<p><span data-contrast="auto">Alex Atallah, co-founder of OpenSea, a leading marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), </span><a href="https://twitter.com/xanderatallah/status/1543008322978082816?s=21&amp;t=ygVouWazJaUAym49s-UijA"><span data-contrast="none">tweeted today</span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> that he will step away from the company that he co-founded, while remaining on the board.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">His last day will be July 30.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Atallah, who co-founded the New York-based company in 2018 with CEO Devin Finzer, is worth $2.2 billion, according to his </span><a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/alex-atallah/?sh=2e5f9c64a32b"><span data-contrast="none">Forbes profile</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">In an update that he had </span><a href="https://mirror.xyz/alexatallah.eth/-8HvcUeO6wkrzV5xLR-Uv_OljE_Xci1yI6jUBGYJvmU"><span data-contrast="none">shared with his team</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">, Atallah said that he was ready to turn his attention back to his “primary passion: building something from zero to one.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">After taking at least a month off in August, trying to do nothing, Atallah said, he will get back into crypto and build new things. </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">“If I’ve learned anything about this space in my time at OpenSea, it’s that the best companies and the best ecosystems are one and the same,” he said.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Earlier this month, OpenSea </span><a href="https://www.theblock.co/linked/150997/opensea-pledges-to-take-action-on-scams-and-intellectual-property-infringement"><span data-contrast="none">CEO Finzer said</span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> the NFT marketplace was redoubling its efforts to curb fraud and plagiarism on the platform.</span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}"> </span></p> <p><em><b data-stringify-type="bold">Correction: </b>A previous draft and headline incorrectly identified Alex Atallah as CTO of OpenSea.</em></p><br /><span class="copyright"><p>© 2023 The Block Crypto, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.</p> </span>