Odaily Planet Daily News: In early November last year, Andre Cronje returned to the Fantom project after a period of "retirement", pushing the price of the token up by 20%. However, he claimed that he never really left. Cronje said: "I left Fantom only from a public perspective. There were too many negative reports about me at the time, and I thought it would have a negative impact on Fantom." He added that he has been working at the Fantom Foundation since 2019, which is almost his full-time job. "You can ask anyone in the company, they know I'm still there, and I'm still working day after day." On the surface, Cronje left the Fantom Foundation in March 2022, and he allegedly gave up his contributions to the DeFi field and cryptocurrencies, causing the price of FTM to fall at the time. Although no specific reasons were given, Cronje has been criticized many times in the past because of his tendency to "test in production"-that is, he launched unaudited code while it was still being built. Cronje added that it was Michael Kong, CEO of the Fantom Foundation, who spent months finally convincing him to return publicly, and he also thought it was better for the project at the time. (The Block)