{"id":349022,"date":"2021-10-06T12:54:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T09:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/evolved-apes-nft-creator-allegedly-absconds-with-2-7-million\/"},"modified":"2021-10-06T12:54:40","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T09:54:40","slug":"evolved-apes-nft-creator-allegedly-absconds-with-2-7-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/evolved-apes-nft-creator-allegedly-absconds-with-2-7-million\/","title":{"rendered":"# \u2018Evolved Apes\u2019 NFT creator allegedly absconds with $2.7 million"},"content":{"rendered":"

“# \u2018Evolved Apes\u2019 NFT creator allegedly absconds with $2.7 million <\/strong>”
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Investors in Evolved Apes, a recently launched PFP \u2014 short for profile picture \u2014 nonfungible token (NFT) projec, are grapp<\/a>ling with the disappearance of the project\u2019s anonymous developer.<\/p>\n

Going by the moniker \u201cEvil Ape,\u201d the developer has allegedly lived up to the name by vanishing<\/a> with 798 Ether (ETH) worth over $2.7 million from the project\u2019s coffers. <\/p>\n

The reportedly stolen funds covered both the money realized from the initial minting process and the ETH traded in the secondary sale of the NFTs on the OpenSea marketplace.<\/p>\n

Indeed, \u201cEvolved Apes\u201d had been one of the hyped NFT mints recently, with the 10,000-strong collection reportedly selling out in 10 minutes and the floor price rising steadily following the swift sale.<\/p>\n

However, the project\u2019s storefront<\/a> on OpenSea shows a tanked floor price of 0.005 ETH, significantly lower than the original minting cost. The decline in the floor price is no doubt linked to the current rug pull scandal rocking the project.<\/p>\n

Apart from allegedly siphoning all the project\u2019s money, Evil Ape also took down the \u201cEvolved Apes\u2019\u201d Twitter<\/a> account and website.<\/p>\n

Before absconding with the $2.7 million, Evil Ape and the project\u2019s creators had promised to ship a blockchain fighting game<\/a>, a common promise among several avatar-style NFT developers.<\/p>\n

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Can the rugged apes of #Evolvedapes<\/a> also get some love? Sure was a bad week for ape-kind #ballerapeclub<\/a>! We have a new community of volunteers coming together to #fightbackapes<\/a> and can use any support or expertise https:\/\/t.co\/pHW23nlbbi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Fight Back Apes (@FightbackApes) October 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n