Christian, co-founder of crypto fund NDV and a major Azuki investor, commented on Twitter, "It would be unwise for Azuki to destroy a $1 billion project (and the most loyal community on the planet) for a $38 million profit. I'd be willing to pay $40 million for the entire company."
Boba Epicure, a former Dragonfly researcher, was willing to pay a higher price to acquire the project, and Christian responded that the project could be split up and made into a real DAO.
As previously reported, Azuki co-founder location tba posted on Twitter that the Azuki Elementals casting process was flawed and seriously underestimated the time required for the first and second phases of the pre-sale for Azuki and BEANZ holders. The duration should have been extended to more than 10 minutes to allow for sufficient buffer in the event of any problems (which did exist). In addition, despite capacity constraints, the subsequent Azuki Elementals website will still be hosted by Vercel to ensure that it can handle the expected load. "The entire team and I are saddened by what happened. We wanted to prepare a wonderful experience for everyone. I take personal responsibility for what happened and the pre-sale window should have been extended."
