Magic Eden, once the dominant marketplace for trading ordinals, runes, and Solana-based NFTs, is officially shutting down. The announcement has sent ripples through the Bitcoin and broader NFT trading community, prompting users to secure their assets and find alternative platforms.
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The news was highlighted by prominent Bitcoin NFT community member @thatwagmigirl on X, who shared an urgent guide for affected users alongside a list of alternative marketplaces still operating in the ordinals and runes space.
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What Magic Eden Meant for Ordinals
Magic Eden played a pivotal role in the adoption of Bitcoin ordinals when it expanded support for the protocol back in 2023. At the time, ordinals trading was still nascent, and Magic Eden's entry brought mainstream marketplace infrastructure to the space — helping drive adoption across multiple chains. The platform's support gave legitimacy and liquidity to a market that was still finding its footing.
Now, with Magic Eden sunsetting its operations, traders who relied on the platform for ordinals, runes, and cross-chain NFT activity are being forced to migrate their assets and find new homes for their trading activity.
Two Urgent Steps for Magic Eden Users
If you're a Magic Eden user, there are two critical actions you should take immediately:
Secure your seed phrase. Make sure you have the seed phrase for your Magic Eden wallet backed up. Users are advised to move tokens to alternative wallets such as Phantom (for Solana assets) or import their wallet into another compatible application before the platform goes offline.
Identify alternative marketplaces. Familiarize yourself with the ordinals and runes marketplaces that remain active. The ecosystem has multiple options, and liquidity is expected to redistribute across them.
Alternative Ordinals Marketplaces
Several platforms are actively serving the Bitcoin ordinals community and stand to absorb the trading volume Magic Eden leaves behind:
Satflow — A well-regarded ordinals marketplace with a strong user base.
Gamma (trygamma) — A long-standing and respected marketplace in the space.
UniSat Wallet — Has publicly stated it is not going anywhere and continues to operate.
SatGo — Offers an in-app marketplace for both ordinals and runes.
Ordinals Wallet — One of the original ordinals marketplaces, operational since the early days of the protocol.
Trio — A sleek marketplace currently undergoing a rebuild under founder Bruffstar.
Osura — Specializes in OCM collections and select parent-child art.
OrdDropz — A newer entrant with a growing reputation for strong development.
For peer-to-peer trading and collection swaps, Swap.art by developer Lifofifo remains an option as well.
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Where to Trade Runes
Runes traders also have several alternatives to explore:
SatsTerminal — Features an easy-to-use swap tool and notably powered Magic Eden's own swap functionality. Widely considered the top option currently available.
DotSwap — Another swap-based platform for runes trading.
MineLabs — Active in the runes trading space.
SatGo — Supports both ordinals and runes.
Kraken — The major centralized exchange lists select runes tokens.
RadFi — Offering a new approach to runes trading.
Bitflow and Omnisats (OmnityNetwork) — Both providing alternative runes trading infrastructure.
New Marketplaces on the Horizon
Magic Eden's closure is also creating space for new entrants. Several teams are actively building replacement marketplaces:
Taproot Wizards — Currently building a marketplace.
Lifofifo — Developing a new marketplace alongside the existing Swap.art platform.
Creator Bitcoin — Also building a dedicated marketplace.
Community speculation suggests additional builders may step in. Some have noted that even old-school methods like spreadsheet-based OTC trading or emerging agentic trading tools could fill gaps in the interim.
The Bigger Picture
Magic Eden's shutdown is a significant moment for the onchain NFT and digital collectibles ecosystem. The platform was a bridge between Solana's NFT culture and Bitcoin's ordinals movement, and its departure removes a major source of liquidity and accessibility.
"Marketplaces may come and go but Ordinals will never die!" — @thatwagmigirl
The resilience of the ordinals community will now be tested as it redistributes across a fragmented but growing set of alternatives. For users, the immediate priority is clear: secure your wallet, move your assets, and explore the platforms that remain active.
