced a specific launch date for the feature, OpenSea\u2019s Twitter post reveals that collectors and traders can expect the move to happen in April 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The best kept secret in web3\ud83e\udd23 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xuZn64cZ4U\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/xuZn64cZ4U<\/a><\/p>&mdash; OpenSea (@opensea) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/opensea\/status\/1508851483449585670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As of the time of writing this report, Solana becomes the fourth layer 1 protocol to debut on OpenSea\u2019s marketplace. Other blockchains currently supported include Ethereum, Klatyn, and Polygon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solana proponent \u2018bhaleyart\u2019 first hinted at the feature on Twitter back in November 2021. The user posted a screenshot of a network prompt on OpenSea showing Solana as an option. Another tweet from fintech reported Jane Manchun Wong fueled anticipation for the feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wong\u2019s post said support for Phantom, a major wallet on Solana, was coming to the Web3 marketplace soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OpenSea is working on Solana integration, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/phantom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@Phantom<\/a> wallet support <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZEefshKSY1\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ZEefshKSY1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wongmjane\/status\/1486072506532626432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">January 25, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Later in March 2022, a screen-recorded video <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrizemArtNft\/status\/1507396253851664386?s=20&amp;t=Yfed55w-BBmecCB4PM9_-w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">showing<\/a> the leading NFT marketplace asking for permission access to a user&#8217;s Phantom wallet was also published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It remains unclear how the news will affect existing marketplaces on Solana like<a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/is-magic-eden-the-opensea-of-solana-with-a-leading-gaming-nft-marketshare-of-92-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> Magic Eden<\/a> and Digital Eyes. Magic Eden currently leads the SOL space in terms of all-time sales. ME also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wongmjane\/status\/1486072506532626432?s=20&amp;t=aM5r9Z0AI_XoADf7R784UA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">raised<\/a> $27 million in a Series A funding round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>OpenSea\u2019s Growing Dominance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Onboarding Solana NFTs signals another expansion milestone for the leading digital marketplace. OpenSea already boasts over $23.5 billion in traded volume and the platforms hosts more than 1.4 million traders, per data from <a href=\"https:\/\/dappradar.com\/nft\/marketplaces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">DappRadar<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Web3 startup <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2022\/01\/04\/nft-kingpin-opensea-lands-13-3b-valuation-in-300m-raise-from-paradigm-and-coatue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a> its $13.3 billion market valuation following a $300 million funding round earlier in January 2022. In August 2021, the platform set a record monthly trading volume of $3.5 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest NFT marketplace by traded volume will onboard the so-called \u201cEthereum killer\u201d blockchain Solana this April Solana\u2019s native token SOL is currently the sixth-largest cryptocurrency in the world by market cap Leading digital collectible marketplace platform OpenSea confirmed plans to add Solana-based projects to its marketplace on Tuesday. Although the Web3 platform has not announced a specific launch date for the feature, OpenSea\u2019s Twitter post reveals that collectors and traders can expect the move to happen in April 2022.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":569429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,108339],"tags":[108282,108184,108371,108243,1212],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}