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A confused crypto firm that was hoping to play a major role in Changpeng Zhao’s so-called “pay-to-reach” project says it’s now “grappling with profound self-doubt” after the former Binance CEO announced he had chosen to move forward with a rival firm instead. Xnect says it had already engaged with the BNB Chain team on a launch plan, and that BNB Chain reposted its online video tutorial twice and recognized it as “the pioneering pay-to-reach protocol.” However, despite this, earlier today, Zhao announced on X that he would instead be partnering with rival firm Reachme.io. After Zhao teased his pay-to-reach plans earlier this month, Xnect, like many other startups, rushed to get onboard the project, which attempts to eliminate spam messages by charging people for the privilege of contacting you. For the record, Zhao tried charging people $120 to get in touch with him but still wasn’t happy with the quality of messages he received. According to Xnect, it ...

As part of the reported restructuring efforts at Rario, a number of roles are also being eliminated, according to the report. Rario, a Polygon-based platform issuing cricket-related nonfungible tokens (NFTs), has reportedly seen its founders leaving the firm after two years since launch. Founders of Rario, including Rario CEO Ankit Wadhwa and chief technology officer Sunny Bhanot, are being pushed out as investors at the startup to exert greater control over the platform, TechCrunch reported on Sept. 8. Rario CEO Ankit Wadhwa (left) and CTO Sunny Bhanot (right). Source: TechCrunch Dream11, a major Indian fantasy sports platform and the largest backer of Rario, is being ousted as well, according to the report. As part of other restructuring efforts at Rario, a number of roles are also being removed, the report said. Apart from Dream11, Rario has some prominent investors including the global investment company and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. In April 2022, the cricket NFT platfor...