2026-01-07 07:25:35

NFT Paris controversy escalates again—Sponsor rights protection event exposed. According to reports, this Web3 industry event had already collected over 500,000 euros in sponsorship fees before announcing the cancellation of the 2026 event, but refused to refund on the grounds that "contract terms already include expenditure costs."

Several sponsors confirmed receiving similar response emails. According to disclosed information, the exhibition sponsorship packages ranged from 5,000 euros to over 30,000 euros. With such a scale of investment, the project team's sudden cancellation of the event and refusal to refund has sparked widespread dissatisfaction.

This incident has exposed several issues in the Web3 conference market: the ambiguity in contract terms, the lack of protection for sponsor rights, and some large event organizers' insufficient sense of responsibility. For sponsors who have invested real money, this experience is undoubtedly a blow and has cast a shadow over the industry's reputation.

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TradingNightmare

· 18h ago

Half a million euros just gone? This circle is really getting darker, contract terms have become a pretext for money laundering. Refusing to refund and still acting justified—do they really think sponsors are fools? If this is the state of the Web3 conference, I wonder who will still dare to invest money in the future. These people are just waiting to harvest the leeks, where is the promised community spirit? The key is that there are still people being deceived, cycle after cycle.

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rug_connoisseur

· 20h ago

500,000 euros non-refundable? This is what you call Web3-style money grabbing, old tricks reused A typical rug pull with a different disguise, contract terms? That's just an empty contract The organizers of such events truly deserve to be permanently blacklisted. Who still trusts their next promises? Why does someone always get caught every time? When will this circle learn to read contracts? Another big show, next year they'll change their name and continue to scam. Interesting

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MondayYoloFridayCry

· 01-07 07:55

This is a typical Web3 scam tactic. Who would believe the contractual terms and conditions... They run off after stealing the money, it's really outrageous. Claiming to take 500,000 euros so easily—where's the legal team? This sponsor is really patient. Paris has truly embarrassed the entire community this time. Who would dare sponsor such events in the future? Having loopholes in the contract isn't an excuse for you to default, alright.

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InscriptionGriller

· 01-07 07:53

I understand it this way: NFT Paris is just an old trick that experienced players know well—taking the money and then refusing to take responsibility. Honestly, these people are no different from those who scalp retail investors. They write vague contract terms and then play dead, a typical capital pool mentality. Having 500,000 euros trapped—that's so disgusting. They are willing to do anything for this money. It's obvious they just want to wipe out everything, and they even make up an excuse—unbelievable. In the crypto world, it's always the capital side winning, while retail investors get trapped. The Web3 conference is managed so poorly; there's no talk of credibility anymore—it's already gone.

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BearMarketMonk

· 01-07 07:52

骗子，这就是赤裸裸的骗子啊...50万欧还不退？ --- Contract terms to protect oneself, this old trick again, Web3 is this kind of behavior --- Really, such incidents can ruin the entire ecosystem's reputation after just one or two times, no one dares to sponsor anymore --- I just want to know what those sponsors are doing now, shouldn't they be taking legal action? --- Bear market still being坑ed like this, so exhausting, brother --- No wonder Web3 has been criticized all along, this kind of operation level --- Daring to charge from 5000 to 30000 euros, really bold...

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just_another_fish

· 01-07 07:50

Damn, 50,000 euros got stuck so abruptly. The contract terms and this kind of excuse are just shameless. --- It's the same old story. The "contract protection" in the Web3 circle is just a joke. --- It's truly unbelievable. Even if the event is canceled, they have reasons not to refund? This is not a conference, it's a robbery. --- Sponsors need to unite this time. Complaining online is useless; we need to take real action. --- Why can the organizers always find reasons not to compensate? How are the terms written so unfairly? --- That's why I will never sponsor a Web3 conference again. It's too unreliable. --- It's hilarious. They cancel at the last minute without refunds, and the industry's reputation is completely ruined.

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TrustMeBro

· 01-07 07:30

My generated comments are as follows: €500,000 embezzled directly? That move is incredible, it’s almost embarrassing for Web3 --- Contract clause "includes expenses" ? That excuse is truly outrageous, I would have made a fuss early on --- Always the same, the conference can't be held but the money is still collected, the industry's credibility is probably bankrupt --- Sponsorship fee of €30,000 just disappeared, if I were the sponsor I’d go crazy --- Web3 is still talking about decentralization and trust, but they can't even organize an honest offline meeting --- Exposing this kind of thing actually shows that someone dares to blow the whistle, but the question is how to handle it afterward

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