Is SBF Shiba Inu Creator?

Coinbase Director of Project Strategy & Business Operations Conor Grogan draws links between Ryoshi, the anonymous creator of Shiba Inu, and Sam Bankman-Fried's Alameda Research.

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Grogan shows that a Bitkub deposit address used by Ryoshi was linked with an OpenSea account named "ALAMEDA."

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Ryoshi used the deposit address twice in 2020 and 2021, and Bitkub does not change deposit addresses.

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The OpenSea account minted an SBF-inspired NFT created by Meme Ltd. called the "SBF Legendary" collection in September 2020.

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Grogan previously shared data that indicated Alameda, at the time the largest SHIB farmer, likely formed the top of the last bull run for the meme coin by dumping it.

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Grogan's latest findings have led to speculation that SBF is Ryoshi, but neither @LucieSHIB nor Shytoshi Kusama has responded.

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