generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: https://blog.lootex.io
name: Lootex Lifecycle & Deprecation
description: >-
  Lootex is winding down its consumer Web3 products after eight years of
  operation and pivoting to full-stack AI/Web3 development partnerships and
  open-source contributions. The consumer marketplace, Studio, and Biru social
  platform are being sunset; user assets are non-custodial and remain in
  users' own wallets.
versioning:
  policy: null
  scheme: null
  notes: >-
    No formal API version scheme is published. Legacy REST endpoints were
    documented under a Forge /v1 path; the Forge developer portal
    (docs.forge.lootex.dev) is no longer resolving.
status_page: null
deprecations:
- item: Smart Account (SA) features
  status: suspended
  sunset_date: '2025-08-27'
  guidance: >-
    Users were asked to withdraw assets and bind an external wallet before the
    suspension date.
  source: https://blog.lootex.io
- item: Lootex Marketplace (marketplace, launchpad, staking, Beer Point system)
  status: deprecated
  sunset_date: '2026-04-04'
  guidance: >-
    Marketplace, launchpad, staking, and Beer Point features become
    inaccessible after the sunset date. NFTs are non-custodial and remain in
    users' own wallets.
  source: https://blog.lootex.io
- item: Biru community/social platform
  status: deprecated
  sunset_date: '2026-04-04'
  guidance: Operations wind down on the sunset date.
  source: https://blog.lootex.io
- item: Lootex Studio (NFT creation/minting tool)
  status: deprecated
  sunset_date: '2026-04-04'
  guidance: Consumer creation tooling discontinued as part of the product wind-down.
  source: https://lootex.io
sunset_header_support: unknown