Logan Paul says he is committing greater than $2.3 million to proper the wrongs of his failed CryptoZoo … and he is additionally submitting a lawsuit towards the oldsters he claims derailed his recreation.

Logan’s delivering on his promise to purchase again Base Egg and Base Animal non-fungible tokens from CryptoZoo for his or her authentic buy worth … by way of a web site the place buyers can submit claims.

Keep in mind … Logan introduced the CryptoZoo recreation again in 2021, billing the animated NFT challenge as “a really fun game that makes you money.” The sport reportedly drew inspiration from Pokémon and folk who paid .1 Ethereum have been instructed they might hatch, breed, acquire and commerce unique animal hybrids on the blockchain. The primary wave of 11,000 NFTs shortly bought out however CryptoZoo was by no means launched.

Logan says he had “only the best possible intentions” for CryptoZoo and “never made a single penny from the project.” He says he spent $400K growing the sport and says it was accomplished in early 2023 however wasn’t launched because of “regulatory hurdles that would need to be cleared that I did not originally understand.”

LP provides … “Like you, I was highly disappointed the game was not delivered.”

Logan says his $2.3 million buyback program “is a way for me to make whole those who intended to play CryptoZoo. The buyback is not intended to compensate those who gambled on the crypto market and lost.”

Along with the NFT buyback, Logan can also be taking authorized motion … claiming in a brand new lawsuit that CryptoZoo lead developer Eduardo Ibanez and “Crypto King” Jake Greenbaum are responsible for the sport’s failure and never him.

Within the docs — obtained by TMZ — one of many first pink flags within the challenge occurred simply after launch day, with suspicious buying and selling exercise occurring … the place it appeared dozens of challenge outsiders by some means received data of the existence of the brand new marketplace for ZOO Tokens.

The lawsuit claims the sketchy buying and selling exercise brought about the market capitalization of ZOO Tokens to drop from about $130 million to $26 million.

As for CryptoZoo, Logan says the sport won’t be launched … however there nonetheless is likely to be an opportunity for him to get some justice in court docket.