NFT marketplace
Blur
Also known as Blur NFT, blur.io, BLUR token, Blend, Blur Foundation
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Blur is an Ethereum NFT marketplace and aggregator built for traders. It launched in October 2022, charges no marketplace fee, pulls in listings from other marketplaces, and is known for collection-wide bidding, fast sweeps and Blend, a peer-to-peer NFT lending protocol. Its BLUR token, 3 billion supply, governs fees and treasury grants through the Blur Foundation.
Our read
Blur is the tool for people who flip Ethereum NFTs by the floor: zero marketplace fee, bid pools and Blend loans make it cheap and fast for that. It is a poor fit for collectors who want creators paid, since royalties are mostly optional, and for anyone outside Ethereum. The thing to watch is that its token-farming boom has faded; its share of marketplace volume fell through 2024, and fee-free trading only lasts while governance keeps it that way.
Key facts
- BLUR supply
- 3 billion minted at genesis; 51% community, 29% contributors, 19% investors, 1% advisors
- Sep 2026 · Blur Foundation ↗
- First airdrop
- 12% (360M BLUR) for NFT traders active 19 Oct 2022 – 14 Feb 2023
- Feb 2023 · Blur Foundation ↗
- Market share
- 25.4% of NFT marketplace volume in August 2024, down from 35.4% in January
- Aug 2024 · CoinGecko Research ↗
How the Blur NFT marketplace works
Blur went live in October 2022 as a trading screen for Ethereum NFTs. It shows its own listings alongside those from other marketplaces, so one sweep can buy across venues, and it refreshes floor prices and sales in real time. It supports Ethereum mainnet only.
| Feature | What it does |
|---|---|
| Aggregation | Buys listings from other marketplaces in the same transaction |
| Collection bids | Bid on any item in a collection, or on traits |
| Bid pool | Pre-funded ETH pool that backs your bids |
| Batch listing and sweeping | List or buy many items at once |
| Blend | Peer-to-peer loans against NFTs |
The fee model is the point. Blur charges 0% as a marketplace, and on most collections the royalty is a minimum of 0.5% rather than the creator's full rate. BLUR holders can vote a marketplace fee of up to 2.5%, so zero is a governance choice, not a contract guarantee.
Low royalties move income from creators to traders. That is a design choice, and it is why creators are Blur's loudest critics.
The Blur airdrop and BLUR token
BLUR launched on 14 February 2023. The first claim, 12% of supply or 360 million BLUR, went to anyone who traded NFTs on any marketplace between 19 October 2022 and 14 February 2023, to earlier Blur users holding Care Packages, and to creators.
| Allocation | Share | BLUR |
|---|---|---|
| Community | 51% | 1,530,000,000 |
| Core contributors | 29% | 867,601,888 |
| Investors | 19% | 565,633,826 |
| Advisors | 1% | 36,764,286 |
Governance runs in three steps: a 7-day forum discussion, a 14-day Snapshot vote needing 30 million BLUR in favour, and a 14-day on-chain vote on Tally needing 120 million BLUR, followed by a 2-day delay. For price and supply data see the BLUR market page.
Blur Blend: NFT lending
Blend, launched in May 2023 and designed with Paradigm, is a peer-to-peer lending protocol for NFTs. Loans have no fixed end date. A lender can exit at any time by starting a refinancing auction; if no other lender takes the loan over at an acceptable rate before the auction ends, the borrower must repay or the NFT goes to the lender.
That makes Blend cheap while lenders are plentiful and harsh when they leave: in a falling market a borrower can face a call with a short deadline. The lending contract is published by the Blur Foundation at 0x2946…a20b, and its audit is linked from the foundation's docs.
Blur NFT marketplace news: volume and market share
CoinGecko data shows Blur at 35.4% of marketplace volume in January 2024 and 25.4% by August 2024, with monthly volume down from about $500 million to about $85 million, behind Magic Eden.
By late 2025 OpenSea's airdrop campaign had pulled activity back; it reported about two-thirds of Ethereum NFT volume in October 2025. Blur still charges nothing and still aggregates other venues, so a trader loses little by using it, but it is no longer where most Ethereum NFTs change hands.
Incident log
Nothing on file. We searched for hacks, exploits, withdrawal halts, data breaches and enforcement actions involving Blur and found none as of 27 Sep 2026.
In our ratings
This page is the record. The scores sit on the review cards, next to the evidence and the weights they came from.
Compare Blur with
OpenSeaNFT marketplace · 2017 · United StatesUS NFT marketplace founded in 2017, now also a token-trading app on 20+ chains; charges 1% on NFT sales and has promised a SEA token that is still unlaunched.
Magic EdenNFT marketplaceSolana NFT marketplace with the ME token; in 2026 it closed its Bitcoin and EVM markets and wallet to focus on Solana and Dicey, a crypto betting app.
TensorNFT marketplace · 2022 · Cayman IslandsSolana NFT marketplace with an AMM for NFT pools, launched in 2022; since Nov 2025 run by the Cayman-based Tensor Foundation after its founders joined Coinbase.
RaribleNFT marketplace · 2019NFT marketplace and open protocol founded in 2019, first to issue a governance token (RARI, 2020); bought by Impossible Finance in 2026 and back on Solana.
Frequently asked questions
Does Blur charge fees?+
No marketplace fee. Buyers and sellers pay gas, and most collections carry a creator royalty minimum of 0.5%.
What chains does Blur support?+
Ethereum mainnet only. It does not trade Solana, Polygon or Arbitrum NFTs.
Blur or OpenSea for trading?+
Blur is cheaper for active Ethereum traders; OpenSea covers more chains and is easier for occasional sellers. See the [NFT marketplace ratings](/ratings/nft-marketplaces) for the side-by-side.
What is the total supply of BLUR?+
3 billion BLUR were minted at genesis and vest over four to five years, with 51% set aside for the community.
What changed
- Profile published.
Compiled by
By James Park
NFT & Web3 Gaming Analyst · September 27, 2026
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