{"id":10509,"date":"2023-02-21T19:23:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T19:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/?p=10509"},"modified":"2023-02-21T19:23:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T19:23:05","slug":"friendsies-nft-collection-rug-pulls-deactivates-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/?p=10509","title":{"rendered":"Friendsies NFT collection rug pulls, deactivates Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\r\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"totafreearti-20\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\r\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\r\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"crypto\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\r\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\r\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\r\namzn_assoc_rows =\"1\";\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Ad<\/h2>\n<p>Popular NFT collection Friendsies tweeted Feb. 15 that it would pause its development, citing \u201cchallenging\u201d market conditions as the primary reason for its hiatus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had the best intentions to create a genuine digital companion for the future,\u201d the company tweeted. \u201cHowever, the market\u2019s volatility and difficulties have made it increasingly challenging to advance this project in a manner that meets our standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Friendsies website, the initiative aimed to mint 10,000 whimsical avatars. It teamed up with auction house Christie\u2019s in March 2022 to sell nine early-access mint passes to the collection on the secondary marketplace OpenSea, which allowed avid collectors to mint the rarest Friendsies.<\/p>\n<p>Following the collection\u2019s tweet, some users who inquired about the announcement found themselves blocked on Twitter. Shortly after, Friendsies deleted its account on the social media platform.<\/p>\n<p>Tweet from @HashbastardsNFT (Twitter)Tweet by @zachxbt (Source: Twitter)<\/p>\n<p>In response to the @Zachxbt tweet @ArkhamInterl replied: \u201cbtw when these guys say \u201cmarket volatility\u201d they really mean \u201cwe bagheld ETH down 70% and then sold the bottom\u201d and linked to the following transaction history:<\/p>\n<p>Tweet by Arkham Intel (Source: Twitter)<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users also pointed fingers at Farokh, the host of Web3 program Rug Radio, and generative artist Jen Stark, who both reportedly promoted the collection on Twitter during its early stages, influencers at one point associated with the NFT.<\/p>\n<p>Notable NFT influencers, including Farokh, the host of Rug Radio, were accused of being early supporters of the project and reportedly earned millions of dollars from its initial sale.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\r\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"totafreearti-20\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\r\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\r\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"bitcoin\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\r\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\r\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\r\namzn_assoc_rows =\"1\";\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/friendsies-nft-collection-rug-pulls-deactivates-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ad Popular NFT collection Friendsies tweeted Feb. 15 that it would pause its development, citing \u201cchallenging\u201d market conditions as the primary reason for its hiatus. \u201cWe had the best intentions to create a genuine digital companion for the future,\u201d the company tweeted. \u201cHowever, the market\u2019s volatility and difficulties have made it increasingly challenging to advance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethereum-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10511,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10509\/revisions\/10511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}