Blur is an NFT marketplace built for professional traders, founded by Tieshun Roquerre and backed by Paradigm. Blur's Twitter Score is 388 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #603 (top 0.5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Blur launched in October 2022 and, per Axios reporting from February 2023, captured roughly 40% of the retail NFT market within months of going live. The platform charges 0% marketplace fees and has recorded $7.4 billion in total GMV across 324,966 total users, according to its official site. Blur is affiliated with the Blur Foundation and with Blend, a lending protocol within the Blur ecosystem.
Blur issued the BLUR governance token, with 3 billion tokens minted at genesis. The initial allocation distributed 51% to community members, 29% to core contributors, 19% to investors, and 1% to advisors, giving the community direct control over the DAO and its governance decisions. Beyond Paradigm, Blur counts 6529, Keyboard Monkey, Zeneca, Egirl Capital, Deeze, and Cozomo among its backers. Blur has published 1,287 posts and has been mentioned by 1,267 accounts a total of 3,057 times.
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Blur draws a concentrated audience from across the NFT and crypto space. The accounts that follow Blur include 1,399 founders, 389 angel investors, 1,049 influencers and 34 VCs. Among its notable followers are Toly, Laura Shin, Chris Burniske, Fred Ehrsam, 6529 and Andrew Kang.