Chris Maddern
@chrismaddern
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CTO @opensea. The future is onchain. Previously built @rally_xyz, @button, @venmo, @linksdao, @corkbin. Made in 🇬🇧. I ❤🍷. All Tweets my own
New York City
Joined March 2008
new leadership 101 find the big problems everyone was afraid of or felt “unsolvable” rally the team around solving them gotta give it to @nikitabier — he’s doing a great job at increasing momentum on real product at X
We're testing a new link experience, starting on iOS -- to make it easier for your followers to engage with your post while browsing links. For creators, a common complaint is that posts with links tend to get lower reach. This is because the web browser covers the post and
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one day a year every company not on AWS turns it into some pitch on resilience that day is today
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gm ☀️ morning ☕️ & catching up on AWS breaking the internet 😱 don't worry, your jpegs & tokens are safe 🤝
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OpenSea just pulled off a full rebuild post–NFT crash — fresh team, brand-new tech stack, and a way bigger vision for what’s next.
OpenSea crossed $2.6B in trading volume this month, with over 90% from token trading. This is just the beginning of our transformation, from “NFT marketplace” to “trade everything.” NFTs were chapter one for us. In 2021, OpenSea brought the first wave of everyday internet users
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@obchakevich_ 6/ @opensea’s October surge hit $3.56B in 30D volume, $3.03B from tokens and $525M from NFTs (>85% token trading). Revenue rose 202% to $30.6M ($25.5M from tokens). The shift marks OpenSea’s evolution from “NFT marketplace” to “trade everything.” $SEA token coming Q1 2026.
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Thanks for the great ideas... 1. Multiple Trait Bids In build right now 🎉 2. Notifications for listings & offers Good idea! Not in flight, but as we invest in notifs on mobile too we'll be looking at these across the board 3. Hot Buy / Cold Send This should actually be very
Might as well take another shot at begging @opensea for some features I really really want… Also bring back NFT trades… @chrismaddern @HollanderAdam @dfinzer
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so much amazing progress so much left to do one platform. trade everything. deeply powered by $SEA
OpenSea crossed $2.6B in trading volume this month, with over 90% from token trading. This is just the beginning of our transformation, from “NFT marketplace” to “trade everything.” NFTs were chapter one for us. In 2021, OpenSea brought the first wave of everyday internet users
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🌊 @opensea 🏴☠️ 🙏🏼 I did my usual trading and a little extra . Bought some art traded some Pfp nfts Lost a little on the memes .. Choppy Seas . I weathered a storm and grabbed a little booty .. Onwards 🌊 Cheers @HollanderAdam @chrismaddern
@dfinzer & all the team 🤙🏼.
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good luck today everyone 🤞🤞 the team is double-triple checking everything onchain now to make sure reveals & claims will be smooth 🤝 it's incredible how much work goes into safely & fairly distributing $12.2m of tokens & nfts 🤯
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one sleep til santa 🧑🎄 (and this is just one of the rewards vaults... the team is moving things around ahead of opening 🎉)
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the @opensea all hands is right now plan 🚀 vibes 🔥 demos 🫶
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mistakes were made in a bedtime I control 😴 there’s just too much cool stuff to ship ⛵️
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Over $11m of incredible grails, fun collections, memes & majors will find their way into the world when treasure chests open later this week This is the first time in my career I’ve genuinely had fomo not to be eligible to win in our own competition… those punks, squiggles,
Just added $2.8M to the rewards pool. $1M $ETH (Base) $1M $CBBTC (Coinbase Wrapped BTC) $800K $SOL We’re now at over $11M in total rewards. This wraps up our Wave 1 acquisitions. Less than 24 hours remain to level up your chest. May the odds be ever in your favor.
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Welcome home, Apes 🦍 🎉 Glad to have a partner in making the ecosystem more sustainable & rewarding for all 🫶
OpenSea wasn't the first or only NFT marketplace, but it was the one that had the foresight to provide royalties for creators, resulting in network effects that grew this space 1000x and attracting creators who'd grown sick of labels, studios, and web2 platforms. That foresight
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today I learned…
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tfw your team buys cryptopunks & other incredible grails on a holiday and you didn't even know it was happening... 🫶
Today’s additions to the rewards pool: 1x CryptoPunk 1x Hypurr 1x Fidenza 3x Bored Ape Yacht Club 3x Pudgy Penguins 3x Quine by Larva Labs 1x Chromie Squiggle 1x Ringers by Dmitri Cherniak 1x Gazers by Matt Kane + $750,000 $ETH Wave 1 ends in 48 hours. What will you find in
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an 𝕏 username marketplace would be 🔥 could even bring them onchain…
I honestly don’t care about creator fees on X. I’d rather they use the money to make the platform better, faster. These things have been lacking for a while: 1) X Spaces stability 2) Proper video search 3) User-controlled algorithm 4) Username marketplace 5) Creator advertising
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