TL;DR
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creakthe crypto exchange, has just officially launched its NFT marketplace with no beta testing.
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The Kraken NFT marketplace has some cool features that we’re excited about.
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It’s exciting to see more players listening to users (I just want to buy NFTs with my credit card, for example) and entering the space with improved products from the start.
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creakthe crypto exchange, has just officially launched its NFT marketplace with no beta testing.
We know what you’re thinking: “jeez, yeah cool, another NFT marketplace.”
Fair call, but the Kraken NFT marketplace do have some cool features that we’re excited about.
Namely:
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Support for NFTs across multiple blockchains (instead of one platform for Ethereum NFTs, another for Solana NFTs, etc.)
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No gas fees for customers buying and selling NFTs on the platform.
It does specify that “gas fees are charged when transferring NFTs and other crypto assets on and off the Kraken platform,” but this is likely to attract a ton of trading volume within the platform.
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Users can pay in fiat (i.e. USD) or cryptocurrency!
This is the one we’re particularly excited about. Instead of requiring users to convert fiat to crypto and Than buying and selling on the platform, anyone with a normal credit card can skip step 1.
We realize this is starting to sound a bit like an advertisement – and it isn’t.
It’s just exciting to see more players listening to users (I just want to buy NFTs with my credit card, for example) and entering the space with improved products from the start.
Will they achieve the huge success that OpenSea, and more recently Blur, have achieved? Who knows.
But a better product, with more features that users want, raises the bar for everyone.