Friendsies NFT creators deny ‘abandoning’ project amid rug pull allegations

The team behind nonfungible token collection Friendsies has refuted claims they are “abandoning” the NFT project following a tsunami of “rug pull” accusations.

On Feb. 21, the founders behind the NFT project told their Twitter followers that they werputting a “pause” on Friendsies and “all future digital goods” for the time being, citing market challenges.

Around 40 minutes later, the Twitter account was deleted, while the account of Friendswithyou, who developed the project, was made private — sparking rumors that the founders had “rugged” for about $5 million.

With the $5.3m @friendsies_ai hard rug earlier today it remains unclear how the funds could’ve possibly been spent.

There have been no announcements since September, no community treasury, and no P2E game.

The team blames “market volatility” as their rationale. pic.twitter.com/FM8ytum4Ur

— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) February 21, 2023

The project’s Twitter account has since been reinstated with the founders vehemently denying they are “abandoning” the project. The founders’ account is still private, however.

“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,” they said, adding:

“To be very clear, we are not abandoning fRiENDSiES.”

The founders said the initial announcement was more about pausing social engagement “until further notice.”

“That was not intended to mean we are pausing building and seeking opportunities, those efforts remain on-going,” it added.

Friendsies is a collection of 10,000 Ethereum-based NFTs that launched last March. It purported to give each holder a custom-built “digital companion” thatcould be used in the metaverse, real-life experiences, art installations, and eventually a “Tomogatchi-like” play-to-earn game.

Friendsies NFT collection listing on OpenSea. Source: OpenSea

There are currently 3,323 owners of Friendsies NFTs. The collection has a floor price of 0.012 Ether (ETH) (approximately…

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