TradePort Announces Plans to Utilize Walrus to Store Metadata for all its Move-based Ecosystem NFT Projects

Mysten Labs’ decentralized storage solution, Walrus, has been selected by TradePort to manage NFT metadata across its Move-based projects. TradePort, which has established itself as Sui’s premier NFT marketplace, operates across multiple blockchains, including Sui, Aptos, NEAR, Movement, and Stacks.

Walrus Protocol, which began testing in October 2024, specializes in handling large data files – from media content to documents. The protocol uses Sui blockchain as its coordination layer and offers robust storage capabilities for both traditional web and blockchain applications. It’s designed to efficiently process and store large files (blobs) with a focus on security, scalability, and programmability. The protocol is currently in its testing phase, with plans for a full mainnet launch.

“Initially, decentralized storage may sound like a concept you’ve heard of before,” said George Danezis, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder of Mysten Labs. “But on a smart contract platform like Sui, storage is capable of logic and programmability, which is a complete game-changer.”

“Object-based NFTs rise far above what the NFTs of the 2022 boom were able to achieve,” said Daniel Fritsche, Co-Founder of TradePort. “Thanks to their innate structure, Sui and other Move chains enable dynamic and composable NFTs, which dramatically open up the possibilities of NFT use cases. Add in programmable storage, and the attached NFT metadata becomes just as dynamic and responsive. This is only possible on a performant storage network like Walrus.”

Alongside the current NFT metadata, all information from TradePort’s NFT collections launched through their platform will be securely stored on Walrus.

TradePort is set to become one of the pioneering partners in utilizing data storage on the upcoming Walrus Mainnet, which is poised for launch in the near future.

For those eager to dive deeper into the world of Walrus, head over to Walrus.xyz.