NFT marketplace Opensea acquires Dharam Labs to explore Fiat for NFTs

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An NFT is a digital asset that uses blockchain technology to track the ownership of digital assets likean image, video, or in-game item.

OpenSea, a leading NFT marketplace, has just bought Dharma Labs, an industry-leading provider of crypto wallets and payments.

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With its latest round of funding, the company currently has a valuation of around $1.3 billion, making it one of the top marketplace  in terms of the market cap when compared to other NFT markets.

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The companies were in talks earlier this month. They have not announced a deal yet, but it appears the discussions have progressed to that point.

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“Deal terms are still being hammered out, with current talk of an all-stock deal valued at between $110 million and $130 million.”

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Dharma Labs CEO Nadav Hollander will be the new OpenSea CTO. He will be managing the firm's Web3 and NFT ecosystems development. Hollander is a former employee of both Google and Coinbase.

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Holder stated “OpenSea grew not just 1,000x overnight, but also “practically 1,000x overnight” on the back of the massive explosion in the NFT market in 2021.”

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“We now have the historic opportunity to build a truly generational product. I’m excited to focus on scaling OpenSea tech to meet the reliability, performance,& uptime benchmarks its users deserve.”

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Dharma is more than just a decentralized DeFi app that allows its users to trade tokens on Uniswap. It's also heavily intertwined with the world's leading DEX.

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Dharma has just announced the retirement of its app and it seems that OpenSea will create another app to allow users to buy & sell NFTs for fiat or crypto.

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