NFT marketplace OpenSea has raised $300M at a valuation of $13.3B. In the first 4 days of '22 the trading volume has surpassed $911M, for reference, the total trading volume for the entire first 7 months of '21 was $966M. Data from https://t.co/E41giNPBfOhttps://t.co/gHMKdNJxkE

— djohnson.eth (@DJohnson_CPA) January 5, 2022

Facebook’s VP of commerce @shivar, who was hired less than two years ago to lead all shopping efforts, is now the head of product for @opensea https://t.co/OiqsuRnFWO

— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) January 5, 2022

Opensea just doesn't embrace a web3 ethos
They're making eye boggling money and returning none of it back to the community
If we're going to live with that ethos, might as well use a more functional product (looking at you coinbase) https://t.co/mpBHpmOCaf

— wave (@0xWave) January 4, 2022

I like opensea but I still think it makes no sense given even the most basic agreed upon ideology around web3 and centralization https://t.co/ivUv1x6xg5

— Luke Thompson (@LukeThompson360) January 4, 2022

Web3 is building owner-operated systems that are decentralized, permissionless and trustless. OpenSea is web2, centralised and def not permissionless. It just happens to interact with web3 underlying assets. Like if DeviantArt sold NFTs.

— Cobie (@cobie) January 4, 2022

I can't help but notice that all of these acquisitions re conducted via fiat currency. https://t.co/gb7L3Svo9a

— Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig) January 4, 2022

If you don’t speak crypto/web3: OpenSea is the eBay/Airbnb marketplace for NFTs - where you’d go to buy and sell digital ape cartoons. @katie_haun is crypto specialist who recently left vc fund A16Z. https://t.co/7la50V6pSI

— Peter Kafka (@pkafka) January 4, 2022

what’s fun about the opensea valuation here is that in terms of the company’s trailing revenues it may actually be light — but forward rev expectations are hard to guess! https://t.co/t5qf9f2yEJ

— alex (@alex) January 4, 2022

Surprised @opensea even needs funding with the insane amount of royalties they are earning. https://t.co/AoH6hImiej

— Kevin Wu ?? (@kevwuzy) January 5, 2022

OpenSea is worth more than (insert your best pick). https://t.co/F3PuKAvYdw

— Jerry Capital (@JerryCap) January 4, 2022

SOURCES: OpenSea Eyes $13 Billion Valuation https://t.co/3fQLL4nUqe

— Eric Newcomer (@EricNewcomer) January 4, 2022

Somewhat odd that the chosen NFT marketplace is funded and run like any legacy private/pre-IPO software/marketplace platform.

You would think there would be some web3-style ownership involved. https://t.co/Gpkbn0pC3Y

— Plant (@plantmath1) January 5, 2022

If centralized marketplaces can flag & block “stolen” NFTs—effectively delegitimizing the ledger—then what’s the point of the blockchain?

The end state of decentralized protocols will likely be the same system we have today: banks reversing transactions they deem illegitimate. pic.twitter.com/dUDNKu0cja

— Nikita (@nikitabier) January 4, 2022

13b valuation for nft marketplace https://t.co/xlXAha0Z1G

— Bill Bishop (@niubi) January 4, 2022

.@dfinzer and @xanderatallah have shown true grit over the last 4 years with @opensea, weathering years of uncertainty and sticking to their vision of NFTs as an internet and world-changing primitive.https://t.co/YoT8XriPyW

— Fred Ehrsam (@FEhrsam) January 5, 2022

Congrats to @dfinzer and @xanderatallah and the rest of the OpenSea team on all the amazing progress! https://t.co/HpRhSWcmfd

— cdixon.eth (@cdixon) January 5, 2022

Subscribe to get details about Andreessen Horowitz's crypto funds and @katie_haun's new crypto fund -- which right now is going by her initials KRH https://t.co/3fQLL4nUqe https://t.co/a5aHFn2MZ2

— Eric Newcomer (@EricNewcomer) January 4, 2022

Another win by a Web2 company https://t.co/joe50mQ8ua

— Shai Goldman (@shaig) January 4, 2022

OpenSea has 100s of Millions from the 2.5% + multiple rounds of funding, yet there is:
- 0 customer support
- 0 communication/transparency
- 0 standardization of protocol/policies

They keep pretending to be pioneers of Web3, but have 0 idea what Web3 means.

We need change ASAP. https://t.co/hY1Q1aiurc

— Satvik Sethi (@sxtvik) January 5, 2022

I see no fundamental difference between web1 business and web3 business. https://t.co/6krpUpoNXH pic.twitter.com/auXXDCHAGV

— David Frank (@bitinn) January 5, 2022

We need a better decentralized market place that can put opensea out of their misery.

— Ola Ξlixir (@thegreatola) January 5, 2022

Decentralised platform for selling meaningless links giving some spurious sense of ownership of badly drawn digital monkeys is worth billions because it’s friendly…and decentralised https://t.co/vT9bMtOcfB

— Rory Cellan-Jones (@ruskin147) January 5, 2022

.@opensea now valued at $13.3bn.

Given the amount of money spent by the Web 3.0 community on this platform it seems a bit of a slap in the face we are seemingly moving away from a token. https://t.co/gPmOfhZ9Je

— Mando (@greatmando_nft) January 5, 2022

Opensea

$13.3bn

That's it. That's the tweet.https://t.co/5tNGulyxAF

— Sytaylor (@sytaylor) January 5, 2022

NFT marketplace Opensea has a 13.3b valuation now.

This is complete madness.
https://t.co/xBSJLFAhsO

— Arturo Portilla (@Arturo_P_A) January 5, 2022

NFT kingpin OpenSea lands monster $13.3B valuation https://t.co/afjKaMJ6BO

— (^._.^)ﾉ (@LiangPupu) January 5, 2022

OpenSea is a market place for NFT'S.
They just closed a $300M Series C at a $13.3 billion valuation.

Annual Transaction Volume
2018: $474k
2019: $8 million
2020: $24 million
2021: $15 billionhttps://t.co/WyMisnXIJy https://t.co/Jgb2ghmgaI

— Dr Ola Brown (@NaijaFlyingDr) January 5, 2022

OpenSea raised $300 million at a $13.3 billion valuation so hopefully their website can work more than 50% of the timehttps://t.co/HCev5ffenW

— Julian klymochko.eth (@JulianKlymochko) January 5, 2022

NFT kingpin OpenSea lands monster $13.3B valuation in new raise https://t.co/XYkLpB9OIf via @techcrunch #NFT #NFTs #NFTnews #nftcollector #NFTcollectibles #NFTCommmunity #Blockchain #NFTartist #NFTMarketplace #NFTartists

— NFT manufactory (@NFTmanufactory) January 5, 2022

NFTマーケットプレイスの王者OpenSeaが3億＄を調達、評価額は133億ドルに。半年前の15億ドルのバリエーションから爆上がり... winner takes allとなるマーケットプレイス、勝負ありなのかな〜／NFT kingpin OpenSea lands monster $13.3B valuation in new raise https://t.co/Xx9LVej077 @techcrunch

— shinichiro kinjo (@illshin) January 5, 2022

#Blockchain #Cryptocurrency NFT kingpin OpenSea lands monster $13.3B valuation in new raise https://t.co/rKMEbXcaZd

— WeFixIt Egypt (@WefixitE) January 5, 2022

Openseaが$13.8Bのバリュエーションで資金調達https://t.co/Ec0bsAXJHT

— Yusuke Tanaka (@yusuket777) January 5, 2022

ICYMI: OpenSea eyeing raise that would value it at $13 billion, with backing from Coatue and Paradigm: sourceshttps://t.co/B24d3h34ko

— The Block (@TheBlock__) January 5, 2022

opensea at $13b is cheap

it is a legendary company and if NFTs become as big as we think, OS will be a $100b++ company in a few years https://t.co/imcwtMhcFw

— H.E. tuba ? (@0xtuba) January 5, 2022

OpenSea eyeing raise that would value it at $13 billion, with backing from Coatue and Paradigm: sourceshttps://t.co/Ak8okrXifv

— The Block (@TheBlock__) January 5, 2022

OpenSea eyeing raise that would value it at $13 billion, with backing from Coatue and Paradigm: sources

Firm was originally looking to raise at a valuation as high as $15 billionhttps://t.co/CTMRS77wPx

— Frank Chaparro (@fintechfrank) January 5, 2022

bullish for decentralized OS competitors https://t.co/je2DbvzBsS

— Pajke.eth (@candevsdosmtng) January 5, 2022

?OpenSea、評価15億→130億ドルにする資金調達へhttps://t.co/rAoJj9biaJ

✔︎Coatue（ヘッジファンド）と
　Paradigm（取引所）がリード

✔︎新たな買収のための資金として使う可能性

✔︎コインベースやFTXのNFT参入に、対抗する動きか？

NFT市場は、まだまだ伸び代ありすぎる。

— さいとう @ DeFi投資家 (@saito_pickNEWS) January 5, 2022

CoatueとParadigmからの支援を受けて、130億ドルの価値があるOpenSeaのアイレイズ：情報源https://t.co/C7hLLXRcSs

— コイン海外速報 -仮想通貨ニュース- (@CoinNewsFlash) January 5, 2022

⛵️OpenSeaがシリーズCで
$300Mを調達し評価額は$13.3Bに

2021/7にシリーズBで$1.5Bの評価額で$100Mを調達したばかり

直近30日間の取引高は$2.4B越え

経済紙のFinancial TimesによるとNFT市場は2021年に約5兆円弱の規模に、アート市場の規模に迫るそう#はやまりサーチhttps://t.co/niudYsqMwQ

— はやまり/ hayamari.eth (@hayamaritter) January 5, 2022

OpenSeaが$13Bの時価総額で調達を検討している。

Coatueがリードで、元a16zのKathryn Haunさんの新しいクリプトファンド「KRH」も参加する予定らしい。https://t.co/wERMgeJdFV

— Tetsuro Miyatake (@tmiyatake1) January 5, 2022

SOURCES: OpenSea Eyes $13 Billion Valuation https://t.co/3fQLL4nUqe

— Eric Newcomer (@EricNewcomer) January 4, 2022

SOURCES: OpenSea Eyes $13 Billion Valuation - Speculation $SVFA is their merger partner https://t.co/43b3Jux9qf

— Oracle (@OracleNYSE) January 4, 2022

OpenSea Annual Transaction Volume

2018: $474k
2019: $8 million
2020: $24 million
2021: $15 billion

More than $2.4 billion of that occurred in the last 30 days, all leading to a $13.3 billion dollar valuation in its latest raise led by Paradigm & Coatue.https://t.co/zmKajFl4AA

— Looking Glass Labs (@lgl_io) January 6, 2022

NFT kingpin #OpenSea lands monster $13.3B valuation in new raise https://t.co/4iCmPSPpab via @techcrunch #NFT #NFTs #nftart #NFTCommunity #nftcollector #nftcollectors #NFTartist #NFTartists #cryptoartist #nftphotography #NFTARTFinance #digitalart #cryptoart

— The SocialSuperManager (@socialsupermgr) January 5, 2022

Investors realize that nfts are not only here to stay, but will continue to grow exponentially moving forward. And @opensea is at the core of this entire movement. https://t.co/WMCioCR8o2

— Eden (@eden_holdings) January 5, 2022

Nod to Newcomer for being first https://t.co/nZWqZQ1UOs

— Frank Chaparro (@fintechfrank) January 5, 2022

January 2022 isn’t the time to hold an in-person tech conference. But the tech industry, media and consumers need in-person events to return — despite the appeal of virtual showcases. https://t.co/Xtd8jZfa2u

— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) January 5, 2022