Det var under våren 2021 som Youtubern och podcast-superstjärnan Logan Paul bad om sina fans pengar till ett Crypto-baserad mobilspel som han döpt till Crypto Zoo. Med en påhittad valuta skulle spelare kunna köpa sig fördelar i spelet som sen skulle öka i värde och i slutändan gå växla till riktiga pengar. Crypto Zoo marknadsfördes som ett roligare sätt att spara pengar på och många hoppade på det som skulle visa sig vara ett blufftåg. Spelet existerade aldrig. Det som fanns var ett par bilder och ett löfte som aldrig infriades och efter över två års väntande och mängder av tuff kritik riktat mot herr Paul meddelar han nu att det är dags. Du som stoppat in pengar, kan ansöka om att få igen dem men i och med att du gör detta och godkänner avtalet, frånsäger du rätten att kunna stämma Logan för hans bluff.
Paul skriver på X att detta är en "stolt dag" och att han känner sig "glad" medan hans kritiker snabbt luskat reda på att det handlar om cirka 23 miljoner i "pay backs" medan han i grunden dragit in cirka 160 miljoner kronor på försäljningen av Crypto Zoo-pengar.
Logan Paul via X:
"Today, I am incredibly happy to announce that I am delivering on my promise to buy back Base Egg and Base Animal CryptoZoo NFTs for their original purchase price. This buy-back program is being carried out at http://EGGNFTBUYBACK.COM. Claims can be submitted through this site through February 8.
I approached the CryptoZoo project like everything else I am passionate about - with only the best possible intentions and success for everyone who shared our vision. I never made a single penny from the project, period. In fact, the opposite is true, because I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to make it happen. With this buy-back program, I am personally committing more than $2.3 million to buy back Base Eggs and Base Animals from every person who intended to play CryptoZoo. Like you, I was highly disappointed that the game was not delivered.
As I said a year ago, CryptoZoo was derailed by bad actors. Bad actors who DID steal money and who betrayed our team while internally sabotaging the game. This has now been confirmed by an extensive investigation that has involved a forensic analysis of blockchain activity and the review of thousands of communications.
As far as the game itself, unfortunately it will not be released. I personally spent $400,000 to have it developed and after its completion in early 2023 & some further diligence, unfortunately, there are too many regulatory hurdles that would need to be cleared that I did not originally understand and would ultimately delay this buy-back even further.
This buy-back is a way for me to make whole those who intended to play CryptoZoo. The buy-back is not intended to compensate those who gambled on the crypto market and lost. It's important to remember that the Zoo Token was created to support the CryptoZoo game and its players; it was "not intended as an investment vehicle," as outlined in the original WhitePaper."
Alla ägg köpes tillbaka. Zoo:t är stängt.