Mon, December 23

Blur NFT Marketplace in the Spotlight Recently

DappRadar Data Reveals Blur Dethroned OpenSea in Trading Volume NFT News
  • BLUR airdrop claim is so far 337,814,207 tokens in total 360M.
  • The platform surged 273.22% in terms of volume over the last 7 days.

BLUR, the native token of the Blur NFT marketplace, gained substantial popularity after its airdrops on the 14th of February. The platform is processing the airdrops in multiple phases before the actual launch of the token.  

As per the official blogs from Blur, the three rounds of airdrops are defined for the particular sets of the community. The initial supporters of the environment were receivers of the first airdrop. And, the second set was for active traders in November and the final round will be for traders who bid on the ecosystem.

The size and number of tokens in the airdrops are in increase with each phase. At the time, the 2nd round airdrop claim is 337,814,207 BLUR tokens from the total allocation of 360 million. Notably, with 54 days left more for the airdrop to end, 93.84% of tokens have already been claimed.

Boost to Blur Marketplace

In recent weeks, Blur has been surpassing the NFT marketplace giant OpenSea. DappRadar, a data aggregator has listed Blur as the number one marketplace in terms of volume. In the last 24 hours, the total volume of NFT trade in Blur is $98.07 million. Just in a week, the platform surged 273.22% in terms of volume.

This setback in the position has made OpenSea revise its technical functionalities to gain back the migrating customers. The royalty program and attributes of both rivals are enhanced. Creators can now list their artworks only in a specific marketplace. 

A few suspicious activities are also on record indicating the wash trading of NFT on the platform. Though the toppers of average price and traders are different from the Blur platform. The distance is very minimal and the community believes it has the potential to overshadow the others. 

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