PolygonPunks have been removed from leading NFT marketplace OpenSea, likely at the behest of CryptoPunks' creator Larva Labs.
Leading NFT marketplace, OpenSea, has delisted the successful Polygon-based copy of CryptoPunks, Polygonpunks.According to screenshots of the marketplace taken shortly before the NFT collectibles were removed, PolygonPunks had emerged as the second-most popular collection on OpenSea by volume with roughly $37,000 worth of trade in 24 hours.With upset users vocal on social media, OpenSea’s Nate Chastain took to Twitter to explain the marketplace’s action, describing the incident as a “buyer safety issue.”Chastain notes that OpenSea does not verify projects deemed to comprise “light homage” or “derivative collections,” stating that it defers to the judgment of “the original IP creator” as to whether or not projects like PolygonPunks should be removed from the marketplace.“It’s a buyer safety issue where verifications get easily misconstrued as indicating a relationship to the source material that some users have gotten confused by in the past.”Chastain’s comments suggest that PolygonPunks may have been removed from OpenSea at the behest of CryptoPunks’ creator, Larva Labs.#Cryptopunks seems to feel threatened by #PolygonPunks!Shortly after the minting of 10k @PunksOnPolygon ended and the trading on @opensea started, the #PolygonPunks got delisted.
