Rumors were spreading that Nike is highly interested in venturing into the world of NFTs and tapping its growing potential. RTFKT’s chief technical officer Samuel Cardillo said they have already “identified” the IP addresses and immediately blocked them. OKHotShot also requested to check the IP addresses that “attacked” the NFT collection’s website to determine if the company’s hacking claim was true. The on-chain analysts said that with the significant capital that the project has raised, which reached $8 million, they should have at least invested in digital protection. While hacking incidents on NFT platforms and events seem to be a norm these days, OKHotShot, an on-chain analyst, doesn’t buy RTFKT’s story. Previous buyers lashed out at this decision, saying that it was unacceptable and unfair for buyers who had already spent large sums of money. The auction was stopped midway because of an ”attack” on its website, forcing RTFKT to change its pricing rules, and put a uniform price of 2 ETH on remaining NFTs. Unfortunately, RTFKT also has its own share of bad news, like what happened on the recent NFT ‘Dutch auction’ of its CloneX collection.ĭutch auction works by starting with a high price, which is gradually reduced until someone accepts the price. And from there, he was smitten by the potential of NFTs and started communicating with the company’s team.Įven if they were separated by different backgrounds, Murakami and RTFKT shared the same passion for immersive creations. He discovered RTFKT by accident on Instagram. The first batch, which comprises 10,000 avatars, will be available for the existing RTFKT collectors in a 2-day pre-sale, after that, the other 10,000 characters will be made available to the public.īefore collaborating with RTFKT, Murakami partnered with other world-renowned icons, including Louis Vuitton and Kanye West.
The collection was also inspired by the highly successful Crypto Punks collection, and the CloneX team hopes that they could generate rare items that can turn into collector’s items just like the Punks. CloneX’s characters are technically called ‘3D rigged models’, which means holders can use them as AR filters in games, cameras, and even in zoom meetings! Murakami lent his artistic touch to the collection by contributing NFT body parts, including eyes, clothes, helmets, mouth, and other significant character traits.ĬloneX can be immediately recognized as possessing a ‘Murakami-element’ because of its cartoonish art, which is his signature style. CloneX: OpenSea Info (As of Feb 5, 2022) Items The NFT studio has also partnered with various icons to launch multiple projects, and Murakami is the latest and biggest icon to hop on its ship. RTFKT, pronounced as ‘artifact,’ which backs the project, is a digital NFT studio that became famous for its NFT sneakers that earned fans worldwide, even the giant Nike. What is CloneX?ĬloneX is a collection of 20,000 algorithmically generated 3D characters designed for metaverse interaction that launched on the Ethereum blockchain. The project aims to introduce non-fungible token (NFT) enthusiasts to the wonders of traditional art, which became the foundation of today’s NFT artists. The CloneX collection was born from the collaboration between NFT studio RTFKT, now owned by Nike, and legendary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami.
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