what's Nifty Gateway?
Nifty Gateway is a leading NFT marketplace platform focused on curated drops and digital collectibles from prominent artists and creators. It enables users to purchase, trade, and own unique blockchain-backed experiences, emphasizing ease of use with features like direct wallet integration and optimized transaction fees. Owned by Gemini founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, the platform has expanded to include an NFT aggregator for permissionless listings across ecosystems, wallet-to-wallet trading, and Nifty Gateway Studio for producing on-chain productions. It supports Ethereum and prioritizes security and creator partnerships.
Nifty Gateway facilitated Pak's $91.8M "The Merge," the most expensive NFT ever sold.
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x.com/niftygatewayFacilitated the sale of "The Merge" by Pak for $91.8M, which remains the most expensive NFT ever sold.
Plans to migrate metadata and media hosting to a permanent, decentralized solution on Arweave for NFTs, while continuing to host metadata permanently for a subset of NFTs created in 2021 or before that are linked to Nifty Gateway's servers.
Launched bulk withdrawal tool for moving works off platform by April 23, 2026, reducing gas costs.
One of the contract creating addresses has been flagged with a phishing alert, causing wallet warnings when users attempt to transfer withdrawn assets.
Experiencing withdrawal delays of approximately 12 hours per NFT for users attempting to move assets off the platform.
Shutting down on April 23, 2026, entered withdrawal-only mode, raising concerns about NFT metadata preservation and collection accessibility for hosted artists.
Paid artists more than $500M total in cumulative payments.
Terminated a multi-year partnership with Defaced Studio approximately one week before a planned project release in late 2025 after nine months of collaborative development.
Shut down operations on 2026-01-24, with service discontinuation 2026-02-26, as one of six DeFi projects to cease operations within a 34-day period ending February 20, 2026.
Built infrastructure to accommodate a mask award ceremony at the Toledo Museum of Art.
Provides custody options for users to purchase NFTs without requiring self-custody wallets.
A major announcement is teased for Christmas 2024, with the team indicating it will be significant in scope and describing it as something that will "seem too big."
Beeple's 'DIFFUSE CONTROL' artwork exhibits at LACMA museum, marking institutional art world milestone five years after his first drop on the platform in October 2020.
Physical playable racing game debuts at TOKEN2049 for DRIVE project, representing new gaming integration milestone with competition awarding F1 Grand Prix tickets and DRIVE LAP 2 Car mints to top 4 players.
Studio announces attendance at TOKEN2049 Singapore conference October 1-2 with booth showcasing DRIVE LAP 2 and Garden projects, offering exclusive merch, NFTs, and F1 race tickets as promotional giveaways.
DRIVE project launches Race 6 of Lap 2 competition where holders compete for TROPHY cars while non-holders can win DRIVE cars through photo submissions and social engagement.
Gemini files S-1 IPO registration including Nifty Gateway Studio as part of its Gemini Collector platform.
Active auction for new collection shows strong market engagement with hour-plus extension and notable 1/1 sale.
Historical Bitcoin Bull Gold edition listed at $125,000 as retrospective exhibition launches August 7 in London
Toledo Museum of Art hosts Masquerade exhibition (Jul-Nov), implementing NFT ownership verification for display attribution.
Major platform expansion launches DRIVE GARAGE marketplace with merchandise integration and enhanced collection management features.
Multiple XCOPY NFTs achieve significant sales ranging from 11.75 to 255 ETH ($19,315 to $419,179), with flagship piece 'N' showing 46x price appreciation from initial sale.