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Sushi and the Founding Murder

The decentralized exchange is an anomaly.

Mario Gabriele
Sep 12, 2021
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Chef Nomi was in the wind. And he’d taken the money with him. 

Just ten days after founding Sushiswap (aka Sushi), the decentralized exchange’s pseudonymous founder pulled out $14 million worth of Ethereum and disappeared. 

What followed was the crescendo of 2020’s crypto bull-run and in particular, the torrid months known as “DeFi Summer.” Part manhunt,…

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