{"id":129077,"date":"2025-05-12T13:15:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=129077"},"modified":"2025-05-12T13:15:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:15:30","slug":"degods-nft-founder-steps-down-as-collection-gains-traction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=129077","title":{"rendered":"DeGods NFT founder steps down as collection gains traction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsThe creator of the non-fungible token (NFT) collection DeGods announced that he has stepped down as the CEO of the project amid an uptick in sales.\u00a0<br \/>\nRohun Vora, known online as \u201cFrank DeGods\u201d on X, said he has stepped down as the project\u2019s CEO, concluding a three-year stint as the head of one of the most popular Solana-based NFT collections.\u00a0<br \/>\nHe identified pseudonymous figures 0x_chill and Pastagotsauce as the new leaders of DeGods. \u201cThere are no investigations, because I have never done anything illegal. That\u2019s the boring truth,\u201d Vora wrote, addressing speculation about his departure.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nThe announcement came as the NFT collection started gaining traction on the Ethereum and Solana blockchains.\u00a0<br \/>\nSource: FrankdegodsDeGods\u2019 sales are up 101% on Solana<br \/>\nData tracker CryptoSlam shows that in the last seven days, DeGods NFTs have seen a significant increase in sales.\u00a0<br \/>\nOn May 12, DeGods on Solana recorded a sales volume of around $458,000, a 101% increase over the previous week. In the last 30 days, the collection had a sales volume of $1.1 million for its NFTs based on the Solana network.\u00a0<br \/>\nOn Ethereum, the DeGods collection recorded $104,000 in sales for the past week, a 156% growth over the previous seven days. In the last 30 days, the collection recorded over $250,000 in sales, a 323% increase in sales volumes.\u00a0<br \/>\nFollowing the announcement, new DeGods project lead Pasta shared plans to release a tribute to the project\u2019s three-year history and teased a shift in strategy.<br \/>\nPasta also hinted that there will be changes in the project\u2019s approach. \u201cOur job isn\u2019t to build crypto products. It\u2019s to make DeGods as big as it can possibly be. That\u2019s what you want. That\u2019s what we want too. So that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019re gonna do,\u201d Pasta wrote.\u00a0<br \/>\nSource: PastagotsauceRelated: Doodles NFT sales surge 97% ahead of DOOD token airdrop<br \/>\nNFT sales are up by 17% in the last seven days<br \/>\nMeanwhile, the broader NFT market has also gained traction in the last seven days. CryptoSlam data shows that from May 6 to 12, NFTs recorded a sales volume of over $120 million, a 17% increase over the previous week.\u00a0<br \/>\nMagazine: Trump-Biden bet led to obsession with \u2018idiotic\u2019 NFTs \u2014Batsoupyum, NFT Collector<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/degods-frank-steps-down-ceo-nft-sales-surge?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsThe creator of the non-fungible token (NFT) collection DeGods announced that he has stepped down as the CEO of the project amid an uptick in sales.\u00a0 Rohun Vora,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129077"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}