Magic Eden
Building the biggest and most liquid NFT marketplace globally and home to the next generation of digital creators.
Building the biggest and most liquid NFT marketplace globally and home to the next generation of digital creators.
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DiceyHQ rolled out its Black Holes update, adding a drawing feed, Hall of Fame, stencils, and quick draw betting. Players can now sort by likes, redraws, and wagers, tying creative drawing games into wagering on the Magic Eden platform.
Community member Bulltoshi shared a new god reveal tied to a project verified by Magic Eden, noting the verification process took time but the resulting partnership has been solid. The tweet contains little detail on the project or the reveal itself, serving mostly as a positive signal on the Magic Eden verification experience.
Magic Eden promoted the live mainnet launch of Critters Quest, the Solana NFT game. The mainnet is open for Build, Gather, Craft, Hunt, and Raid gameplay, with Masters playing first and Clones following in 24 hours.
Magic Eden's wallet service ended entirely on May 1, 2026, after an export-only phase, with users required to have moved their funds by that date.
The Magic Eden Wallet and Account Wallets stopped being supported after April 1, 2026, removed from app stores and limited to exporting private keys/seed phrases.
Magic Eden's Bitcoin and EVM NFT marketplaces shut down completely on March 9, 2026, along with related Bitcoin APIs/services being discontinued later that month.
CEO Jack Lu announced Magic Eden would close its Bitcoin Ordinals/Runes and EVM NFT marketplaces, sunset its multi-chain wallet, and refocus on Solana and 'crypto entertainment.'
Magic Eden acquired the mobile trading platform Slingshot (partly for equity and $ME) to expand beyond NFTs into broader token trading.
Magic Eden's ecosystem token $ME launched via the ME Foundation on December 10, 2024, in a widely claimed airdrop worth over $700 million.
Magic Eden launched its self-custody multi-chain wallet supporting Solana, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Polygon in a single interface.
Magic Eden launched a marketplace for Bitcoin Ordinals (digital artifacts), expanding beyond Solana and finally capturing a large share of Ordinals trading volume.
Co-led by Electric Capital and Greylock, the round brought Magic Eden's valuation to $1.6 billion, making it a unicorn within its first year.
Magic Eden announced a $27 million Series A round led by Paradigm with participation from Sequoia, Solana Ventures, Greylock, and others to expand its products.
The marketplace launched on September 17, 2021, founded by Jack Lu, Sidney Zhang, Zhuoxun Yin and Zhuojie Zhou, and quickly became the leading Solana NFT trading platform.