MakersPlace is a defunct Ethereum-based digital-art NFT marketplace that ceased operations in January 2025 after citing market challenges and funding difficulties. MakersPlace's Twitter Score is 0.3 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #456,221 among 486,467 tracked accounts.
MakersPlace was founded by Daniel "Dannie" Chu, Yash Nelapati, and Ryoma Ito as a platform for authenticated digital art, using blockchain to verify ownership and provenance while accepting both crypto-wallet and credit-card payments. The platform raised a $30 million Series A round, co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Pantera Capital, announced in August 2021. Additional backing had come from Coinbase Ventures, Sony Music Entertainment, Uncork Capital, Draper Dragon Digital Assets, and 9Yards Capital.
MakersPlace is perhaps best known for sourcing, minting, and bringing Beeple's "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" to market for its 2021 Christie's auction, where the work sold for over $69 million, a landmark moment in the NFT art market. The legacy @makersplaceco profile now directs users to the official @makersplace account. MakersPlace has been mentioned by 489 accounts, with 5,004 total mentions.
Who follows MakersPlace on X?
The accounts that follow MakersPlace include 1 angel investors, 2 influencers and 1 VCs, among them Boson, CLAPIS, Satoshiverse_io, Draper Dragon and Lacrimosa.