SUSHI
Two weeks ago, an anonymous developer known as "Chef Nomi", copied DeFi project, Uniswap (covered below) to create SushiSwap. Ten days after creation, Chef Nomi sold all of his SUSHI for $13M in ETH, blindsiding the community and leaving the project in disarray. (This is likely why ETH fell harder than BTC this past week). In the midst of all the havoc, Chef Nomi then ceded control of the project to the head of FTX.
What is Uniswap?
To understand SUSHI you need to understand Uniswap. Uniswap is a VC-backed decentralized exchange (DEX) that allows anyone to swap ERC20 tokens. It aims to solve decentralized exchanges' liquidity problem by allowing a user to swap tokens without relying on buyers and sellers who create liquidity. A DeFi favorite, UniSwap’s daily trading volume has surpassed that of Coinbase. Learn more about Uniswap here.
What is SUSHI and SushiSwap?
SushiSwap was announced on Aug. 26 as an “evolution of Uniswap”. But it is quite literally an exact copy of Uniswap except for added “community-oriented features” — which primarily is a token. In short, SushiSwap rewards its liquidity providers (LPs) with the token SUSHI.
Uniswap doesn’t have a governance token and currently distributes 0.30% of its collected trading fees to liquidity providers. SushiSwap, by contrast, offers liquidity providers 0.25% of trading fees, converting the remaining 0.05% into SUSHI token rewards.
SushiSwap in a sense is trying to steal Uniswap's customer base and liquidity. The scheme is aptly named “Vampire Mining.”
Was it successful?
In short, yes. SushiSwap gained considerable traction among cryptocurrency traders, peaking at $1.58 billion in total locked value on September 3.
With it's success, SUSHI was swiftly listed on Binance and FTX.
Exit Scam?
On September 5th, rumors started swirling that Chef Nomi cashed out $15M worth of developer funds of personal gain, causing the token to crash 88%. The withdrawal amounted to 20,039 ETH and 2,558,644 SUSHI from the dev fund.
SBF steps in
After being accused of “exit-scamming” by the protocol’s users, Chef Nomi transferred control of the protocol to FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF).
At that point, conspiracy theories that Chef Nomi and SBF were actually the same person reached a high, while others continued to argue that Chef Nomi was actually the CTO of data provider Band Protocol.
What's Next?
It's hard to say for sure what the future of SUSHI will be. But in the meantime, several token holders have threatened legal repercussions through a class action law suit against Chef Nomi.
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