{"id":21147,"date":"2025-02-13T19:13:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T17:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/opensea-launches-os2-beta-and-announces-token-airdrop\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T19:13:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T17:13:54","slug":"opensea-launches-os2-beta-and-announces-token-airdrop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/opensea-launches-os2-beta-and-announces-token-airdrop\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenSea Launches OS2 Beta and Announces Token Airdrop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The developers of the popular NFT marketplace OpenSea have unveiled the beta version of their new protocol and announced an upcoming distribution of SEA tokens.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OS2 open beta is now live:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A fully reimagined product built entirely from the ground up, for collectors and pros<br \/>\u2022 NFTs ? tokens, brought together in one place<br \/>\u2022 Brand new, beautiful ways to explore \u2014 beyond just the floor<br \/>\u2022 14 chains (welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flow_blockchain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@flow_blockchain<\/a>, ApeChain\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fTJT5eKsm2\">pic.twitter.com\/fTJT5eKsm2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OpenSea (@opensea) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/opensea\/status\/1890039727027343640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>OS2 is positioned as a &#8220;reimagined and entirely new product for collectors and professionals.&#8221; The marketplace fee will be 0.5%, with no exchange fee.<\/p>\n<p>It supports 14 blockchains, including several Ethereum-based L2s, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/sony-switches-on-soneium-mainnet\">Soneium<\/a> from Sony, Apechain from Bored Ape, and the recently launched <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-makes-berachains-modular-blockchain-tick-and-is-an-airdrop-likely\">Berachain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The developers clarified that the distribution of SEA tokens will consider &#8220;users&#8217; historical activity on OpenSea, not just recent transactions.&#8221; Users from the United States will also be able to participate.<\/p>\n<p>The graph below illustrates a significant decline in NFT trading volumes compared to the levels of 2021-2022:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NFT_Trade_Vol-1024x292.png\" alt=\"NFT_Trade_Vol\" class=\"wp-image-251760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NFT_Trade_Vol-1024x292.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NFT_Trade_Vol-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NFT_Trade_Vol-768x219.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NFT_Trade_Vol-1536x438.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/NFT_Trade_Vol.png 1706w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/data\/nft-non-fungible-tokens\/nft-overview\/nft-trade-volume-by-chain\">The Block<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Amid the declining popularity of the segment at the end of 2023, OpenSea reduced its workforce by 50%.<\/p>\n<p>Back in January, the email addresses of over 7 million users of the NFT marketplace were <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/email-addresses-of-over-7m-opensea-users-published-online\">leaked<\/a> following a breach that occurred several years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The developers of the popular NFT marketplace OpenSea have unveiled the beta version of their new protocol and announced an upcoming distribution of SEA tokens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1158,1265],"class_list":["post-21147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-airdrops","tag-opensea"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"51","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}