The way blockchain stores data is quietly going through a major shift — and most people won’t notice it until everything feels faster, richer, and more reliable. That’s exactly what’s happening with Walrus and TradePort.
TradePort, one of the largest multichain NFT marketplaces and the biggest on Sui, has announced that it will begin storing its Move-based NFT metadata using Walrus, the decentralized storage protocol built by Mysten Labs. While this may sound like a technical upgrade on the surface, it represents something much bigger for how NFTs and onchain applications actually function how to store large, complex data — images, videos, audio files, and rich metadata — in a way that is decentralized, scalable, and programmable. Traditional storage solutions often rely on external services or fragmented systems that limit what smart contracts can do. Walrus changes that by introducing a storage layer that works natively with blockchain logic.
Launched on testnet in October 2024, Walrus specializes in handling large unstructured data, known as “blobs.” These blobs can come from both Web2 and Web3 sources and are stored in a way that is fast, resilient, and secure. What makes Walrus especially powerful is that it uses Sui as its coordination layer, allowing storage to be directly integrated with smart contract logic rather than sitting outside of it.
This is where TradePort comes in.
As a multichain NFT marketplace supporting ecosystems like Sui, Aptos, NEAR, Movement, and Stacks, TradePort handles massive amounts of NFT data every day. By integrating Walrus, TradePort will now store metadata for all its Move-based NFT collections directly on a decentralized, programmable storage layer.
That means NFT data is no longer static or limited. Instead, it can evolve, react, and update dynamically based on logic written on-chain.
According to Mysten Labs co-founder George Danezis, this shift represents a fundamental change in how storage works on blockchains. On platforms like Sui, storage is no longer passive. It can execute logic, respond to events, and become part of the application itself — something traditional decentralized storage systems were never designed to do.
TradePort’s team sees this as a major step forward for NFTs as well. Co-founder Daniel Fritsche highlighted how object-based NFTs on Move chains unlock far more flexibility than earlier NFT standards. When combined with programmable storage, NFT metadata itself becomes dynamic — opening the door to evolving assets, interactive experiences, and new use cases that go far beyond profile pictures.
All NFT collections launched through TradePort’s launchpad will now use Walrus for data storage, and TradePort will be among the first partners to adopt Walrus on mainnet once it launches.
What’s happening here isn’t just a partnership — it’s a signal of where Web3 infrastructure is heading. NFTs are moving beyond static assets. Storage is becoming intelligent. And blockchains like Sui are enabling applications that behave more like living systems than fixed contracts.
As Walrus approaches mainnet and more builders adopt programmable storage, the line between on-chain logic and off-chain data continues to disappear. And that’s where the next wave of Web3 innovation is quietly taking shape.