RTFKT is a digital-fashion and NFT studio that created virtual sneakers, collectibles, and metaverse experiences, and was acquired by Nike in December 2021 before winding down operations by the end of January 2025. RTFKT's Twitter Score is 3.8 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #194,931 among 483,944 tracked accounts.
RTFKT was founded by Benoit Pagotto, Chris Le, and Steven Vasilev. Prior to its acquisition by Nike, the studio raised an $8 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz, which valued the company at $33.3 million at the time, per reporting on the deal.
RTFKT collaborated with Takashi Murakami to produce Clone X, an Ethereum-based NFT avatar collection that became one of the studio's most prominent releases. Nike's acquisition terms were not publicly disclosed. Following the wind-down announced for January 2025, the @RTFKTstudios profile now directs followers to @RTFKT as the successor official presence on X.
In April 2025, a proposed class-action complaint was filed against Nike concerning Nike-themed NFTs issued through RTFKT. The complaint alleges deceptive marketing, sales of unregistered securities, and losses connected to the studio's wind-down; these remain allegations and no findings of liability have been made. RTFKT's account has published 8 posts and has been mentioned by 898 accounts a total of 4,178 times, with 3,740 followers as of August 2026 on the platform.
Who follows RTFKT on X?
The accounts that follow RTFKT include 14 founders, 4 angel investors and 7 influencers, among them Stani, NFT.NYC, Justin Wu, Sean Williams, Danny Greene and Signal Week Formerly Paris Blockchain Week.