Samourai Wallet co-founder appeals for donations to pay $2M legal fees

Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez said mounting legal debt and fading pardon hopes could force him to serve his full prison sentence.

Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez said mounting legal debt and fading pardon hopes could force him to serve his full prison sentence.

BG Wealth Sharing, according to authorities, claimed to provide guidance on crypto trading, advertised heavily on social media and offered “daily profit opportunities.”

Bryan Pellegrino, co-founder and CEO of LayerZero, disputed Kelp DAO’s accusations and said a postmortem by external security firms will be published soon.

Aave argued that a thief doesn’t gain lawful ownership of property by stealing it and that Gerstein Harrow’s legal argument “defies logic, common sense and the law.”

Gerstein Harrow has filed similar cases in the past, arguing its clients have a claim to funds stolen by the DPRK and frozen by crypto firms.

John Palmer, a developer and brand adviser, agreed, said it "feels like a bug" to call them stablecoins and that they should have a self-defined and non-reactionary name.