The co-founders of the sports NFT project Rario, Ankit Wadhwa and Sunny Bhanot, left the project after two years of work due to disagreements with investors. This is reported by TechCrunch.
Wadhwa served as CEO and Bhanot served as CTO.
According to insiders, the executives made this decision because the startup’s largest sponsor, Dream11, was interfering too much in the work process.
As part of broader changes at Rario, other employees may also be made redundant.
At the same time, Dream Sports, the parent company of Dream11, is discussing cutting corporate expenses. The organization has initiated discussions with numerous partners to resolve the issue.
Rario currently has partnerships with Tendulkar, Cricket Australia, IPL franchises Gujarat Titan, Punjab Kings, Abu Dhabi T10 and Hero Caribbean and Lanka Premier Leagues.
In April 2022, the NFT platform closed a Series A funding round worth $120 million. Prior to this, the startup was supported by Animoca Brands, Presight Capital and Kingsway Capital.
The publication’s interlocutors reported that recently the volume of trading on the marketplace has decreased significantly due to a “long-term downturn in the economy.”
Founded in 2021, Rario caters to cricket lovers. The team has also entered into a multi-year exclusive deal with Cricket Australia to create a themed metaverse.
Let us remind you that in August the trading volume on the OpenSea non-fungible tokens marketplace decreased to $106 million – the minimum figures for the last two years.
Previously, a rare NFT #8585 from the BAYC collection was sold for a record low of 153 ETH (~$254,000). The asset lost 80% in price in 11 months.
In June, the total volume of royalty payments on NFT collections dropped to a two-year low of almost 1,000 ETH.
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2023-09-08 15:47:09
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