OpenSea Makes ‘Deals,’ Launches Peer-to-Peer NFT Swaps

The new feature allows collectors to trade NFTs directly with each other as well as add WETH to “sweeten the deal.”

• 2023-07-21
• OpenSea NFTs Let’s make a deal

OpenSea Ex-Head of Product Convicted in NFT Insider Trading Case

It's the first criminal case of an insider trading scheme involving digital assets, says the DOJ.

• 2023-05-04
• OpenSea Nathaniel Chastain digital assets money laundering Damian Williams insider trading Chastain

Ex-OpenSea Worker Found Guilty in First NFT Insider-Trading Case

A former employee of NFT marketplace OpenSea was found guilty Wednesday of what federal prosecutors described as the first insider-trading case involving digital tokens, marking a win for the Justice Department in its push to police the crypto industry. A federal jury in New York convicted Nathaniel Chastain of wire fraud and money laundering for using nonpublic information from his employer to trade on nonfungible tokens in 2021. The Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office charged Mr. Chastain in 20

• 2023-05-04
• OpenSea Nathaniel Chastain NFT federal prosecutors insider trading Justice Department David Miller Chastain digital tokens

Ex-OpenSea manager convicted in NFT insider trading case

A former product manager at OpenSea, the world's largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), was convicted on Wednesday of fraud and money laundering for using inside knowledge of which assets would be featured on its home page to trade NFTs. Nathaniel Chastain was accused of buying NFTs he had decided to feature on the OpenSea website and selling them shortly afterward to make more than $50,000 in illegal profit, in what federal prosecutors in Manhattan described as the first insider t

• 2023-05-04
• OpenSea Nathaniel Chastain closing argument digital assets product manager federal prosecutors

The Oracle’s Verse Launches as World’s First Collaborative Crypto Novel on OpenSea

Decentralized artist collective The Quest of Evolution, has launched a dynamic NFT collection that’s been dubbed the world’s first “crypto-novel”. Available on OpenSea, The Oracle’s Verse is a seri...

• 2023-05-03
• OpenSea NFT Verse

K-pop star G-Dragon launches NFT on OpenSea with Fandom Studio, BNB Chain

South Korean singer G-Dragon has launched an NFT collection on OpenSea in collaboration with Fandom Studio.

• 2023-03-22
• OpenSea G-Dragon Fandom Studio Studio Dragon NFT

February Monthly NFT Report

Looking at just the prices of ETH and altcoins, February would seem like a sideways month, perfect for swing trading, but not many significant developments in the market. However, it was actually pretty important for a number of reasons.

• 2023-03-16
• OpenSea NFT

Upstart NFT marketplace Blur has left OpenSea in the dust—for now

Over the past 30 days, Blur has recorded $1.04 billion in trading volume compared with OpenSea’s $479 million.

• 2023-02-27
• OpenSea Blur marketplaces marketplace enforcement tool

Blur to Airdrop $300M In Extra Tokens to 'Loyal' NFT Traders

The upstart NFT marketplace, flying high after overtaking OpenSea, is pushing an aggressive incentives program to draw users.

• 2023-02-22
• OpenSea NFT Blur

Blur Overtakes OpenSea as Ethereum NFT Trading Skyrockets

Over $500 million worth of Ethereum NFT trades took place over the past week as Blur’s rewards model catapults it over OpenSea.

• 2023-02-21
• OpenSea NFT trading volume Blur