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“Lonely Ape Dating Club” had a list of features that set it apart from other dating apps.
Many describe that in the world of crypto assets there is still an absence of women.
The work of women artists represents just 16 percent of NFT’s sales.
Currently there is a large ecosystem of digital platforms that register many users over time and become successful. While other of these applications fail to reach their goal as is the case with the Lonely Ape dating app that promised to unite fans of cryptocurrencies and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) who belonged to the “Bored Ape” community, but recently announced its closure due to lack of women.
The information was released by those responsible for the application, after celebrating its launch in February but not reaching the users who were waiting in this case for the female world.
“Due to unforeseen circumstances, this project has been put on hold indefinitely,” read a statement on the service’s website.
Also, its creators, “Y4K”, a “motley crew of hackers and NFT collectors”, elaborated in a May 14 tweet, explaining that “unfortunately, due to a very unequal ratio of men and women who signed up for our waiting list, we have decided to suspend the BAYC dating app indefinitely,” says the collective.
“Too many brothers! We sincerely appreciate your interest and support,” they add in their tweet.
“Lonely Ape Dating Club” had a big bet
At its launch “Lonely Ape Dating Club” had a list of features that set it apart from other dating apps, quickly drawing the attention of users, since in it they could show their crypto stacks and NFTs by connecting their cryptocurrency wallets to the application.
Also the creators and managers of them said that they could choose who to match based on their cryptographic heritage and NFT collection. Besides, if a user liked someone, they could send them some crypto tips to get their attention.
But the most promising thing about the app is that it claimed it would have a feature to earn tokens by swiping and interacting with others, while a feature called “coin hunter” would allow users outside of the “Bored Ape Yacht Club” to match users. higher net worth for mutual benefit.
Faced with this unexpected departure from the dating application, many experts began to qualify the presence of women in the world of cryptocurrencies or NFTs, where their absence continues to exist despite the best efforts of artists such as Grimes, Pussy Riot and Yam Karkai, the digital asset industry is still disproportionately male.
Recall that at the end of last year, the work of women artists represented just 16 percent of NFT sales.
Data from Statista, from April 12, 2021 to February 15, 2022, detailed the total value of NFT sales in the art segment fluctuated significantly. Likewise, the statistics platform noted that as of April 12, 2021, the sales of NFTs registered on the Ethereum blockchain during the previous 30 days generated a added value of almost 64 million US dollars.
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