Co-founder of defunct exchange QuadrigaCX allegedly runs Wonderland
In a series of twitter posts published Jan. 27, decentralized finance (DeFi) investigator zachxbt seemingly unveiled the true identity of previously anonymous QuadrigaCX co-founder Michael Patryn, doxxing him to be that of @0xSifu, the founder of DeFi protocol Wonderland.
1/ This needs to be shared @0xSifu is the Co-founder of QuadrigaCX, Michael Patryn. If you are unfamiliar that is the Canadian exchange that collapsed in 2019 after the founder Gerald Cotten disappeared with $169mI have confirmed this with Daniele over messages. pic.twitter.com/qSfWNnQPhr
Following the publication of private messages between zachxbt and Daniele Sesta — the founder of Wonderland and Abracadabra — Sesta tweeted his perspective on the case, stating that “I have no bias about @0xSifu he has became a friend and part of my family and if my reputation of judgment will be hit by his dox, than be it.”
A recent Mirror.xyz blog written by Sesta reveals that he became aware of Sifu's career background just one month ago, but decided to maintain his role as treasury manager based upon principles of second chances. However, following passionate public outcry in response to his tweets this morning, Sesta took a moment to reflect upon the situation and concluded that:
On Jan. 9, Sesta declared his bullishness on projects in which the founders and teams reveal their personal identity, stating that "Doxxed teams tokens will outperform anons ones. Pay attention."
This is a common theme witnessed in the DeFi and NFT space to support the evolution of the brand from a purely web-dimensional entity, to a global physical and digitally interactive community.
Wonderland emerged into the space in September 2020 as a fork of the Olympus DAO, launching on the Avalanche
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