Leading NFT Marketplace Opensea to Add Solana Support in April – Bitcoin News

Opensea is the world’s largest NFT marketplace and plans to offer Solana support beginning in April. This news comes after rumors that the company will soon add Solana to its platform.

Opensea confirms Solana support after a myriad of rumors and speculation

Opensea confirmed that it would be adding Solana support (SOL), according to a teaser clip the company released. tweetedOn March 29, it went live. Opensea, which has $23.5 billion in sales to date is the most important NFT marketplace. Opensea sold $23.5 billion to 1,417.562 traders. The average NFT sale this week was $930.59.

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— OpenSea (@opensea) March 29, 2022

Opensea currently supports three different blockchain networks: Klaytn (Ethernet), and Polygon. Solana (SOL) will be the fourth blockchain addition to the NFT marketplace’s current protocol lineup.

Solana, (SOL), is currently the seventh-largest crypto (at the moment of writing) in terms both of market capitalization (and market valuation). SOL’s value jumped 33.1% during the last week against the U.S. dollar and year-to-date, SOL is up 537%.

Opensea’s Solana support was expected by a number of people and rumors started circulating about Phantom wallet support (a Solana-based wallet) when Solana advocate @bhaleyart tweetedIt will be announced in November 2021. Bitcoin.com News also reported recently on the leaked images of Jane Manchun Wong (tech blogger), which showed Solana support via Opensea.

Bitcoin.com News is also notifiedTweeted March 25th, when Opensea prompted a person to log in while using the Phantom wallet. The user recorded a video of the event, which shows Opensea’s platform asking his Phantom wallet for permissions access to his Solana account. Our newsdesk attempted to recreate the event at the time but was unable after watching the video.

Opensea is considering adding Solana support to its service in April. What are your thoughts? Comment below and let us know how you feel about the subject.

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