LooksRare
Crypto Overview
Overview
LooksRare is an NFT marketplace launched in January 2022 that allows users to buy, sell, and trade non-fungible tokens. The LOOKS token serves as the platform's native cryptocurrency, primarily used for governance and rewards distribution.
Intended Utility
The LOOKS token was designed with several key utilities: governance rights over the platform's development, staking rewards for token holders, and trading rewards for active platform users. Token holders can stake LOOKS to earn platform trading fees and receive additional LOOKS tokens as rewards.
Actual Utility & Adoption
The platform has maintained consistent functionality aligned with its intended purposes. Users actively engage in NFT trading, staking, and governance activities. The marketplace continues to process substantial trading volume, though lower than its peak in 2022. Development activity remains steady with regular updates and improvements to the platform.
Token Distribution & Governance
The token distribution includes allocations for the team (10%), treasury (21.3%), and trading rewards (68.7%). Team tokens have vesting periods extending over two years. The project maintains transparency in its operations and token economics.
Revenue Model
LooksRare generates revenue through trading fees (2% on all trades), which are distributed to LOOKS stakers. This model creates a direct correlation between platform success and token holder benefits without involving interest-based mechanisms.
Crypto Impact
To assign a comfort level investing in LooksRare from a halal perspective we need to determine whether it has a net positive or negative impact.
Towards this end, the table below is used to tally all the positive and negative considerations our members can think of related to LooksRare.
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