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CRYPTO COMMUNITY MOURNS PASSING OF RTFKT CO-FOUNDER BENOIT PAGOTTO

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✍️ Benoît Pagotto, co-founder of digital fashion studio RTFKT, has reportedly passed away at 41, according to colleagues' confirmations.

👉 RTFKT co-founder Benoît Pagotto has passed away at 41 👉 He was known for merging luxury design, gaming, and crypto culture 👉 RTFKT was acquired by Nike in December 2021 👉 Pagotto continued to speak publicly on behalf of the brand after Nike began winding down operations 👉 RTFKT was hit with a $5 million class-action lawsuit from NFT holders

-- #BenoîtPagotto #PhilippeRodriguez #StevenVasilev #SamuelCardillo #GregSolano #ChrisLe #TakashiMurakami #Paris #technology

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Benoît Pagotto Philippe Rodriguez Steven Vasilev Samuel Cardillo Greg Solano Chris Le Takashi Murakami Paris

10/13/2025

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NIKE HIT WITH $5 MILLION LAWSUIT OVER ALLEGED NFT SECURITIES VIOLATIONS

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✍️ Nike, the world's largest sportswear brand, has been sued for allegedly abandoning NFT investors by shutting down its RTFKT subsidiary and devaluing digital assets.

👉 Nike sued for allegedly abandoning NFT investors 👉 RTFKT subsidiary shut down, devaluing digital assets 👉 Lawsuit accuses Nike of promoting unregistered securities 👉 Plaintiffs claim Nike deprived investors of material disclosures 👉 Nike allegedly violated consumer protection laws

-- #JagdeepCheema #HesterPeirce #TakashiMurakami #SamuelCardillo #SebastianSinclair #NewYork #California #Florida #Oregon #technology

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4/28/2025

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NIKE IS FACING A LAWSUIT FROM PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT ITS NFTS

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✍️ Nike is facing a lawsuit over its decision to wind down its virtual show project RTFKT, with buyers of digital assets accusing the company of causing them financial loss.

👉 Nike's RTFKT project was abandoned in January 2022 👉 Buyers of digital assets are suing Nike for financial loss 👉 Allegations include failure to disclose that digital assets were 'unregistered securities' 👉 Lawsuit seeks unspecified damages of more than $5 million

-- #SamuelCardillo #NewYork #business

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4/27/2025

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RTFKT’S CLONEX AVATARS REAPPEAR AFTER ISSUE BLACKS OUT NFTS

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✍️ Cloudflare blacked out RTFKT Studios' CloneX digital avatars due to terms of service violation, but most have since reappeared.

👉 Cloudflare blacked out RTFKT Studios' CloneX digital avatars due to terms of service violation 👉 RTFKT's head of tech, Samuel Cardillo, attributed the issue to changes with RTFKT's Cloudflare setup, not a missed payment 👉 Most of the avatars have since reappeared 👉 RTFKT is working on a decentralized solution to host the avatars, including moving to Arweave

-- #SamuelCardillo #WaleSwoosh #technology

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4/25/2025

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WHY RTFKT AND NIKE’S ETHEREUM NFT ARTWORK DISAPPEARED

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✍️ RTFKT's NFT images stopped displaying due to an issue with Cloudflare, but the company's Head of Technology claims it was caused by a contract error.

👉 RTFKT's NFT images stopped displaying due to an issue with Cloudflare 👉 The issue was caused by a contract error, according to RTFKT's Head of Technology 👉 Cloudflare moved to a free plan a few days early, triggering the issue 👉 RTFKT is working to decentralize the images by storing them on-chain