Opensea, an NFT marketplace, has suspended its $2.2 billion sale of Board Ape following reports it had stolen NFTs. "Report Suspicious Behavior", the purchase and sale of such items has been suspended.
More than 15 Ape and Mutant items were stolen. NFT owner Todd Kramer called the incident a "disaster recovery." "It may have been the worst night of his life," and hopefully that will unfold. This is the first time NFTs from the main collection have been stolen in recent times and cause. Raise some doubts about security
The Crypto Community Says The NFT Suspension Raises Questions About decentralized They argue that such manipulation is It is "anti-crypto" as some have said, and OpenSea's security is poor.
OpenSea is the most popular NFT platform, attracting hundreds of thousands of users and high trading volume, when NFTs are stolen, it raises concerns about the security of other NFTs.
There is little information on the platform as to how the NFT was stolen, and there hasn't been any official updates from the platform.
Imitation Vs of the original
Meanwhile, there was a bit of controversy surrounding OpenSea's Phunky Age Yacht Club (PAYC) ban.
Such series, due to PAYC's NFT, is almost identical to Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), the difference is exactly like a mirror image.
The copying of the NFT led the community to talk about the subtleties of plagiarism, however, what really upset me was that OpenSea had banned the PAYC NFT series. Decentralized Indeed, bans are not allowed.
PAYC seems to have a strong community, so it's interesting to see where this series takes place in the meantime NFT markets endorse strict security practices.
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