Mint Blockchain secures $1.35m grant from Optimism to spice up NFT improvements

Ethereum L2 community for the NFT business, Mint Blockchain acquired a grant of 750,000 OP tokens ($1.35 million) from Optimism Governance within the twenty eighth cycle of Optimism Grants.

On Oct. 15, Mint Blockchain introduced in an X submit that Optimism(OP) has accepted their grant request for 750,000 OP tokens or equal to $1.35 million. The NFT-focused community will use the funds to spice up “the Superchain NFT financial system”.

In keeping with the submit, Mint is the one “Superchain” undertaking within the Cycle 28 spherical of grant approvals. Primarily based on the Cycle 28 winners announcement, Optimism additionally accepted grants for Uniswap, DelegateMatch and Scout Sport.

“We’re past grateful for his or her assist as we proceed our mission to speed up NFT innovation and adoption throughout Mint Blockchain and the broader Superchain Ecosystem,” said Mint Blockchain in its submit.

We’re excited and grateful to share some information price celebrating.@OptimismGov has accepted our grant request of 750k OP in Cycle 28, and Mint’s the one Superchain on this spherical. 🎉

We’re past grateful for his or her assist as we proceed our mission to speed up NFT… https://t.co/dQaMOhlLRf

— Mint🍀 (@Mint_Blockchain) October 15, 2024

Mint Blockchain plans to make use of the funds acquired from the grant to empower builders and onboard new customers on the superchain. Mint additionally hinted that it’ll unveil extra detailed plans within the close to future.

Optimism said in a separate X submit that the purpose of the grant is to incentivize progress for builders and to extend consumer engagement within the Mint ecosystem. On a wider scope, Optimism hopes that the grant will additional drive NFT innovation and adoption throughout the Mint Blockchain in addition to throughout different superchain ecosystems.

After receiving the grant, Mint took the chance to ask builders to launch their tasks on the protocol and share their concepts within the NFT area via Mint’s improvement discussion board.

“Should you’re keen about NFT fields, you’ll be able to share your concepts via Mint developer discussion board—we’re able to work…


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