
Art Blocks announced "Starlight," the generative piece by Nygilia (@nygi_xxv), her work from the Spring 2026 Art Blocks x OpenSea Marfa residency. The piece transforms the shapes, patterns, and colors of her time in Marfa and West Texas — drawing on the Apache legend — into generative code written in p5.js.
OpenSea, via its official account, retweeted CTO Chris Maddern's update on the Limit Break / Magic Eden incident response, emphasizing that no OpenSea systems or contracts are affected. The clarification came amid concerns after an exploit in Limit Break's Payment Processor V2, the NFT trading protocol Magic Eden used for EVM settlements in 2024 before discontinuing it.
OpenSea is amplifying its push into tokenized cards — sports, Pokémon, One Piece and more — now gathered in a single catalog regardless of which platform or chain they were issued on, with filters by category or platform and support for graded, raw, and sealed cards. The push now extends to launches: Nosh has added a new launch option that lets creators pair a token to Tokenized Cards (NFTs) across many card categories, connecting token launches directly to the card ecosystem on OpenSea. The move broadens how projects can bring tokenized-card collections onto the marketplace.
OpenSea is joining The Rekt Invitational Singapore 2026 as co-presenting sponsor, announced via the event's official X account. The invitation-only community golf event is slated for October 6 in Sentosa, continuing the crypto-native tournament's run across cities like NYC, London, and Dubai.
Nado's Templars of the Storm NFTs are now revealing on OpenSea, with the collection available for viewing via the marketplace. The reveal process is underway, bringing another onchain collection onto OpenSea's platform.
OpenSea announced that its OpenSea Mobile waitlist is now opening, telling users "the line starts moving" and directing them to download the app. The posts mark the widening of the mobile rollout beyond the community-by-community early access phase as the marketplace pushes its phone app across its ecosystem. Interested users can grab the app and trade on OpenSea from their mobile devices.

OpenSea is adding alignDRAW to its Flagship Collection — the first text-to-image AI model, built in 2015 by Elman Mansimov, whose blurry 32x32 outputs were the first images ever generated from a written sentence. The move places a historically significant early AI art piece on OpenSea's flagship showcase as part of its curated digital-art collection.
WADERZ is launching its NFT collection exclusively on OpenSea, with a mint opening shortly after the announcement. The drop features 5,555 NFTs with instant reveal, available via a dedicated mint link on the marketplace.
OpenSea released a performance update for OpenSea Mobile, touting faster swap execution and improved overall performance. The update maintains the platform's 0% platform trading fees policy. The announcement was delivered via social media, directing users to update the app.
OpenSea added trading support for Solana NFT collections, letting users buy, sell, trade, and bid on the chain from the marketplace.
OS2 exited beta with full token trading across 19 blockchains, a quest-based rewards system called Voyages, and a revamped community Discord, replacing the legacy OpenSea experience.
OpenSea launched OS2, a complete platform rebuild with cross-chain token trading across 14 blockchains, and the Cayman Islands-based OpenSea Foundation announced the upcoming SEA governance token.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a Wells notice to OpenSea, indicating the regulator intended to bring an enforcement action on the grounds that NFTs traded on the platform are unregistered securities.
CEO Devin Finzer announced layoffs affecting roughly half of OpenSea's staff as the company pivoted to a smaller team structure to build a next-generation version of the platform.
OpenSea announced it would sunset its Operator Filter and make creator royalty fees optional for all new NFT collections, marking a decisive shift away from enforced on-chain royalties.
Co-founder Alex Atallah announced he was stepping away from OpenSea after nearly five years, remaining on the board of directors while pursuing new projects.
An employee of OpenSea's email delivery vendor Customer.io misused their access to download and share email addresses of OpenSea users and newsletter subscribers with an unauthorized external party.
OpenSea acquired Gem, a leading NFT marketplace aggregator that enabled batch purchasing across multiple platforms, to enhance the experience for professional traders.
Attackers exploited the Wyvern Protocol to steal 254 NFTs worth over $1.7 million from OpenSea users by tricking them into signing partially blank contracts.
OpenSea acquired Ethereum wallet startup Dharma Labs, with Dharma co-founder Nadav Hollander becoming OpenSea's new chief technology officer.
OpenSea raised $300 million in Series C funding led by Paradigm and Coatue Management, reaching a $13.3 billion valuation and cementing its position as one of the most valuable private crypto companies.
Nate Chastain, OpenSea's head of product, resigned after it was revealed he used confidential information about which NFTs would be featured on the homepage to secretly buy and sell them for profit.
OpenSea raised $100 million in Series B funding led by a16z, reaching unicorn status with a $1.5 billion valuation amid surging NFT trading volumes.
OpenSea raised $23 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from angels including Mark Cuban, Naval Ravikant, and Alexis Ohanian.
Devin Finzer and Alex Atallah founded OpenSea as a peer-to-peer marketplace for non-fungible tokens, inspired by the CryptoKitties game that had launched earlier that year.