LiquidNFT: from beta NFT marketplace to award-winning liquidity platform — Case Study
Rebuilding an NFT marketplace around liquidity, now an award-winning platform.
22nd May 2026
Year: 2026
Scope: UI/UX design, frontend architecture, backend scalability, interaction design
Timeline
4–6 months design and build
Team
UI/UX Designers
Design Engineers
Product Managers
Tools
Figma
React
Vite
Tailwind
Overview
LiquidNFT gives every NFT its own liquidity, so holders can redeem value without waiting for a buyer. Roburna Labs redesigned and rebuilt the marketplace around that idea, with a discovery-led storefront, clearer collection and item pages, and multi-chain trading.
The platform relaunched on 22 May 2026 and was named a winner in two categories of the European Global Business Awards 2026: Web3 Liquidity Innovation and Next-Generation NFT Infrastructure.
- Ethereum
- Polygon
- BNB Chain
- RBA
- BESC
The Challenge
LiquidNFT launched in January 2025 as a marketplace built around NFT liquidity. The beta proved the idea, but it looked and behaved like a prototype: crowded layouts, weak visual priority, little to help people browse, and few signs of what made the platform different.
Design Direction
We borrowed browsing habits people already know from streaming platforms: large visual surfaces, a featured hero, and horizontal rails for trending, minting and upcoming collections. The goal was to make discovery feel effortless and to put liquidity front and centre.
Homepage
Before: dense, transactional layout
After: discovery-led storefront with featured hero and rails
What held it back
- Single text-heavy hero
- Rails that loaded as empty placeholders
- No sense of what is popular or new
What changed
- Featured collection hero with floor price, volume and items minted
- Numbered Trending Collections
- Minting Now, Upcoming Mints and Recently Minted rails
- Chain switcher in the header
Collection page
Before
After
What held it back
- Static banner with little hierarchy
- Stats with no context
- Filters disconnected from the grid
What changed
- Full-width banner carousel
- Live stats including NFT liquidity and % to liquidity
- Tabs for Items, Mint, Holders, Activities and About
- Rarity rank on every item, plus Mint and Buy Floor actions
NFT detail page
Before
After
What held it back
- One action (Place Bid) and little else
- Liquidity value buried in the layout
- No rarity or trait information
What changed
- Rarity rank and OpenRarity score
- Per-NFT liquidity value shown next to price
- Make an Offer, bids and activity history
- Traits, blockchain detail and price history
What the platform does
Every NFT carries its own liquidity value, and a share of each mint goes into liquidity (50% on Liquid Bulls). Holders can redeem value without waiting for a buyer.
A featured collection hero and rails for Trending, Minting Now, Upcoming Mints and Recently Minted make it easy to find what is moving.
Each item shows its rarity rank and OpenRarity score, with a full breakdown of its traits.
Make an offer, buy the floor, mint directly from a collection, and follow every bid and sale in the activity history.
Browse and trade across Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Chain, RBA and BESC from one chain switcher.
- Liquidity-backed NFTs
- Discovery
- Rarity and traits
- Offers and trading
- Multi-chain
Recognition and releases
LiquidNFT was named a winner in two categories of the European Global Business Awards 2026: Web3 Liquidity Innovation and Next-Generation NFT Infrastructure.
- 2026-05-22: public relaunch of the rebuilt marketplace, with liquidity linked directly to each NFT
- 2025: redesign and rebuild of the homepage, collection and NFT pages, plus frontend architecture, backend scalability and responsive work
- 2025-01-24: beta marketplace launches, the starting point for this project
- 2026: named winner in two European Global Business Awards 2026 categories
Built for many chains
LiquidNFT is a React, Vite and Tailwind front end over ERC-721 collections, with prices shown in USD and FUSD. One chain switcher covers every supported network.
- Token standard: ERC-721
- Chains: Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Chain, RBA, BESC
- Pricing: USD and FUSD
- Stack: React, Vite, Tailwind
Recognition
Named winner, European Global Business Awards 2026. Source: The European, Global Business Awards 2026 winners (https://the-european.eu/global-business-awards-2026).
- Web3 Liquidity Innovation
- Next-Generation NFT Infrastructure
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