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Minted, an NFT marketplace accelerated by Cronos Labs, launched on Thursday in partnership with Crypto.com.
On Minted, Ethereum-based blue-chip NFTs such as Moonbirds, Otherdeeds and others can be listed alongside Cronos-based ones. The marketplace will support over 10 million NFTs across 2,800 projects. The Cronos blockchain is supported by Crypto.com, which announced a Web3-focused $100 mn accelerator in June.
As part of the partnership, Minted will be a secondary marketplace for all Cronos-based NFTs originally sold on Crypto.com. Users who list their Ethereum-based NFTs on Minted can earn the platform’s native token, $MTD, as a reward. Those who list blue-chip NFTs will earn greater rewards than others.
To prevent wash trading as seen on LooksRare, a Minted project manager who goes by the pseudonym of Marco, told The Block that the platform has parameters in place to deter users from milking rewards. One way is to give bigger rewards to users who list their NFTs at a fair price. For instance, users who list the NFT within two times above the floor price will get one times the points, and users who list it as 1.1 times or below the floor price will get up to twice the points..
Cronos managing director Ken Timsit told The Block that Minted intends to be a multi-chain platform beginning with Ethereum and Cronos. Minted and Crypto.com’s partnership is perhaps yet another instance of an NFT platform’s attempt to take on Ethereum marketplace leader, OpenSea. Earlier this month, Magic Eden announced its expansion to the Ethereum blockchain after raising $130 million at a valuation of $1.6 billion.
According to data on Dune Analytics, OpenSea is still leading in terms of total transactions and number of users compared to LooksRare, and Coinbase’s NFT marketplace.
Main points from comparing OpenSea, LooksRare, and Coinbase’s NFT marketplace.@DuneAnalytics dashboard by @hildobby_ pic.twitter.com/E3v7SI6yHo
Crypto.com is a hugely popular cryptocurrency exchange which boasts over 50 million users across its ecosystem. The Cronos network has amassed over 450,000 DeFi and NFT users since 2021, and NFT adoption has always been a part of the wider Cronos and Crypto.com strategy. Crypto.com has secured NFT partnerships with the Philadelphia 79ers, UFC, Paris Saint Germain, LA Kings, Aston Martin F1, among other renowned brands and creators.
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