Wylie Aronow, co-founder of Yuga Labs, revealed on Twitter that he has been diagnosed with congestive heart failure and will subsequently be taking a leave of absence from the company. He explained that this condition could have been detected earlier if he had gone for earlier checkups.
Wylie: Unfortunately ignorance got me here.
Wylie’s doctor told him he had congestive heart failure a few days ago. While he doesn’t know what caused it, he said they showed up unexpectedly last year after he delayed seeking help so he could keep working.
Aronow stated that he had pushed himself far beyond his capabilities on the project, putting in 12 hour work days in an attempt to get a second chance at life after suffering from serious illness for most of his twenties. .
The co-founder’s doctor has now asked him to make significant lifestyle changes.
Aronow says he will retain his position as a board member and strategic advisor at Yuga Labs. His departure coincides with a drop in the value of NFTs, a downward trend in the price of cryptocurrencies, and the collapse of FTX and 3AC.
Yuga Labs said that they would continue to support Wylie until he recovers. In addition, the firm acknowledges that Aronow “would be moving away from day-to-day operations.”
Recent Yuga Labs Developments
Yuga Labs announced in December that Activision Blizzard COO Daniel Alegre would join Yuga Labs as its new CEO. They chose Daniel because of his extensive experience in gaming, community building, business connection lead development, and retail.
Yuga recently launched its well-received Dookie Dash game, which is a tokenized mini-game that allows pass holders to access to grant their playing rights to others to accumulate a high score rate and win prizes for the next phase of the game. . So far, the game has had a significant echo.
