OpenSea Accused of Theft, Negligence and Extortion by User Suing NFT Marketplace for $500,000
OpenSea has a security and fraud problem and if one account holder on the NFT marketplace is right, it is negligent in protecting its customers and guilty of extortion. As prominent NFT creator, collector and venture cap...
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As prominent NFT creator, collector and venture capitalist Kevin Rose would no doubt attest, theft in the NFT space is a serious problem. He lost a part of his personal collection valued at $1.1 million in a recent phishing attack, although that was nothing to do with OpenSea....
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