The founder of Azuki, known by the pseudonym Zagabond, recently attended a significant event in Shanghai dedicated to his digital NFT collection, where he revealed his identity for the first time and shared some details about himself. Zagabond, who is of Chinese ethnicity, was born in the city of Harbin, in northeastern China.

Renowned reporter and analyst Colin Wu noted that the Azuki project attracted significant investments amounting to 20,000 ETH thanks to the launch of the virtual assembly Elementals last year. However, the collection faced criticism from the community due to the low quality of images and the use of ETH.

The developer emphasized the significance of his visit to the Shanghai garden, noting that it was his first return to his homeland in more than five years, the last time being before the COVID-19 pandemic began. He expressed gratitude to Azuki for the opportunity to meet with the local community and reunite with a cousin whom he had not seen in more than ten years.

The creator of Azuki also shared his personal goal of bridging the East and the West. He mentioned that having a strong Azuki community in the USA and meeting a Chinese owner who recited the manifesto to him during the event reminded him of the global scale of their movement.

Azuki NFT is a platform for creating, trading, and collecting non-fungible tokens on the Ethereum blockchain, providing infrastructure for artists, content creators, and traders to generate and sell unique digital assets. The project's creator has also released several of his own virtual collections.