LooksRare Team Cashes Out Big On Staked Tokens, Community Gets Furious

LooksRare Team Cashes Out Big On Staked Tokens, Community Gets Furious

Opensea competitor LooksRare, one of the major NFT markets in the business, has confirmed the cash-out of $30 million in Ethereum, causing outrage within the community. The platform which was launched as OpenSea killer recently confimed that its official team recently made over $30 million in cash out from staked tokens of the platfom’s native […]


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