04/12/2024 Nike NFT: the company RTFKT will cease its activity in January 2025

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RTFKT, a Nike-owned company dedicated to NFT sneakers, has announced that it will cease its operations in January 2025. However, before concluding its journey, RTFKT will launch another NFT collection with “BLADE DROP”.

Nike NFT and the decline of the RTFKT company of digital sneakers

RTFKT, a company that became famousafter Nike’s acquisition for the launch of NFT sneakers for the metaverse,has announced thatit will cease its operations in January 2025.

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https://twitter.com/RTFKT/status/1863621178532773928

In its post, RTFKT stated that itwill launch an updated websitethat illustrates the innovative work that has defined the company’s journey.

Not only that, before its official sunset, it seems that the company has decided tolaunch a new collection in December with “BLADE DROP”. Here is how this event was described:

“Before this transition, in December we will present a further innovation: MNLTH X with BLADE DROP, as a testament to our commitment to push boundaries and merge worlds.”

The company owned by Nike since 2021 also wanted to leave a phrase that inspires evolution:

“RTFKT is not ending. It is becoming what it was always meant to be: an artifact of cultural revolution.”

Nike NFT: RTFKT closes its doors after four years of history

RTFKT was launched in 2020, obtaining various investments until the acquisition by Nike in December 2021, during the full bull of the NFT sector.

In April 2022,Nike and RTFKTpresentedtheir first sneakers for the NFT metaverse, the “Nike Cryptokicks”, traded immediately on OpenSea at 2.9 ETH, equivalent to €8,500 at that time.

In 2023,RTFKTalso collaboratedwith Ledgerto launch a customized edition NFT collection of Ledger Nano S and Nano X. These NFTs were available for purchase and could then be redeemed for the physical item.

In June of this 2024, it seems that the companyhad predicteddeclines in tax revenues for the next year, mainly due to the “choppy demand” for its NFT sneakers.

In any case,the MNLTH and CloneX Mintvial collections by RTFKT have been its two major successes,with 16.4 million dollars and 13.9 million dollars in royalty earnings, respectively.

The momentum of the monthly sales volume of Non-Fungible Tokens

The present news of the sunset of RTFKT arrives just asthe NFT market seems to be experiencing a moment of momentum.

In fact, recently,it emergedthatNFT sales in November 2024 reached 562 million dollars, a figure that had not been seen for six months.

This is a true recovery since that amount is also a good 356 million dollars more compared to October 2024.

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