- Blur has dominated trading volume throughout February 2023.
- It has, however, lagged in the number of transactions.
Blur has come a long way from its inception, which was less than two years ago. With such rapid expansion, at press time, it was overtaking OpenSea as the premier NFT marketplace.
Battle for dominance gets fiercer
Even though it only began in October, the Ethereum [ETH]-based protocol for institutional traders has already captured 46% of the overall weekly market share, leaving OpenSea in the dust with only 36%.
According to Dune Analytics, Blur had the highest average daily transaction volume in the NFT sector until press time, at about $14.3 million compared to OpenSea’s $11.3 million. For most of December 2022 and the first few days of January 2023, Blur’s trading volume was higher than OpenSea.
Source: Dune Analytics
While OpenSea saw over 3,000 trades, the marketplace witnessed over 5,000 as of this writing. As a result, Blur has attracted more volume than other marketplaces, with OpenSea serving as its sole genuine rival.
