{"id":34166,"date":"2024-12-28T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/?p=34166"},"modified":"2024-12-28T10:10:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T07:10:34","slug":"solana-co-founder-sued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/solana-co-founder-sued\/","title":{"rendered":"Solana Co-Founder Sued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-12-27\/solana-pioneer-sued-by-ex-wife-over-crypto-token-staking-gains\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Bloomberg<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <strong>Stephen Akridge<\/strong>, a co-founder of the <strong>Solana<\/strong> blockchain platform, is being sued in <strong>San Francisco Superior Court<\/strong> by his ex-wife, <strong>Elisa Rossi<\/strong>, over allegations of embezzling staking revenues.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_71 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/solana-co-founder-sued\/#Allegations_Regarding_Cryptocurrency_Misuse\" title=\"Allegations Regarding Cryptocurrency Misuse\">Allegations Regarding Cryptocurrency Misuse<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/solana-co-founder-sued\/#Details_of_the_Allegations_and_Legal_Proceedings\" title=\"Details of the Allegations and Legal Proceedings\">Details of the Allegations and Legal Proceedings<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/solana-co-founder-sued\/#Solana_and_Stephen_Akridge\" title=\"Solana and Stephen Akridge\">Solana and Stephen Akridge<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Allegations_Regarding_Cryptocurrency_Misuse\"><\/span>Allegations Regarding Cryptocurrency Misuse<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Elisa Rossi<\/strong> claims that Akridge exploited his expertise in cryptocurrency to unlawfully transfer SOL staking revenues from her digital wallet to his own. In her complaint, Rossi alleges that Akridge leveraged the disparity in blockchain knowledge to misappropriate staking rewards worth \u201c<em>millions of dollars.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Staking is a process where cryptocurrencies are used as collateral to validate blockchain transactions, earning additional token rewards in return. Rossi asserts that the profits generated through this process rightfully belong to her.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Details_of_the_Allegations_and_Legal_Proceedings\"><\/span>Details of the Allegations and Legal Proceedings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The lawsuit claims that Akridge embezzled the staking revenues by gaining full control over Rossi\u2019s SOL token-linked accounts and commissions between early March and mid-May. While the exact amount of SOL tokens involved is undisclosed, Rossi described the misappropriated earnings as \u201csignificant.\u201d The complaint also includes requests to keep certain details confidential.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Solana_and_Stephen_Akridge\"><\/span>Solana and Stephen Akridge<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Stephen Akridge<\/strong> is recognized as a key engineering leader who left <strong>Qualcomm<\/strong> to develop the Solana blockchain platform alongside co-founders <strong>Anatoly Yakovenko<\/strong> and <strong>Raj Gokal<\/strong>. Although Solana was initially associated with <strong>FTX<\/strong> founder <strong>Sam Bankman-Fried<\/strong>, it has since become one of the world\u2019s leading blockchain platforms.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em class=\"darkmysite_style_txt_border darkmysite_processed\" data-darkmysite_alpha_bg=\"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\">You can also freely share your thoughts and comments about the topic in the comment section. 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Allegations Regarding Cryptocurrency Misuse Elisa Rossi claims that Akridge exploited his expertise in cryptocurrency to unlawfully transfer SOL staking revenues from her digital wallet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":34167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[10571,319,10572],"class_list":["post-34166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-elisa-rossi","tag-solana","tag-stephen-akridge"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Solana Co-Founder Sued - Coin Engineer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/solana-co-founder-sued\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Solana Co-Founder Sued - Coin Engineer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to Bloomberg, Stephen Akridge, a co-founder of the Solana blockchain platform, is being sued in San Francisco Superior Court by his ex-wife, Elisa Rossi, over allegations of embezzling staking revenues. 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