NFT Traders Find Silver Lining as Blur Marketplace Announces Shutdown Amid Trading Decline

10/13/2026

Blur will close its website on Nov. 12 after monthly trading fell from about $1.43 billion at its 2023 peak to under $7 million, ten days after sister project Blast announced its own shutdown.

10/13/2026

Blur’s planned website closure revived criticism of the royalty policies and token rewards that helped it overtake OpenSea during the NFT boom, but hurt creators.

10/13/2026

Blur, one of the best-known NFT trading platforms of the past cycle, says it will shut down its website next month. The decision follows a period of shrinking NFT volumes since the market’s boom...

10/13/2026

BLUR price fell more than 20% after Blur’s frontend closure announcement, as NFT volume dropped over 99.5% from its March 2023 peak.

10/13/2026

Blur, the NFT trading platform, will shut its operations and stop Blend matching new loans starting November 12, 2026, as announced on October 12. This development occurs in light of ongoing...