🚨 Reminder: A personal
@safe
is the most secure way to store your crypto. It's trusted by Vitalik, Punk6529 and crypto whales to store $40B+.
You can get the same level of security and it only takes a few minutes to set up:
Using a gnosis safe to secure your assets is one of the best ways to keep your funds safe, but CT never talks about it.
It’s not about ease, (although it’s pretty easy to access…) it’s about protection.
We’re proud to announce the Castle private beta:
We believe collecting NFTs should be as intuitive, fun and secure as using the best software in the world. This is why we’re building Castle - a smart wallet for NFT collectors.
✨Feature Update: Gas-less Listings 🏷️
For the first time ever, you can now list NFTs on
@opensea
directly from a
@gnosisSafe
without having to pay gas.
✨New at Castle: Gasless Vault Creation🔐
You can now create a
@safe
vault without having to make an on-chain transaction.
Store your assets securely and deploy your vault only when you need to.
Announcing the Castle Safe App ✨
The first-ever
@safe
app for trading NFTs!
You can now easily buy, sell and transfer NFTs directly within the Gnosis Safe interface.
✨Feature Update: Collection Offers 🤝
For the first time, you can now place collection offers to
@opensea
from your
@safe
.
We’ve directly integrated with seaport &
@reservoir0x
so you can buy NFTs at the price you want while getting the advanced security of a smart wallet.
✨Castle Update: Aggregated Offers 🤝
For the first time, you can now view & accept offers on NFTs in your
@safe
.
Get the highest offer across multiple marketplaces such as OpenSea, X2Y2, Looksrare, Sudoswap, and more!
PSA: Castle now supports
@delegatecash
to help
@safe
users with NFT delegation 🛡️
If you’re currently holding a BAYC or MAYC in a Safe multi-sig, you can now use Castle to delegate the minting access to a hot wallet.
Join
@zerion
and
@CastleLinkHQ
this Thursday to learn more about their product, building in web3 and all things NFTs + DeFi!
Time: July 13th at 3:00 PM EST
Location: Twitter Spaces link in the next tweet
We're now live on
@BuildOnBase
!
Pro-tip: you can create a
@safe
vault on Base using Castle without having to pay gas fees upfront.
Start vaulting your Base NFTs & coins today.
🔵🟢🟣🟡
🔵
@BuildOnBase
x
@safe
deployment: status ready and complete 🟢
Building on Base? You can now deploy your project using Safe[Core}: the most battle-tested AA standard.
Aping into Based NFTs? Vault up with a Safe{Wallet}.
Happy Onchain Summer 🟡
Thanks to our community, Castle has been nominated for the final round of
@AlchemyPlatform
's Web3 30 awards! 🙏
Cast your vote for us in the wallets & security category 👇
✨New at Castle: Multi-chain portfolio tracking 🚀
Keep tabs on all your wallets, coins & NFTs across 10+ EVM chains like Ethereum, Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum & more!
🎊 NFT 2022 YEAR-END REVIEW 🎊
This was a historic year for NFTs! Despite the pullback, the overall space is much further ahead than where we were just a year ago.
Let’s dive into some numbers to round out the year 👇
✨New at Castle: Multi-chain NFT Marketplace 🛍️
Castle now aggregates NFTs across all major marketplaces on ETH, Polygon and Arbitrum.
Never lose out on alpha because you’ve only been on mainnet!
✨New at Castle✨
One of our most loved features is portfolio tracking for your NFTs & tokens, and we’ve now made it even better! 😀
Here are 5 updates that we recently shipped:
Our
@delegatecash
integration is now also available in the Castle Safe app!
Access it by opening Castle in the
@safe
app store and going to the "Delegate" tab 🛡️
PSA: Castle now supports
@delegatecash
to help
@safe
users with NFT delegation 🛡️
If you’re currently holding a BAYC or MAYC in a Safe multi-sig, you can now use Castle to delegate the minting access to a hot wallet.
Excited and honored to be selected as a Safe Guardian🔰
We look forward to continuing our collaboration with the SafeDAO in pushing forward this ecosystem!
1\ Big day today! We are stoked to announce the first selected Safe Guardians 🔰
A special force to govern the SafeDAO and serve and protect the public good that is
@gnosisSafe
.
Join
@privy_io
and
@castlelinkhq
this Thursday to learn more about account abstraction, and web3 onboarding. We’ll also talk about how
@henri_stern
got into crypto.
Time: Thursday at 12 PM EST
Location: Twitter Spaces link in the next tweet
5/
With Castle, you can secure your assets using a multi-sig wallet, collect & trade NFTs across all marketplaces, track your entire portfolio, and create a shared wallet with friends & family.
All in one product.
1/ Gm.
The Castle team has been heads down on some exciting launches coming early next year.
In the meantime, let's take a look at everything we've achieved together in 2023.
Join
@reservoir0x
and
@castlelinkhq
next Thursday to learn more about NFTs, their marketplaces, and where NFT finance is going. We’ll also talk about how
@5hayan
got into crypto.
Time: Thursday at 3 PM EST
Location: Twitter Spaces link in the next tweet
Join
@pimlicoHQ
and
@CastleLinkHQ
this Thursday to learn more about smart contract wallets, EIP-4337, bundlers, paymasters, and more. Excited to have
@kristofgazso
joining us.
Time: Thursday at 5:30 PM EST
Location: Twitter Spaces link in the next tweet
3/
Every week there are new stories of NFTs being stolen from communities like
@BoredApeYC
,
@doodles
,
@RTFKT
, and more.
Even the most experienced investors are getting hacked.
6/
Collectors can use Castle for:
🔒 Multi-signature vaults - Protect your assets with greater security than a hardware wallet
🌟 Advanced trading - Take advantage of smart wallet features such as batched transactions
👥 Shared wallets - Split on collecting NFTs with a group
9/
We’re just getting started!
Our team is working with early supporters to gather feedback and implement improvements. To get involved, join our community discord:
2/
NFTs have sparked a new digital economy - spanning across art, games, community, culture and finance.
Despite this, tools for NFTs have been lacking sophistication. Notable challenges include security and poor UX.
4/
On top of that, the poor UX of tools makes us worry unnecessarily. We have to triple-check transactions just to be safe. Fragmented tools also make it hard for people to get started.
We’re very sad to hear that
@kevinrose
's wallet was drained yesterday. Every few weeks we hear of a major hack in the NFT space.
At Castle, we’ve done numerous workshops and deep dives on how to improve your personal wallet security.
Here are some of our top recommendations.👇
✨Feature Update: Seamless Multisig Signing ✍️
Our new signing flow makes it easier than ever to use a
@safe
multisig and upgrade your wallet security.
When performing a transaction, you can now connect and sign with additional addresses in one seamless flow.
Join
@HookProtocol
and
@CastleLinkHQ
this Thursday to learn more about NFT options, trading strategies & their new treasure hunt program!
Time: July 6th at 3:00 PM EST
Location: Twitter Spaces link in the next tweet
Join
@EnsoFinance
and
@castlelinkhq
next Tuesday to learn more about automating and bundling transactions, smart accounts, and DeFi.
Time: Tuesday at 11 AM EST
Location: Twitter Spaces link in the next tweet
@pourteaux
@midmagic
IMO fancy hardware stuff is all overrated and most people should just store the bulk of their coins in a multisig (>= 5 participants) where most of the keys are held by trusted family and friends.
Join
@castlelinkhq
this Thursday to learn more about elevating your crypto wallet game. Excited to walkthrough how multi-sigs / vaults can be used to enhance how you trade NFTs
Time: Thursday at 3 PM EST
Location: Castle's Discord (link in next tweet)
Join
@dynamic_xyz
and
@castlelinkhq
next Tuesday to learn more about managing multiple wallets, how web3 auth is evolving for dApps, and using wallets in a multi-chain world
Time: June 20 at 11:30 AM EST
Location: Twitter Spaces link in the next tweet
🏷️To make an off-chain listing:
Select the NFT from your portfolio, click ‘List’, set the price & duration, then sign all messages for approve token + listing.
Once all signatures have been completed from the multi-sig, your listing will automatically post to Opensea.
Come join us,
@brtmoments
&
@Ledger
tomorrow evening in Venice @ 6-8pm, for an NFT wallet security workshop!
Attendees will receive a free open-edition, soul-bound NFT for setting up their personal multi-sigs. 💪
This Thursday in Venice, Bright Moments is hosting its first Advanced Security Workshop, focused on helping collectors set up *Personal Multisig Wallets*
We are working with
@CastleLinkHQ
and
@Ledger
and invite you to join us.
RSVP:
MEV is an increasing problem on Ethereum that many people don’t even realize they’re a victim of.
At Castle, we’re excited to support the launch of MEV Blocker in partnership with
@CoWSwap
!
NFT ART CDMX has officially begun 🎉
We couldn’t be more excited about this amazing event with
@brtmoments
!
Come join us on 11/19 for an advanced wallet security workshop.
Attendees will receive a free open-edition Bright Moments NFT for setting up their personal multi-sigs.💪
The full schedule for NFT ART CDMX workshops ⚒️ This is shaping up to be a legendary four days of gen art education.
FCFS: Please register for workshops you plan to attend!
Priority reserved for those minting CryptoMexas and Mexico City Collection artists.
Register ↓
This feature uses the CREATE2 method to reserve the address of your vault.
With the reserved address, you can secure assets in it without needing to pay upfront gas fees.
When you make your first tx from the vault, it will then be deployed on-chain in a batched transaction.
To get this set up:
1. Visit & create an account using code: delegateNFT
2. Import & select the safe you’d like to delegate from
3. Setup your delegate details in the settings page
Castle takes this one step further by letting you post listings to
@opensea
in bulk, or off-chain to save on gas fees.💸
Our on-chain listing flow batches all approve token + listing txns together so you only need to collect 1 set of signatures.✍️
We’re now ingesting Seaport listings and offers posted on-chain! Any smart contract will be able to post listings and offers directly on-chain that will show up and be fulfillable on OpenSea.
This now opens up many exciting new use cases – like DAOs buying/selling together 🥳
Join
@castlelinkhq
this Thursday to learn more about elevating your crypto wallet game. Excited to walkthrough how multi-sigs / vaults can be used to enhance how you trade NFTs
Time: Thursday at 3 PM EST
Location: Castle's Discord (link in next tweet)
Join
@AAA_lending
and
@CastleLinkHQ
on Tuesday to learn more about NFT finance, borrowing and lending, and how you can better manage loans you make against your NFTs.
Time: June 13 at 11 AM EST
Location: Twitter Spaces link in the next tweet
8/ Huge credit to
@nftgoio
,
@CryptusChrist
,
@SeaLaunch_
&
@intotheblock
for the data used in this thread.
All stats are for ETH NFTs only & exclude suspected wash trading volume.
If you have any feedback or questions, please let us know!
Now, with Castle & OpenSea supporting EIP-1271, we’re able to bring the smart contract wallet experience on par with EOAs by supporting off-chain signatures.
2/ Custom NFT pricing
If you have an NFT you want to value differently from floor, you can now set a custom value.
We’ll also be adding trait & rarity-based valuations soon, which will help eliminate the need for spreadsheet tracking.
1/ Aggregated portfolio tracking
Track all of your wallets together including EOA, hardware wallets, and Safes.
View balances for all your assets in one place!
4/ Top Collections by Volume
Yuga Labs was by far the biggest winner of 2022 - BAYC, MAYC & Otherdeeds were the top 3 collections by total volume.
Azuki, CryptoPunks, Clone X, Moonbirds, Meebits, Doodles & Art Blocks round out the top 10.
At its core, crypto is about creating an open and permissionless system where you don’t need to trust centralized entities.
The choice to self-custody shouldn’t come at the expense of security & ease-of-use.
The good news is that the solutions are here and will only get better.
1/ Market Overview
In 2022, we saw over 9M ETH ($21B USD) in total sales volume across all marketplaces.
There were over 40M sales, 180K new collections, 3.7M unique holders, and 1.9M unique traders.
@delegatecash
@safe
Delegate cash helps keep NFTs safe in your vault by linking to a hot wallet.
Claim airdrops, prove ownership, and more with your delegated wallet without putting your vaulted assets at risk.
3/ Platform Market Share
@opensea
dominated this year, commanding over 70% of all NFT sales volume.
However, new entrants like
@blur_io
,
@gemxyz
,
@LooksRare
&
@the_x2y2
have begun to carve out significant market share.
4/ Extended support for EOA wallets
Castle now offers support for transactions on both multi-sig and standard EOA wallets - so you can do most of your day-to-day transactions in one place.
3/ Hide spam
If you have NFTs or tokens that you don’t want to see in your portfolio, you can now hide them from the view.
Collections are more beautiful without spam!
Prior to this, it’s been notoriously difficult to list items on OpenSea from smart contract wallets.
Even if you could, it would usually be an on-chain listing that requires gas fees.
2/ Volume & Market Cap
This year, the overall market cap of NFTs reached an all-time high of 12.3M ETH in Feb.
Despite being in a bear market, the current market cap is still 9.7M ETH which is up ~43% from Dec 2021.
However, trading volume is down ~42% in ETH terms.
@punk9059
@RayAlva_ARK
oof, sorry to hear. honestly I'd recommend that anyone who buys an asset for over $1000 put it in a multisig. which is another learning hurdle in itself.
7/ Top Categories by Volume
PFP projects reigned supreme - making up over 50% of the total market volume.
Utility, collectibles, metaverse, gaming & art NFTs make up the next biggest categories.
Join
@pimlicoHQ
and
@CastleLinkHQ
this Thursday to learn more about smart contract wallets, EIP-4337, bundlers, paymasters, and more. Excited to have
@kristofgazso
joining us.
Time: Thursday at 5:30 PM EST
Location: Twitter Spaces link in the next tweet
🪄 Bonus Tip: When placing offers with ETH, Castle will create a batched transaction to automatically wrap your ETH and place the offer - saving you time and gas fees!
Bonus tips: using features like transaction simulators &
@RevokeCash
frequently can help guard against malicious actors.
Transaction simulators help understand exactly what you’re signing.
Revoking approvals early & often help protect against compromises.
Within this framework, each of the wallets can be used for something different.
1) Hot wallet(s) - Used to connect to new apps, mint NFTs or interact with anything “degen”.
2) Multi-sig vault - Used to securely store assets and only interact with trusted services.
✨New at Castle: Gasless Vault Creation🔐
You can now create a
@safe
vault without having to make an on-chain transaction.
Store your assets securely and deploy your vault only when you need to.
Generally speaking, everyone should:
1) Set up a multi-sig vault & secure it with multiple keys
2) Only use your multi-sig with trusted services
3) Delegate to your hot wallet(s) when using new services
11/ We remain committed to the on-chain world, and we're gearing up for exciting new launches that will support our community in trading any asset, anywhere.
We recommend a 2/3 multi-sig as a base setup. The 3 signers can be:
1) Primary hot wallet (e.g.
@MetaMask
)
2) Mobile wallet (e.g.
@rainbowdotme
,
@CoinbaseWallet
)
3) Cold wallet (e.g.
@Ledger
)
Each of the signing wallets should have a different seed phrase.
When interacting with third-party services or new apps, you can transfer assets to a hot wallet.
Where available, you can also delegate access to a hot wallet with
@delegatecash
.
PSA: Castle now supports
@delegatecash
to help
@safe
users with NFT delegation 🛡️
If you’re currently holding a BAYC or MAYC in a Safe multi-sig, you can now use Castle to delegate the minting access to a hot wallet.
✨Feature Update: Collection Offers 🤝
For the first time, you can now place collection offers to
@opensea
from your
@safe
.
We’ve directly integrated with seaport &
@reservoir0x
so you can buy NFTs at the price you want while getting the advanced security of a smart wallet.