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10/13/2026

Blur NFT Marketplace to Close After 99% Volume Drop

What happened: Blur, once the largest Ethereum NFT marketplace, will shut down its blur.

Blur NFT Marketplace to Close After 99% Volume Drop

What happened: Blur, once the largest Ethereum NFT marketplace, will shut down its blur.io frontend on November 12, 2026, following a dramatic collapse in trading volumes. Monthly trading fell from a peak of approximately $1.43 billion in March 2023 to under $7 million by March 2026—a 99.5% decline. The protocol itself will remain live, and BLUR tokenholders will retain control of trading fees. The shutdown comes just ten days after the closure announcement of Blast, a related project from the same founder, Tieshun "Pacman" Roquerre. The BLUR token dropped 20–30% on the news.

Why it matters: Blur’s closure underscores the severe contraction in NFT trading activity and highlights the challenges facing NFT marketplaces as speculative interest wanes. While the protocol persists on-chain, the loss of its primary interface and the end of new loan matching on its Blend lending arm signal a retreat from active development. This event is emblematic of a wider NFT market downturn, rather than an isolated project failure, and raises questions about the long-term sustainability of fee-free, incentive-driven NFT platforms.

Source: CoinDesk