💥 Blur (BLUR) – Top NFT Marketplace “Pro-Trader First”: Zero Fees, High Throughput & Season-Based DAO Dynamics
(Data updated until 07/2025 and is only basic general information – Not investment advice)
🧭 Project overview
- @blur_io is the next-generation NFT exchange aimed at professional traders, providing high-speed trading experience, aggregating from multiple marketplaces, and 0% fees on official NFTs.
- Blur operates based on the DAO Blur Foundation, focusing on developing the marketplace, lending (Blend), and the BLUR token for governance participation.
- Blur has processed over $7.4 billion GMV, with over 324,000 users, deployed over 2 incentive seasons, and currently Season 3 combines L2 Blast sponsored by Paradigm & Standard Crypto.
📅 Important timeline (2024 – 07/2025)
- Nov 2022: Blur launches alpha - Zero-fee Marketplace for pro-traders.
- Q1 2023: Governance DAO and Blend lending protocol started operations.
- Airdrop Season 1 & 2: Distribution of 700 million BLUR to the community.
- Nov 2024: Launch of Season 3, integration of L2 Blast – burning BLUR & providing yield.
- Q2 2025: The NFT market declines causing Blur to lose users according to CryptoPolitan—total NFT market volume in Q2 only $823 million, down 79% YoY, significantly impacting Blur.
- Q2 2025: The NFT market shows signs of recovery with +14% volume in the week, reaching $134 million, opening opportunities for Blur.
🤝 Partners & ecosystem
- Paradigm, Standard Crypto, eGirl Capital sponsor Season incentives & L2 Blast.
- Integrating DAO collections like UniWhales, MetaTrustDAO, Alpha Wolves DAO… to increase liquidity and diversify users.
- AWS provides GFaaS infrastructure running EC2/RDS to handle ~15 million transactions and report strong scalability.
💰 Revenue & operating fees
- Blur reaches $7.4 billion volume, 324k users, attracting professional traders.
- According to DeFiLlama, Blur currently generates an average of ~$298 transaction fees per day, revenue from the marketplace around $276, plus ~$2,309 from lending and Blend application/day, totaling around $327k/quarter. (Applied similarly to Blur report). Possibly due to the NFT Narrative being temporarily out of fashion, resulting in lower revenue... it used to be very glorious.
- Revenue model based on transaction volume and incentive seasons, with no direct transaction fees (reduced to 0%).
📊 Tokenomics & BLUR price
Current price of $BLUR: ~$0.075; Market Cap: ~$175–185 million; Circulating ~2.4 billion/Max 3 billion BLUR.
ATH: ~$45.98 (Nov 2023); ATL: ~$0.06 (Jul 2025).
Current price down ~99.85% from ATH, but still above the bottom ~17%.
⚙️ Technology & development
- Aggregate liquidity: integrated from multiple marketplaces, allowing for quick snipe/qt.
- Dynamic pricing & Trait bidding support rapid NFT price increase strategies in real-time.
- DAO Blur Foundation governs the DAO, Blend lending; BLUR is used to vote and reward participants.
🛣️ Roadmap & future direction
- Season 4: To be deployed on L2 Blast, 500 million BLAST allocated to Blur users until the end of June 2025.
- Enhancing features such as Trait bidding, BNPL (buy now pay later), and Blend lending to support trader capabilities.
- Scale & EVPossible: increasing support for multi-chain, NFT types, social features, and connecting with DeFi/gaming dApps.
⚠️ Strengths & challenges
✅ Super fast trading experience & zero fees, suitable for professional NFT trader groups.
✅ Strong support from DAO, incentives, and integrated L2 technology.
✅ Revenue based on volume and incentives remains around ~327k USD/quarter.
⚠️ NFT market sharply declines Q2/2025 – volume down 79% YoY, putting pressure on Blur.
⚠️ BLUR token price is near the bottom, reducing sentiment.
⚠️ Fierce competition from OpenSea, LooksRare, Magic Eden…
🧾 Conclusion
Blur is the leading NFT marketplace for the pro-trader audience, with a zero-fee platform, innovative mechanisms like Trait bidding, and integrated lending Blend. Despite facing an NFT market freeze in Q2/2025, with recent recovery and Season 4 supported by Blast L2, Blur still has potential for a comeback if volume returns.
Source: Messari, Binance Research, CoinMarketCap, DefiLlama, Blogtienao,… Please bookmark, save, like, and share if you find this article useful, thank you.
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