Rarible launches on Solana with Claynosaurz NFTs

Rarible has launched its NFT marketplace on Solana after months of development, naming Claynosaurz as its first featured collection. Summary Rarible is now live on Solana following several months of building and testing. Claynosaurz became the marketplace’s first featured Solana NFT collection. Rarible plans to add more Solana collections and marketplace features in the coming weeks. The expansion comes as EU lawmakers consider clearer rules for NFTs and other crypto sectors. Rarible expands its marketplace to Solana Rarible announced the launch on Thursday, marking its latest expansion beyond the blockchain networks already supported by its NFT marketplace. We have a surprise… We’ve actually been working on Solana for months. Today, we’re incredibly excited to finally say it: Rarible is now live on @solana. We're kicking things off with @Claynosaurz as the first featured collection on the marketplace. This is just the… pic.twitter.com/PnUKc7b2sj — Rarible (@rarible) August 6, 2026 Claynosaurz, a Solana-based entertainment and NFT brand built around animated dinosaur characters, will serve as the first featured collection. Rarible said it would onboard additional projects from across the network over the coming days and weeks. “We’ve actually been working on Solana for months,” the company said. “Today, we’re incredibly excited to finally say it: Rarible is now live on Solana.” You might also like: Aptos teases NFT collaboration with Rarible amid on-chain activity spike The company did not disclose how many collections would be added during the initial rollout or provide a fixed schedule for future integrations. Rarible said its team spent several months developing and testing the Solana marketplace. It also consulted NFT communities to understand how individual projects approach their identities, cultures, and collector bases. According to the company, feedback from those discussions shaped some of its product decisions. Rarible said it wants to create collection-specific experiences instead of merely listing assets on a standard marketplace interface. Gacha Station previewed Rarible’s Solana plans Rarible described its earlier Gacha Station release on Solana as an initial look at the broader integration rather than a standalone product. Gacha Station lets users purchase randomized digital collectibles, borrowing its format from capsule-toy and loot-box systems. Its rollout gave Rarible an early way to test products and user activity on Solana before launching the wider marketplace. The company characterized the current marketplace as a foundation for a larger expansion. Planned updates include additional collections, new features, improvements to the trading experience, editorial content and community campaigns. Rarible did not provide transaction-volume targets or details about how it plans to compete with established Solana NFT platforms. Marketplace adoption will depend partly on the collections it secures and whether it can attract collectors already active elsewhere in the ecosystem.