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.
OpenSea added CryptoToadz to Flagship, supports Ink Chain, and a 2026 TGE is compiled by WuBlockchain.
Integrated with Relay Protocol for cross-chain infrastructure.
Identified as having a second chance to capture marketshare in the BTC ordinals marketplace following Magic Eden's shutdown of their BTC marketplace.
Has a monopoly on visibility in the NFT market on EVM chains as of February 2026.
Launched collaboration with Arena Club for a redemption ticket redeemable for physical graded cards, minting February 26, 2026.
Refreshing all metadata to ensure it is up to date.
Integrated with Vision (ENS marketplace) to display OpenSea offers and listings, and enable cross-listing from Vision to OpenSea, starting February 25, 2026.
Euclid Passport NFTs are available for purchase on OpenSea secondary market, with minting no longer available.
Kodas and Otherdeeds NFT collections upgraded to ERC721C compatible Creator Token contracts on 2026-02-25, with new listings on OpenSea and Magic Eden including a 5% creator royalty, and a planned switch to restrictive ruleset enforcement in the following week.
Listed $DEATHSTR token for trading.
Listed $CHAD token on the platform with a custom token page.
Experienced collection display and indexing issues affecting how minted NFTs appear on the platform on 2026-02-24.
Experienced a platform outage on February 23, 2026.
Released onchain information filtering feature allowing users to filter NFTs by metadata storage type (fully onchain, onchain, or unknown).
Added hvmtl2 (30K unique mechs derived from Yuga Labs Dookey Dash Sewer Passes) to OpenSea's Flagship Collection program.
Unlocked chests from the latest rewards wave for users.
Genesis NFT full artwork and cinematic videos are now live on OpenSea for Hamieverse.
partnered with Otherside and Meebits for a digital blind box experiment
Added Twin Flames by Justin Aversano (100 twin portraits) to Flagship Collection on February 18, 2026.
Launched Pro Charts feature on the platform.
Hosts minting for Coldie's "Tech Epochalypse Moments - Decentral Eyes" collection on February 17, 2026, with 250 curated stills from kinetic 3D portraits.
Hosts exclusive drop of "Long Way Home" by Jeremy Booth for Museum of Art & Light Permanent Collection Series on 2026-02-18 at 12PM ET.
Rolled out pre-TGE rewards phase with XP/chest systems for $SEA allocation in September 2025.
Unveiled OS2 platform on February 13, 2025.
Prediction market feature is planned.
Season 2 incentive program is planned to start.
Wave 6 of the OpenSea airdrop program has been officially confirmed.
Hosts event on March 30, 2026, for product development, future direction, and roadmap updates.
Hosts Meebits Fútbol Group 1 mint on February 25, 2026, with 2,000 digital blind box figurines across 6 national teams, featuring 60 unique playable avatars in Otherside with optional physical redemption.
Shipped auto-generating traits from ERC-8004 AgentMetadata on agent NFT pages, enabling browsing and filtering of AI agents by capabilities including skills, services, tools, and trust models.
A critical severity zero-day vulnerability is being sold that allegedly allows force transfer of NFTs for 0 ETH on the platform.
Added Chimpers NFT collection to Flagship Collection program on February 10, 2026.
Deployed or integrated on Solana blockchain.
Released deeper NFT collection analytics showing onchain trades across timeframes from 1 hour to all-time.
Integrated MegaETH blockchain for NFT trading, minting, collection setup, and drop functions. Lists MegaETH NFT collections.
CMO Adam Hollander participates in The Meebits Podcast episode scheduled for 2026-02-10 at 10am EST to discuss NFTs, collecting, and OpenSea's ecosystem support.
Added CryptoToadz NFT collection (4747 items) to OpenSea's Flagship Collection showcase.
Added support for Ink Chain, Kraken's blockchain, on the OpenSea platform.
Plans $SEA token TGE in March 2026 and token farming on February 13, 2025.
Hosts an exclusive NFT drop "As The Days Go By" by Alex Kittoe for the Museum Art Light Permanent Collection Series on 2026-01-28 at 12PM ET.
Reached 80% of total platform volume from token trading (versus NFT trading).
Hosted an event or gathering in Marfa with attendees including content creators.
Attending the mtndao v9 conference scheduled for January 31, 2026.
Integrated 3D model viewing and movement functionality for PFP NFTs on ApeChain in collaboration with GeezOnApe, enabling native 3D NFT display within the platform.
Partnered with an unnamed acquired company to provide ongoing support and co-host an event at Meebits Cafe on 2026-01-24.
Dropped a soulbound token (SBT) with @pudgypenguins.
Lists $FUN token by footballdotfun on 2026-01-15.
OpenSea distributed XP rewards to ApeChain NFT collectors and traders during 2025.
Joins the MetaMask Rewards program.
Added badge feature for the Maschine NFT collection on the platform.
Launched mobile app private alpha with Hyperliquid perps and Pudgy Penguins, accruing points for both platforms.
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 WETH offers on NFT prizes from collections with 11 or more items purchased, with bids expiring December 23rd, 2025.
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 syndicate using hacked credit cards via Moonpay to purchase NFTs and farm points for $SEA airdrop; $SEA airdrop confirmed April 29, 2025.
OpenSea implements USD pricing change on the platform.
$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.