Why crypto creators want to stay anonymous


One of the favoured ways of remaining anonymous in the crypto world is to form a DAO (decentralised autonomous organisation). — AFP

PARIS: The two lifelong friends from Florida never sought the limelight, but then they built a multi-million-dollar empire selling digital art and people wanted to know who they were.

Under the pseudonyms "Gargamel" and "Gordon Goner", they created the "Bored Ape Yacht Club", a collection of 10,000 cartoons of apes with various hairstyles and outfits.

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