Team other-protocol involvement history
Sushi (SushiSwap) — v2 + v3 + Trident + BentoBox/Kashi + SushiXSwap's assessment for RD-F-113 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Multiple involvement history events: (1) Chef Nomi: Sept 2020 dev-fund withdrawal (~$14M ETH), returned in full 6 days later after community backlash. Documented founder-conduct failure with positive resolution. (2) Jared Grey: CEO of ALQO (later EONS) where insider theft drained 70% of token supply in Feb 2019 from Liberio wallet. Grey denied involvement, attributed to co-founder/business partner who was fired. Not independently adjudicated; community opinion divided. Also CEO of Bitfineon. (3) MISO contractors (AristoK3 / Anthony Keller / Sava Grujic): executed supply-chain attack 2021, suspected DPRK IT workers per CoinDesk Oct 2024. Returned funds after doxxing. No longer engaged. Current core team (Matthew Lilley, LufyCZ, Alex McCurry) has no adverse prior protocol involvement documented.
Sources #
- URLHow North Korea Infiltrated the Crypto IndustryCoinDesk Oct 2024 — North Korea infiltrated crypto including Sushiretrieved 2026-05-17
- JayPegs Automart (MISO / SushiSwap) — Hack Database Entryhacksdatabase/hacks/jaypegs-automart.md — MISO supply-chain attack detailretrieved 2026-05-17
- I F**ked Up: SushiSwap Creator Chef Nomi Returns $14M Dev FundCoinDesk — Chef Nomi returns $14M dev fundretrieved 2026-05-17
- SushiSwap Head Chef Hit by Controversy in First WeekBlockworks Oct 2022 — Grey first-week controversy and ALQO allegationsretrieved 2026-05-17
Methodology #
Document current or prior protocol roles for team members (conflicts of interest, prior rugs, prior successful launches).
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