{"id":852935,"date":"2025-06-02T19:12:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T00:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/charles-founder-threatens-lawsuit-over-318-million-ada-seizure-claims\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T19:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T00:12:04","slug":"charles-founder-threatens-lawsuit-over-318-million-ada-seizure-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/02\/charles-founder-threatens-lawsuit-over-318-million-ada-seizure-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Founder Threatens Lawsuit Over 318 Million ADA Seizure Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson is preparing to take legal steps against individuals alleging that he manipulated the blockchain to take control of 318 million ADA tokens.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The accusations, which recently emerged on the social media platform X, suggest he used his Genesis keys in 2021 to seize funds belonging to early investors.<\/p>\n

Cardano\u2019s Hoskinson Accused of Secretly Altering Blockchain to Control ADA Funds<\/h2>\n

Last week, NFT artist Masato Alexander claimed that during the Cardano \u201cAllegra\u201d hard fork,<\/a> the network overwrote certain unspent token allocations from the original token sale. It then rerouted those tokens to Cardano\u2019s reserves<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn 2021, the Cardano \u2018Allegra\u2019 Hard Fork (HF) wasn\u2019t just a routine upgrade. It contained an extra payload. This HF effectively ERASED the original ICO<\/a> UTxOs holding the \u20b3318M and swept the funds into the Cardano reserves,\u201d Alexander wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Alexander claimed that although they intended to reissue the funds to their rightful owners, they allegedly withheld a large portion.<\/p>\n

He further claimed that only a small percentage of the tokens funded Intersect, a Cardano governance initiative<\/a>. Most of the tokens, he alleged, were staked to generate an estimated 25 million ADA in additional rewards.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOnly a tiny fraction went to Intersect\u2026 Where did the VAST majority of that \u20b3318 MILLION actually go after being moved from reserves? Separately, the funds were staked, earning 25m additional,\u201d Alexander alleged.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In addition, Alexander criticized the lack of clear documentation on the fund\u2019s path, suggesting there is no verifiable audit trail.<\/p>\n

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Ironically, Charles recently emphasized needing community input for scaling solutions, citing the importance of governance.<\/p>\n

Yet, when \u20b3318M was at stake, he acted unilaterally via genesis keys to alter the ledger and control these funds.<\/p>\n

Interesting. pic.twitter.com\/7aeInvGWok<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2014 masato_alexander (@masatoalexander) May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

However, Hoskinson has strongly rejected the allegations. In a response posted to X, he described the claims as \u201clies\u201d and clarified that the ADA vouchers became unspendable following the Allegra hard fork. <\/p>\n

The Cardano founder explained that these assets were transferred to a custodial account managed by the Token Generation Event (TGE)<\/a>. This account continued processing redemptions for three years.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Ada vouchers became unspendable after the hard fork. They were rolled into a custodial account controlled by the TGE that then continued redemption for 3 more years to distribute the genesis funds to the original buyers,\u201d he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hoskinson stated that original buyers eventually claimed 99.8% of the ADA sold during the ICO. He added that the team allocated only 0.2% of the tokens to fund Intersect.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAfter seven years, the remaining 0.2 percent were returned to the TGE and donated to Intersect through the same process that funded the Cardano Foundation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While the Cardano team has not released a full public report, Hoskinson noted that the redemption process is still ongoing. <\/p>\n

He warned <\/a>that he will sue Alexander and others who repeat the claims if they keep alleging that Input Output Global<\/a> stole funds.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs we are now considering litigation against those slandering us, we will make no further statements until the closing report is published. We will then send letters to the relevant parties demanding retractions and apologies,\u201d the Cardano founder concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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