Blur is shutting down its website, so why are NFT collectors cheering?
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.
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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.
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OpenSea is showing up inside the NFT Market theme, so this story is worth tracking for follow-through rather than treating it as a one-off headline.
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