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Magic Eden's retreat from Ethereum turns into a stolen-NFT warning: traders told to check for 'Magic Eden 3 weeks ago' before buying

By NSA Intelligence · Report published

fadedmagic edeneden
Peak / day9tracked accounts
Peak dayTueOct 13 · busiest day in the panel
Rest of X / peak day—not measured outside the panel
Cited claims8source links retained
Market—no token attached

Attention

Who was talking, day by day

Oct 11 – Oct 17 UTC
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What happened

Magic Eden is being discussed this week less as a marketplace launch and more as an exit plus an aftermath. On 2026-10-13 @9xvenom wrote that "Magic Eden dropped Ethereum completely and only kept Solana" and @olddumbum posted "Magic Eden shut down" alongside "Blur on its way out / Opensea has a monopoly." On 2026-10-14 @_genk__ framed the same move as a net positive for Bitcoin Ordinals: "Ordinals have kept cooking, and Magic Eden leaving was the best thing that could have happened to the ecosystem." The newest thread, on 2026-10-17, is the aftermath: @genxdegenerate said the $ETH NFT market is "flooded with stolen NFTs from the Magic Eden hack" and advised buyers to check activity and avoid anything showing "Magic Eden 3 weeks ago" — this hack claim is unverified by any post or market data in this set. On 2026-10-11 @_genk__ had already posted that "Magic Eden continues to ignore everything" in reference to people who "got scammed." Separately, Magic Eden was named as a hackathon sponsor in a repost by @sayujnoahai on 2026-10-13 ("First Solana NFT Vibe Coding Hackathon - sponsored by Noah and @MagicEden"), and @satoshilambo reposted a claim that Genuine Undead's community-owned v3 contract "has never been available on ... Magic Eden."

Why it matters

The single development the most distinct accounts touch is Magic Eden's Ethereum retreat and what followed it: for traders the practical consequence being pushed this week is a supply-integrity warning — check whether an NFT's activity traces back to Magic Eden before buying. For the wider NFT market, the same posts tie the retreat to a consolidation story (Blur going, OpenSea alone), which affects where secondary liquidity lives for anyone holding Ethereum NFTs.

Observed reaction

Negative-to-alarmed on Magic Eden itself, with one contrarian positive from Ordinals holders. The loudest this week is caution, not celebration.

Spread

Where it started and who carried it

First seen
Oct 11, 20:31 UTC by @_genk__
Accounts
10 tracked · 8 elsewhere on X
Communities
nft culture (5), ai crypto (2), airdrops farming (1), general ct (1)
Key accounts
@0xquit, @waleswoosh, @tulipking, @marionawfal, @smurfypappa

Explainability

Evidence register

Every claim links to the posts behind it
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"Magic Eden dropped Ethereum completely and only kept Solana," per @9xvenom.

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@olddumbum posted "Magic Eden shut down" and "Blur on its way out / Opensea has a monopoly."

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@_genk__ said Magic Eden leaving was "the best thing that could have happened" to the Ordinals ecosystem.

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@genxdegenerate said the $ETH NFT market is "flooded with stolen NFTs from the Magic Eden hack" and told buyers to avoid items showing "Magic Eden 3 weeks ago" (unverified hack claim).

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05

@_genk__ posted that "Magic Eden continues to ignore everything" in relation to people who got scammed.

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06

Magic Eden was named as a sponsor of a "First Solana NFT Vibe Coding Hackathon" in a repost by @sayujnoahai.

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07

A repost by @satoshilambo claimed Genuine Undead's community-owned v3 contract has never been available on Blur or Magic Eden.

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08

@9xvenom claimed SuperRare did $45k volume from 130 traders last week, the whole NFT market made $167M in September versus $6bn in Jan 2022, and OpenSea is now making $487k (per-account numbers, unconfirmed by market data).

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Angles

  • The due-diligence angle: if you're buying ETH NFTs this week, the posts say check the activity trail first — the specific marker given is 'Magic Eden 3 weeks ago' (@genxdegenerate, 2026-10-17).
  • The market-structure angle: Magic Eden's Ethereum exit plus Blur's closure and OpenSea's monopoly, as framed by @olddumbum on 2026-10-14 and @9xvenom on 2026-10-13.
  • The Ordinals counter-take: @_genk__ argues Magic Eden leaving was 'the best thing that could have happened' to the Ordinals ecosystem (2026-10-14).

In the playbook for Sat, Oct 24

Formats in use

    Risks

    • The 'Magic Eden hack' is an unverified claim made by posts (@genxdegenerate, 2026-10-17; @_genk__ on scams, 2026-10-11). Do not state it as fact — label it unverified.
    • Numbers in @9xvenom's post (SuperRare's $45k from 130 traders; the whole NFT market at $167M in September vs $6bn in Jan 2022; OpenSea's $120M month vs $487k now) are that account's claims. The market block here is 'none', so no market data is available to confirm or correct them.
    • No price calls or 'buy the dip' framing: the posts themselves are about checking provenance, not valuation.

    Observed content

    Most-engaged posts

    6 posts on X
    KO@kocabeyhakan63 likes
    BİR FELAKETİN ARDINDAN ASIL SINAVIMIZ: İNSAN KALABİLMEK! Ağaoğlu My Home Maslak’ta yaşanan su baskınının ardından yaptığım yardım çağrısı, hiç beklemediğim bir toplumsal tartışmaya dönüştü. Yüzlerce yorum okudum. Kimilerine yanıt verdim, kimilerini anlamaya çalıştım. Destek ola
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    KO@kocabeyhakan46 likes
    ÖNEMLİ DUYURU – AĞAOĞLU MY HOME SİTE SAKİNLERİNİN DİKKATİNE! Değerli Komşularımız, Site yönetiminden alınan bilgiler doğrultusunda, sitemizde elektriklerin kontrollü ve kademeli olarak yeniden verilmesine başlanmıştır. Elektriklerinin açılmasını talep eden sakinlerimizin, yaln
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    SA@satoshilambo27 likes
    Genuine Undead’s community-owned v3 contract has never 1/ been available on Blur 2/ been available on Magic Eden We stay protecting the pixels 🔐 https://t.co/YoZA2PORp7
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    SA@sayujnoahai17 likes
    But a better product meant nothing if nobody was building with it. So we started getting people to ship: Introduced Vibe Coding Sprints: https://t.co/PXY4KtTmy1 First global Vibe Coding Sprint ft 8 Superteams: https://t.co/yPttoRLJCX Magic Eden NFT Hackathon:
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    OL@olddumbum12 likes
    Magic Eden shut down Blur on its way out Opensea has a monopoly not quite the pivot to @AuroraCollectr will be epic patience fam the sloppiness in coming https://t.co/sdkt7vbu7y
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    MZ@mz_capital8 likes
    🚨 ABD 10 YILLIK TAHVİL FAİZLERİNDE KRİTİK KIRILMA MI GELİYOR?! Dün tahvillere gelen güçlü taleple birlikte ABD 10 yıllık tahvil faizleri 8 baz puan gerileyerek günü %5,18 seviyesinde kapattı. Bu, riskli varlıklar açısından olumlu bir sinyal. Bu hareketin ardından kısa vadeli d
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