

RTFKT also announced it was collaborating with famous Japanese artist Takashi Murakami for CloneX. The presale launch will be on November 18th, where as the public launch will happen two days later, that is on November 20th.Īs far as what the avatars will be used for, RTFKT also updated its mysterious roadmap in an Oct.

RTFKT confirmed on the project site there will be a three-avatar limit per wallet. The rest of the NFTs will be available to the public via a Dutch auction, whereby the auction price declines over a set duration until the collection sells out or reaches a final resting price. Here is everything you can buy to take part in the presale (Date TBD) and mint 3 CloneX avatars for 0.05 ETH each: and Īlso the Metakey 2, which allows holder to mint one avatar: Each RTFKT item held will allow the user to mint a maximum of three CloneX avatars at a price of 0.05 ETH. Of the 20,000 CloneX NFTs, half the supply will be reserved for holders of previously released RTFKT NFTs. What Is CloneX?ĬloneX, originally codenamed the AKIRA project, is RTFKT's first avatar project, consisting of 20,000 3D generated NFTs.Ī foundational project for the team, RTFKT has n oted it wants project participants to be able to express themselves in the Metaverse through their 3D avatars. The only change? Holding those NFTs guarantee you access to the CloneX drop. And on October 14, the lowest priced item was set to 14.74 ETH. Prior to the CloneX announcement, the most expensive RTFKT piece was one of the above FEWOCiOUS x RTFKT collaborations at 0.45 ETH. Through forging events, RTFKT allows NFT holders to "forge" their NFTs for physical redemptions of the item.įor example, if you were holding this FEWOCiOUS shoe NFT, you would then be able to redeem a physical version of that shoe. Recently the team announced it has received $8M in funding from the venture capital fund, Andreessen Horowitz, which will be used to help grow projects.Īlthough the company is mostly known for its digital products, RTFKT has begun to bridge the digital and physical worlds together. RTFKT's early success has not gone unnoticed. As mentioned in a self-published Medium article, the team has "designed luxury retail stores, made iconic esports moments, created logos for hip hop artists, directed movies and music videos, sold millions of CSGO and Dota skins, grown online communities to millions, disrupted fashion industries and created sneakers for legends." Those collaborations have seen great success - the RTFKT x FEWOCiOUS collaboration sold 621 pairs of sneakers in less than 10 minutes on NiftyGateway, netting $3.1M. Since its inception in January 2020, RTFKT has already released a few NFT projects in collaboration with industry greats such as sneaker legend Jeff Staples, Janet Jackson, and up-and-coming artist, FEWOCiOUS. RTFKT, pronounced "artifact,” is a digital fashion and collectibles company founded by Benoit Pagotto, Chris Le, and Steven Vasilev.

Though there have only been a few cryptic updates since the project announcements started brewing, enthusiasm hasn't dampened for the upcoming avatar project - the first for the ambitious RTFKT, which wants to be THE next-gen Metaverse company.īelow, I'll take a look at RTFKT and what we know about its upcoming drop: CloneX. → PUBLIC SALE Nov 20th ONLY 👁🗨 /zle1RHwTM3 The long awaited announcement regarding RTFTKT's CloneX drop has finally come. Editor's note: The CloneX drop has been postponed to Nov.
