The Social Lead for Yuga Labs, the $4 billion startup behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club and other prominent NFT collections, resigned on Sunday after numerous racist and antisemitic tweets he posted years ago were brought back into the spotlight.

Shpend Salihu, who goes by the username NGBxShpend and was identified by the company as its Social Lead in a June post on LinkedIn, tweeted on Sunday that he had resigned from the startup after many of his past personal tweets denigrating members of various races and ethnoreligious groups went viral on Twitter.

“Some tweets have resurfaced from my past and it’s become a distraction from the Club and what we’re all about. These tweets do not reflect who I am or what I believe in,” Salihu tweeted. “It has been an amazing experience getting to know all of you over the last years and I am proud of everything I’ve done with B

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