THELOGICALINDIAN - OpenSea all but accepted rumors today that it would acquaint Solana NFTs in a brain-teaser video acquaint to its official Twitter annual
NFT exchange OpenSea has alluded to an April barrage date for its Solana NFT support. Such abutment would abode OpenSea in absolute antagonism with Magic Eden, the accepted baton in Solana NFT sales.
April Drop Date
Solana NFTs may be accessible on OpenSea aural the abutting month, according to the NFT giant’s official Twitter account.
In a tweet today, OpenSea teased approaching Solana NFT abutment in the anatomy of a 16-second video teaser. With a explanation reading, “The best kept abstruse in web3,” the brain-teaser video displays the text, “wen solana?” amid a collage of NFTs afore stating, “April 2022.”
The specific date is still unknown, and while OpenSea’s messaging is alone hardly cryptic, the advertisement all but confirms rumors that the arch NFT exchange would anon accommodate Solana functionality.
Rumors of Solana NFT abutment accept broadcast back as aboriginal as January, back screenshots appeared online of what appeared to be Phantom wallet functionality aural OpenSea. Tech blogger Jane Manchun Wong begin references to Solana as a accurate blockchain while reverse-engineering OpenSea’s website, which she again aggregate online. At the time, OpenSea attempted to ambit itself from the implication.
Now, however, it appears that the rumors independent some truth.
OpenSea charcoal the world’s ascendant NFT exchange with over 1.6 actor ETH in sales aggregate transacted in March 2022, per Dune Analytics.
Currently, Magic Eden leads the way in Solana NFT sales by a advanced margin, outperforming second-place Solanart by a sixteen-fold margin at the time of writing. Magic Eden enjoyed a addition beforehand this ages in the anatomy of a $27 actor alternation A accession led by Paradigm. If OpenSea moves advanced with Solana NFT functionality, it would acceptable accept a apparent appulse on Magic Eden’s bazaar share.
Solana would be the fourth blockchain accurate on OpenSea, the added three actuality Ethereum, Polygon, and Klaytn.
Disclosure: At the time of writing, the columnist of this allotment endemic ETH, SOL, several added cryptocurrencies, and NFTs.
