{"id":610838,"date":"2023-02-22T04:42:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T10:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/friendsies-nft-creators-refute-rug-pull-claims\/"},"modified":"2023-02-22T04:42:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T10:42:00","slug":"friendsies-nft-creators-refute-rug-pull-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/friendsies-nft-creators-refute-rug-pull-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Friendsies NFT Creators Refute Rug Pull Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page\">\n<div id=\"content_box\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/88a6334e954018f0dfcc0c926ce81eae?s=32&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"32\" width=\"32\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<p><span><span>By <a href=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/author\/phi_ma\" title=\"Posts by Philip Maina\" rel=\"author\">Philip Maina<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<p>16 hours ago<span>Wed Feb 22 2023 10:42:09<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1300\" height=\"890\" src=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Friendsies-NFT-Creators-Refute-Rug-Pull-Claims.png\" alt=\"Friendsies-NFT-Creators-Refute-Rug-Pull-Claims\" decoding=\"async\" title data-layzr=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Friendsies-NFT-Creators-Refute-Rug-Pull-Claims.png\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span><span>Reading Time: <\/span> <span>2<\/span> <span>minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>The creators of the Friendsies NFT project have restored the project\u2019s Twitter page refuting rug pull allegations<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>The creators announced plans to temporarily halt the project\u2019s roadmap<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>Its community wants to take over the project\u2019s control<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>The creators of the Friendsies <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/nfts-a-beginners-guide-to-non-fungible-tokens\"><span>NFT<\/span><\/a><span> project have refuted claims that they duped investors and collectors after the project said that it\u2019ll be temporarily halting its development roadmap. The creators also deactivated the project\u2019s Twitter account, increasing suspicion of a possible exit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/5-cryptocurrency-scams-that-shook-the-world\"><span>scam<\/span><\/a><span>, considering the project had raised over $5 million last year. Although the project has restored the Twitter account, some in its community are suggesting making it a community-owned project.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span>Only Social Engagements not the Entire Project<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>The creators said that they had no ill intentions with the project, admitting that they may have delivered the news about halting future plans in an alarming manner. They noted that they\u2019re still vested in the project, revealing that they only intended to put a break on social engagements and not the entire project.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u02d9\u1d55\u02d9 \u2013 Dear Community,<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that we have upset many of you with the nature of our announcement, and perhaps we did not handle that in the best way possible. To be very clear, we are not abandoning fRiENDSiES. Our only intention was to be transparent and communicate with<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 fRiENDSiES (@fRiENDSiES_Ai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fRiENDSiES_Ai\/status\/1628160441661952000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>They also apologized for abandoning the community and blamed the deactivated Twitter account on an attack from the community. Despite restoring the project\u2019s Twitter page, its developers\u2019 Twitter accounts are still in private mode.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a now-deleted Twitter thread, Friendsies\u2019 creators had said that they intended to \u201cpause [the project] and all future digital goods,\u201d citing a volatile and challenging environment but promising to resume when the space matures.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With the $5.3m <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fRiENDSiES_Ai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@friendsies_ai<\/a> hard rug earlier today it remains unclear how the funds could\u2019ve possibly been spent.<\/p>\n<p>There have been no announcements since September, no community treasury, and no P2E game.<\/p>\n<p>The team blames \u201cmarket volatility\u201d as their rationale. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FM8ytum4Ur\">pic.twitter.com\/FM8ytum4Ur<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ZachXBT (@zachxbt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zachxbt\/status\/1628046283435827200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Making a public offer to take over Friendsies. I\u2019ll install a new team and take the project forward with a different vision ????<\/p>\n<p>The IP has so much potential and the holders deserve better. We just cannot keep letting stuff like this slide because it really is hurting the space.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Satvik Sethi (@sxtvik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sxtvik\/status\/1628015910882807811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>With <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/nft-rug-pull-season-is-upon-us\"><span>rug pulls likely to become more prominent <\/span><\/a><span>due to a prolonged <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/crypto-officially-enters-bear-market\"><span>bear market<\/span><\/a><span>, Friendsies\u2019 recent theatrics present a dark cloud over the NFT project\u2019s future.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fullycrypto.com\/friendsies-nft-creators-refute-rug-pull-claims?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=friendsies-nft-creators-refute-rug-pull-claims\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Philip Maina<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Philip Maina 16 hours agoWed Feb 22 2023 10:42:09 Reading Time: 2 minutes The creators of the Friendsies NFT project have restored the project\u2019s Twitter page refuting rug pull allegations The creators announced plans to temporarily halt the project\u2019s roadmap Its community wants to take over the project\u2019s control The creators of the Friendsies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":610839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4706,534,119480],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-610838","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-creators","8":"category-financial","9":"category-friendsies"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}