Asia-based metaverse and blockchain ecosystem Klaytn Foundation has partnered with OpenSea, a leading marketplace for nonfungible tokens (NFTs), to invest in the Asian NFT market and accelerate growth and adoption. The partnership was announced during NFT.NYC.

NFTs are unique, individually identifiable and traceable digital assets and the key building blocks for the metaverse in Web3. The technology gives individuals true ownership of digital assets, including user-created digital content distributed in the metaverse and digital representation of physical assets in the real world. The partnership includes conferences, ecosystem grants and more to scale the NFT ecosystem, strengthen ties and bring greater visibility to Asian NFT projects worldwide.

“We’re excited to partner with Opensea on this critical step toward our vision of building a blockchain for the metaverse, GameFi and the creator economy,” said David Shin, head of global adoption at Klaytn Foundation. “Through these partnership initiatives, our goal is to draw out innovative use cases and support the growth of the Klaytn ecosystem in Asia.”

Klaytn has forged strong partnerships in Asia with Altava Group in Singapore, East NFT in Thailand, Soramitsu in Japan and Blockchain-based Service Network in China to name a few. 

More initiative details will be released at a later date on Klaytn’s official channels. Visit linktr.ee/klaytnofficial for the latest news.

Project developers can also visit Klaytn Growth Fund and Klaytn’s developers tools and resources. Klaytn is also building an end-to-end metaverse support package through onboarding strategic partners to provide infrastructure and other support services.

About Klaytn Foundation

​​Klaytn Foundation is a nonprofit organization accelerating global adoption and ecosystem maturity for the Klaytn platform. The foundation manages the $500 million Klaytn Growth Fund and operates along Krust, the holding company for Kakao Corporation's overseas ventures.

The Klaytn team is currently in New York City until Saturday, June 25. Reach out at partnership@klaytn.foundation to schedule a meetup.

About OpenSea

OpenSea is a leading peer-to-peer marketplace for NFTs to help creators, collectors and collaborators. It’s building a trusted and inclusive NFT marketplace with minting, purchasing and selling NFTs and offering multichain options. 

Headquartered in New York, the OpenSea leadership team comes from Google, Palantir Technologies, Lyft, Uber, Stanford University and the University of California Berkeley. 

Investors include A16z, Paradigm, Coatue, Y Combinator, Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, 1confirmation and Blockchain Capital.

For media inquiries or partnerships, contact: 

Becky Koh, marketing and communications at Klaytn Foundation — jy.becky@klaytn.foundation

Kimberley Kok, corporate communications at Klaytn Foundation — kimberley.kok@klaytn.foundation