Solana (SOL) NFT holders will soon have a new option to trade: OpenSea has hinted at its integration of the Solana blockchain.
A 16-second video shared by the OpenSea Twitter account opens with the phrase “when are you alone???” which is typed into a search box and reveals that Solana will be market supported in April.
The best kept secret in web3 pic.twitter.com/xuZn64cZ4U
— OpenSea (@opensea) March 29, 2022
The best kept secret of web3 pic.twitter.com/xuZn64cZ4U
Rumors that OpenSea will add support for Solana NFTs have been circulating for months. Security researcher Jane Manchun Wong – who made Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for her high-level tech leak scoops – shared images on Twitter in January that she claimed came from the OpenSea platform.
The images show the market’s “blockchain filter” showing Solana as an option and the Phantom Solana crypto wallet in a list of supported wallets..
OpenSea’s Chains Filter showing Solana as an option pic.twitter.com/asQoYrfTm4
— Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) January 25, 2022
OpenSea string filter where Solana is shown as an option pic.twitter.com/asQoYrfTm4
Open Sea answered sheepishly at Wong’s tweet with a “wide eyes” emoji at the timebut neither confirmed nor outright denied the authenticity of the claim.
Many popular Solana NFT projects have announced their intention to list with OpenSea in Aprilamong them SolPunksTurtles, Remnants and Degenerate Ape Academy.
Solana integration will put OpenSea in direct competition with Magic Eden, Solanart and Solseathe current leading NFT marketplaces on the Solana blockchain.
Bug or hack? A Bored Ape NFT sells for $140
An OpenSea user by the name of “cchan” has sold a Bored Ape NFT and a Mutant Ape NFT for a combined value of $140.
A user made offers for the NFTs that were accepted by cchan and the sales were made within a minute of each other on Monday, March 28; BAYC #835 sold for 115 DAI, and MAYC #11670 sold for 25 DAI, which is 99% below the current floor price.
DAI is a US dollar stablecoin with a diamond logo and it is unknown if cchan mistook the offers for Ethereum (ETH), which would have been the equivalent of $470,000, or if the sales were the result of a hack.
The activity of the user who bought the NFTs shows a history of bids made in DAI on Bored and Mutant Ape NFTs, which some have suggested could be in hopes of this exact set of circumstances..
Silk Road founder to launch new NFTs at Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami
Ross Ulbricht, the jailed founder of the defunct “Silk Road” darknet market, is set to launch another collection of NFTs at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami in April.and the funds raised will go to help children travel to visit their parents in prison.
In December 2021, Ulbricht auctioned off a collection at Art Basel Miami that brought him $6.2 million. The collection was acquired by FreeRossDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization that aims to “share Ross’s work with the world and give everyone a unique opportunity to own a piece of it.”
“All of this has brought a new spark to my life,” Ross wrote in a post.reflecting on the sale of his latest collection.
“I have direction and purpose and I feel like I can make a difference again. The more money we raise, the more good we can do, so I’ve been busy creating my next art collection.”
Dubbed the “Growth Collection,” it will be minted on the Bitcoin blockchain via Counterparty, and the work will reportedly feature four physical oil paintings and one hand-drawn animation, accompanied by five Bitcoin NFTs to be auctioned at the Scarce.City network.
Ulbricht is serving two life sentences without the possibility of parole for his part in creating the illicit online market, which famously used Bitcoin as a means of transaction.
WWE and the metaverse
WWE has partnered with Fanatics, a sports marketing company that, among other things, allows brands to offer digital collectibles and NFTs to their audience..
The partnership will see Fanatics create “physical, digital, and non-fungible token (NFT) trading cards” for WWE, and Fanatics will become the exclusive provider of licensed physical and NFT trading cards to WWE.creating a range featuring “WWE’s biggest moments and stars”.
Other Nifty News
Mark Karpelès, the former CEO of the defunct Mt. Gox exchange, announced that users who used the exchange between 2010 and 2014, around the time it was hacked, can sign up for a free NFT. hoping “that will offset some of the losses suffered on Mt. Gox.”
the metaverse Decentraland hosted Metaverse Fashion Week from March 24-27, 2022, which attracted over 70 major fashion brands and artistssuch as Tommy Hilfiger, Dolce and Gabbana, and Estée Lauder.
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