Ryan Carson, the chief operating officer (COO) of the popular non-fungible token (NFT) collection Moonbirds and PROOF has announced that he has left the projects to start his own NFT venture fund called 1.21G FUND. 3/ With that in mind, I’ll be focusing on https://t.co/tJDrfvUvaz moving forward. I’m still a very proud shareholder in PROOF and I’ll continue to cheer on the team. Hoot hoot! 🥃🦉❤️ — Ryan Carson (🪹,🦉) (@ryancarson) April 25, 2022 NFT Community Angry Over Carson’s Sudden Move The announcement led to negative response from the NFT community on Twitter with many angry over the fact that Carson had purchased millions of dollars worth of Moonbirds before leaving, presumably using insider knowledge to grab cheap NFTs. Following the announcement, the project’s founder, Kevin Rose spoke to the Moonbirds community in a Twitter Spaces, saying Carson’s actions were against the project’s internal guidelines. Carson’s collection of Moonbirds is now valued at $1.2 million based on floor pricing alone, with the majority of them purchased before Moonbirds values skyrocketed days after the mint. Moonbirds currently has a current floor price of 34 ETH worth $101,948 and has sold over $330 million worth of tokens since its April 16 launch, the most for any NFT project in the last 30 days.The post Moonbirds COO Leaves Project to Establish His Own NFT Venture Fund first appeared on Cryptoknowmics-Crypto News and Media Platform.The ...
