Blur Market’s NFT Trading Volume Reached $1.5 Billion in the First Quarter, and Magic Eden Market’s NFT Trading Volume Reached $756.5 Million in March
According to a report by CoinGecko, the first quarter NFT trading volume of Blur market reached 1.5 billion US dollars, which is the highest among all markets. Its market share for this quarter is 27.6%, higher than the previous quarter's 24.9%. The Block's data shows that for Ethereum-based NFT transactions, Blur maintained a leading position in March with a trading volume of 565.6 million US dollars, followed by OpenSea with a volume of 163.7 million US dollars. In March, the NFT trading volume on Magic Eden market was 756.5 million US dollars, higher than the 256.9 million US dollars in February, while Blur's trading volume for the same month was 530.4 million US dollars.
The total number of NFT sales transactions on the Blur platform exceeded 5 million
According to DappRadar data, the total sales volume of NFT aggregation platform Blur has exceeded 5 million transactions, reaching 5.03 million transactions at the time of writing, with a total transaction amount of 9.63 billion US dollars. In other NFT markets, the current total transaction volume of the OpenSea NFT market is about 36.64 billion US dollars, and the total sales volume of NFT transactions is 68.03 million; the total transaction amount of LooksRare is 4.86 billion US dollars, and the total sales volume of NFT transactions is 401,900.
Blur transaction total exceeds $9.5 billion
DappRadar data shows that the total transaction volume of NFT aggregation platform Blur has exceeded 9.5 billion US dollars, reaching 9.51 billion US dollars at the time of writing. The current total number of traders on the platform is about 381,910. Historical data shows that the transaction volume of the Blur platform exceeded 8 billion US dollars in mid-January this year and exceeded 9 billion US dollars in early March, which means that this indicator has increased by more than 5% in less than a month.
33.41 million BLUR was transferred from the unlocking contract to Coinbase Prime via the 0x0A0 multi-signature address
According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin, BLUR's January unlock has been transferred to Coinbase Prime one hour ago: 33.41 million BLUR ($22.49 million) was unlocked and transferred from the unlock contract to the 0x0A0 multi-signature address 35 hours ago, and then transferred to Coinbase Prime through the 0x0A0 multi-signature address one hour ago. Since the unlocking cycle of BLUR began on June 15, 2023, a total of 20% (616.8 million) of the total BLUR has been unlocked and transferred to Coinbase Prime.
Blur transaction total exceeds $9 billion
DappRadar data shows that the total transaction volume of NFT aggregation platform Blur has exceeded 9 billion US dollars, reaching 9.19 billion US dollars at the time of writing this article. The total number of traders on the platform is currently about 376,400. Historical data shows that in mid-January of this year, the transaction volume of Blur platform exceeded 8 billion US dollars, which means that this indicator has increased by more than 12.5% in less than two months. In other NFT markets, the total transaction volume of OpenSea NFT market is about 36.55 billion US dollars, and the total number of traders is about 5.2 million; the total transaction volume of LooksRare is 4.86 billion US dollars, and the total number of traders is more than 156,000.
A giant whale/institution deposited 1.5 million BLUR to Coinbase
According to on-chain analyst ai_9684xtpa, two hours ago a whale/institution holding $28.54 million worth of DYDX and BLUR deposited 1.5 million BLUR tokens worth $1.07 million into Coinbase. Over the past three weeks, the address has transferred a total of 3.3 million BLUR tokens (worth $2.19 million) to the exchange, which could yield a profit of $660,000 if sold entirely. The remaining 23.88 million BLUR tokens still have an unrealized gain of $5.93 million.
Ankr is extending RPC services with L2 network Blast
Web3 infrastructure provider Ankr announced that it is launching Blast, an L2 network extension RPC service, through the founder of Blur.
The total holdings of the seven largest BLUR holders were US$55 million.
According to Spot On Chain monitoring, the total unrealized profit of seven BLUR holders is 55 million US dollars. Since June 2023, the seven wallets have mostly withdrawn BLUR from Coinbase after monthly token unlocks, and this may be the reason for the price increase after token unlocks. These wallets still hold all 175.7 million BLUR (about 116.3 million US dollars), accounting for about 5.86% of the total supply.
Huang Licheng’s address purchased BLUR tokens again and sold APE tokens
According to Lookonchain monitoring, Machi Big Brother (Huang Licheng) has been buying $BLUR tokens since November 23, 2023, and has accumulated 11.8 million $BLUR tokens (worth $6 million), with an average purchase price of $0.51.Since August 2, 2023, he has purchased 6.12 million $APE tokens (worth $9.34 million) through Binance and DEX platforms, with an average purchase price of $1.53, and pledged them. Since November 24, 2023, he has sold 6.5 million $APE tokens (worth $10.4 million) at an average selling price of $1.60. Currently, Machi Big Brother holds 250,000 $APE tokens (worth $358,000) and has achieved a profit of $1.4 million.
Blur’s total transaction volume exceeded 3.88 million, and the total transaction volume exceeded 2.43 million ETH
According to Dune data, the total trading volume of NFT marketplace Blur has exceeded 3.88 million, with a total of 187,721 independent buyers. At the same time, the total transaction amount on the Blur platform has exceeded 2.43 million ETH.
Wintermute has transferred approximately US$2.6 million BLUR to CEX today
According to FOMOonchain monitoring, market maker Wintermute has transferred approximately 2.6 million US dollars worth of BLUR to CEX such as OKX, Binance, and Coinbase today.
OKX NFT market volume surpasses Blur and OpenSea
DappRadar data shows that in the past 24 hours, the NFT trading volume on OKX has exceeded $50 million, while the trading volume on Blur is $13.21 million and on OpenSea is $3.25 million.
Lending marketplace Blend has backed Lil Pudgys
NFT lending market Blend under Blur now supports Lil Pudgys. Users can earn Bidding, Listing, and Lending points on Lil Pudgys.
Blur currently accounts for nearly 80% of NFT trading volume
According to data from The Block's dashboard, as trading activity has surged, the Blur NFT market currently accounts for nearly 80% of NFT trading volume. In just four days since December began, NFT trading volume has reached nearly $90 million, with nearly $70 million coming from trades on the Blur NFT market, while OpenSea's NFT market share has fallen to a low of nearly 17% of total trading volume.
A certain whale sold 1.78 million BLUR and bought 82,957 LINK 4 hours ago
According to data released by Lookonchain, a whale sold 1.78 million BLUR tokens 4 hours ago at a price of $0.502, with a transaction value of $894,000. The same whale also purchased 82,957 LINK tokens at a price of $15.11, spending $1.25 million. The whale has bought a total of 193,438 LINK tokens ($2.87 million) at an average price of $14.82.
Huang Licheng purchased 4.91 million BLUR and deposited 4,402 ETH into Blast in the past week
Lookonchain monitoring shows that Huang Licheng, the boss of Maji, has been continuously raising funds to buy BLUR and deposit ETH into Blast in the past week. He purchased a total of 4.91 million BLUR (USD 2.67 million) at an average price of USD 0.55 and deposited 4,402 ETH (USD 9.06 million) into Blast.
Blur’s lending platform Blend now supports the Moonbirds series
Blur's NFT lending platform Blend has added support for the Moonbirds series. Users can earn bidding, listing, and lending points using Moonbirds.
A large BLUR user transferred 1.77 million BLUR from Binance again 1 hour ago
A large holder who pledged all of their BLUR on November 27th has transferred 1.77 million BLUR back into Binance and then deposited it into the pledge contract, currently ranking 24th in personal pledge ranking (previously ranked 5th), as monitored by user @ai_9684xtpa.
Added BLUR, VIC assets and more trading pairs to currency safe positions and isolated margins
According to an official announcement, Binance has added BLUR and VIC assets to its SAFU fund and added more cross-margin trading pairs. The newly added cross-margin trading pairs are: BLUR/USDT, KMD/USDT, LSK/USDT, RARE/USDT, VIC/USDT, and VOXEL/USDT. The newly added isolated margin trading pairs are: BLUR/USDT and VIC/USDT.
