OpenSea Brings Solana NFTs Back, Expanding Its Multi-Chain Crypto Marketplace

OpenSea added support for Solana NFTs in its multi-chain marketplace, allowing users to discover, buy, and sell collectibles issued on the Solana blockchain. OpenSea began supporting Solana collections on Aug. 31, bringing them alongside collectibles issued on more than 25 other blockchains. The NFT marketplace also supports fungible Solana tokens.

The launch included collections such as Claynosaurz, Mad Lads, Collector Crypt and Phygitals. OpenSea said: Collectors can now access all of the Solana NFTs in collections participating in this partnership in one place. Creators can now also distribute their collections to collectors outside of the Solana NFT marketplace.

According to OpenSea CEO and co-founder Devin Finzer, Solana NFTs are being integrated on the platform so that OpenSea can become a universal marketplace for NFT, regardless of the underlying blockchain it is based on. Solana NFTs on OpenSea are presented alongside Solana blockchain tokens to reduce the friction of moving between multiple trading platforms.

Two additional NFT projects on Solana were added to OpenSea as well: Mad Lads, a collection of almost 10,000 NFTs released in April 2023 by Backpack, and Claynosaurz, launched in November 2022 and based on clay-style dinosaur characters. Claynosaurz has also expanded as a brand into animation, a game, merchandise, and other digital collectibles.