what's opensea?
OpenSea maintains its position as a major NFT marketplace supporting multiple blockchains including Polygon, Base, and Ethereum. The platform facilitates NFT trading across various price points, from affordable 0.001 ETH pieces to premium collections selling above 1 ETH. While facing competition from platforms like Blur and Magic Eden, OpenSea continues to serve as a primary destination for NFT creators and collectors, supporting artist royalties and diverse NFT categories. The platform shows consistent trading activity, though some users express concerns about the pace of feature development compared to competitors, particularly in relation to the anticipated $SEA token launch.
Testing mobile app & perps products, adding creator fees, and hosting project discussions.
Testing OS mobile app and hyperliquid perps products with active traders and collectors.
Hosts a live stream on January 13, 2026 at 8AM PST featuring discussion with guests about footballdotfun project.
Added an optional 1% creator fee on LESS listings that directs proceeds to the $LESS buy and burn balance for recursive burn events and mint windows.
Experiencing technical issues preventing users from accepting offers on the platform, with resolution work underway.
Gemesis NFTs recorded 153 sales on 2026-01-09 with a floor price of $50, representing a 15% increase.
Presents "Simulated Horizons" by bagdelete in collaboration with Fellowship, scheduled for January 13, 2026.
Ranked as the #2 NFT marketplace on Ethereum by December 2025, behind OpenSea, with over 120,000 unique wallets connected, approximately 1,000 daily active users, 100,000+ NFTs traded, and $15M+ in trading volume.
Former CTO departed to found AI aggregator company Openrouter, which achieved over $500 million valuation and raised over $40 million in funding.
Featured an exhibition by ryankoopmans in their newsletter, increasing awareness of the featured artist's work.
Integrated as a multi-chain NFT marketplace into AgentHustleAI v4.
Placed bids on NFTs distributed as rewards to recipients, with bids expiring on December 23rd, 2025 at approximately 02:00 GMT.
Presenting Punks Brunch event in Palo Alto on January 25, 2025, celebrating "10,000" and the grand opening of NODE.
Resolved an issue with encoding/decoding image generation scripts that affected LESS NFT functionality on the platform.
X FIGURES AMADON collection is scheduled to launch on the platform on January 9th, 2026.
Hosts the Ethernals collection mint by Animoca Brands on Abstract Chain.
Kloss (social media lead) departed from the company in December 2025.
Integrated $POWER token from Fableborne game as a payment method for purchasing NFTs on the marketplace.
Platform sweeps approximately $1M worth of NFTs within one hour per on-chain wallet tracking.
OpenSea purchases 25 Kodas NFTs from the Otherside collection.
Wave 3 of the rewards program concludes with tiered Treasure rewards set to unlock Wednesday.
Pudgy Penguins x OpenSea collaboration hosts physical event "Pengu Pier" in Miami.
Allegations emerge of a syndicate using hacked credit cards via Moonpay to purchase NFTs and farm points for the upcoming $SEA airdrop, with claims this activity has contributed to declining NFT floor prices over months. Calls made for investigation by platform team, Moonpay, and blockchain detective @zachxbt into these wallets and activities.
$GBOY by neukoai becomes available for trading on Solana on the platform. (Tweet ID: 1999827413421986236)
Partnership formed with MrFreeman, a multi-chain project with 2.3M+ subscribers, 30B+ total views, and 500K+ Telegram bot users operating across TON, Base, Solana, TRON, and Sui.
OpenSea attends final day of SolanaConf alongside Pudgy Penguins.
Platform features Pudgy Penguins "shell" collection on the front page of its app.
Platform reverses USD default pricing back to crypto on desktop after admitting the change was an unintentional mistake, with USD values now displayed underneath crypto prices. Platform announces upcoming mobile app with expanded fiat purchasing capabilities and confirms cross-chain purchasing functionality across 24 chains.
The USD denomination decision generates unified negative backlash across the entire NFT space, with community members urging OpenSea leadership to reverse the change and users stating they would not have purchased NFTs without ETH pricing.
Platform postpones anticipated reveal originally scheduled for October 2025 by approximately 6 months. Claire Silver's Genesis collection joins Flagship Collection program, and event held in collaboration with Shape_L2.
Multiple users confirm they cannot find a toggle option to switch back to ETH as the default pricing display, indicating the USD denomination change lacks user opt-out functionality.
"Crawling Punks," a 10,000-piece NFT collection on Base chain, announces launch via the platform.
Platform hosts collaborative booth with Pudgy Penguins at Solana Conference.
Airdrop valuation estimated between $4-7B.
Platform changes default denomination from ETH to USD for NFT pricing display.
Platform rolls out fiat warnings across the marketplace as a new feature.
Public mint of "Money Laundering 2: The Unbanked" NFT collection by Mr Richi goes live on platform, featuring 10 grails with signed physical prints. Platform hosts physical event "Profile Pictures by Parker Ito × Xanthrax" on Dec 11 at 7-9pm ET in NYC.
Zora Creator Coins now available on platform for discovery and trading.
Platform valued at $3 billion FDV in context of upcoming token launch and ICO discussions.
Token Generation Event scheduled for Q1 2026. Wave 3 of chest rewards program ends in 4 days, with treasures from chests affecting token allocation at TGE.
Creator delists NFT collection from platform and moves to competitor Manifold due to ETH pricing preferences, following the recent default pricing switch from ETH to USD.
Platform adds artist Abigail de Andrade's 'Memorias No Implantadas' collection by ix_shells to Flagship Collection following Art Basel Miami Beach launch.
Platform collaborates with Pudgy Penguins for booth at Solana Conference opening December 11 at 10am GMT+4. Platform enables minting with multiple ERC-20 tokens including USDC, APE, and REKT on Ethereum network.
OpenSea plans to go public in 2026 according to Bloomberg reports, though conflicting valuations are cited ($1.67 million vs $67 million).
Platform shifts toward ERC-20 token trading, expanding beyond its NFT marketplace focus.
Default pricing display switches from ETH to USD on the platform.
Physical event on December 11 from 7-9pm ET in NYC at 504 E 12th St features Profile Pictures collaboration by Parker Ito × Xanthrax, hosted by OpenSea at @nguyenwahed venue.
OpenSea supports Zero 10 digital art exhibition at Art Basel, providing platform infrastructure alongside major galleries and art institutions.
Conversation Starters mint goes live with 222 one-of-one pieces, featuring community mint at 12pm EST and public mint at 2pm EST in partnership with OpenSea.
Upcoming OpenSea Partnership drop grants allowlist access to holders of Nude Abstracts by @aylaelmoussa.
Two exclusive drops this week grant whitelist access to EIDOLON holders, featuring collaborations with creators @Adamtastic and @Richi0118.
Live interview with Seedphrase scheduled on OpenSea Show for Dec 9th at 10:30 AM ET, featuring discussion on Wolfdotgame and building crypto startups.
Platform expands Conversation Starters allowlist to include DRIVE and DRIP DROP holders, with mint scheduled for Dec 9th at 12pm EST (2hr early window). goodvibesclub community receives allowlist access for separate upcoming partnership drop.
Users report receiving airdrops of $SEA token from the platform, with at least one early user from 2019 receiving approximately $3 worth.
Platform introduces "In Record Time" initiative, though specific details about the nature of this launch are not provided in the announcement.
Platform announces "Conversation Starters" partnership drop with allowlist access for all Coldie's "Decentral Eyes - Editions" holders.
Allowlist for partnership drop expands to BrinkWorks holders in addition to SgtPepeWorld holders. Renaissance 4.0 project launches on platform today.
Platform announces partnership drop launching tomorrow with allowlist access granted to all SgtPepeWorld holders from the punk6529 Meme community.
Platform showcased digital art at Art Basel's Zero 10 exhibition featuring prominent artists including beeple, XCOPYART, jackbutcher, and ix_shells in collaboration with galleries and Shape L2. Platform hired SteveKBark and kaitodan as new team members.
Partnership announced for "Money Laundering 2: The Unbanked" project launching December 11.
Platform hosts collaborative event with Pudgy Penguins in Miami featuring community meetup and project showcases.
Token Generation Event delayed indefinitely to extend farming program. Platform doubled fees to 0.85% with partial rebates to users and pivots strategically towards liquid token trading.
Renaissance 4.0 NFT collection launches December 8th on the platform, featuring bull-themed artwork with physical components including painting, sketches, and other physical elements.
Partnership with beezie_io launches, providing secondary market liquidity for physically-backed assets stored with Brink's insurance and tracked on Flow blockchain.
Sponsors digital artist Dmitri Cherniak's display of Ringers, Polygon Etcetera, and Floor Ringer collections at Art Basel.
New NFT collection "Echoes of the Machine" drops in 4 days on the platform.
Hosts party event with YGG Play at El Portal featuring waifusweeper game with exclusive limited NFTs for all attendees.
Collaborated with Pudgy Penguins and The Miami Ape for Pengu Pier event.
Partnership drop "Conversation Starters" scheduled for December 9th. Presents collaboration with Ana Maria Caballero at Art Basel Miami Beach Zero 10 offering free collectible hand-annotated poems for attendees and allowlisted collectors.
Partners with YGG Play and GIGACHADBAT for CHAD Night party event featuring exclusive commemorative NFTs for attendees claimable exclusively on the platform.
Changes default pricing of listings to USD across all supported chains. (tweet id: 1996933273734578606)
Platform is down due to Cloudflare outage affecting website accessibility.
Partners with YGG Play for brunch event at YGG Play House in El Portal featuring LOLLandGame, Proof of Play Arcade, $YGG and $LOL token trading on the platform, and 2026 publishing discussions.
Launches free mint of "Training Data" by Refik Anadol at Art Basel Miami to commemorate Zero 10.
The Carve team completes a launch of a product built on Seaport to help onchain creators access distribution.
Meebits collectors can claim a free edition of "In Record Time" artwork through December 7th.
Launches free-to-collect artwork "In Record Time" by Ana Maria Caballero on Shape_L2, commissioned in partnership with Art Basel at Art Basel Miami Beach.
Platform updates marketplace interface to quantify NFTs in USD and adds 'Pace' installation by Ana Maria Caballero to Flagship Collection.
CTO confirms Zerion API integration for OS2 development accelerated time to market by 3 months compared to in-house build for cross-chain token positions data.
YGG Play collaborates with OpenSea at Art Basel.
OpenSea and xeetdotai simultaneously tease something related to $gboy token and neukoai.
Imaginary Ones' $BUBBLE token launches on the platform with dedicated custom token page.
The rewards program extends beyond Wave 3 with additional waves (including a "Fishfood wave") continuing until the Q1 2026 token launch. The platform implements AI agents (Opus 4.5) that independently write and approve code for merge, marking a development milestone.
Partnership event with Pudgy Penguins begins this week, described as a headliner takeover and major milestone for the community.
The platform adds Larva Labs' Quine generative artwork collection to its Flagship Collection, with acquisition of Quine 210.
Wallet checker feature launches on the platform, providing users with new functionality.
Token confirmed for Q1 2026 launch, with the platform currently in its 3rd season of Treasure Chest rewards program. Platform collaborates with YGG for six events at Art Basel.
New partnership collection "Conversation Starters" launches on December 9.
Transactions on the platform increased by 137% over the past 7 days on Ethereum mainnet.
Two team members, zjbrenner and chrismaddern, recently joined to help shape the platform.
Steve Kbark joins as Marketing Lead to oversee Communications, Rewards/Loyalty product and marketing, and social strategy.
All platform activity receives 5% boost toward Treasure Chest rewards until December 2 at 12pm ET as part of Cyber Monday promotion.
GEMESIS NFT collection by OpenSea is available for free.
OpenSea becomes official marketplace partner for the Rekt Invitational.
The rewards points program has run for 1819 days (approximately 5 years), the longest duration among nine projects compared.
OpenSea is one of the three most active entities by user activity on Monad network over the past week, alongside USDC and Uniswap.
Active wallet count reached 526k in September, nearly unchanged from 522k in September 2021.
OpenSea officially denies raising $150M on Coinbase for token sale and reaffirms token launch timeline for 2026.
Pre-TGE prediction markets on Polymarket show $SEA FDV forecasted between $1B and $3B USD on day one post-launch.
Market data shows the upcoming token has a 13% chance of exceeding $5B valuation on day one post-launch.
Privy identifies OpenSea as one of its biggest and fastest-growing crypto customers and partners at Stripe city event alongside Hyperliquid, Farcaster, Uniswap, and Worldcoin.