Crypto influencer Ben Armstrong, aka BitboyCrypto, has claimed that UniFaction founder Nema Jahan is the pseudonymous founder of Memecoin Shiba Inu.
Based on publicly available information, BitBoy initially stated that there was a tie between Sam Bankman-Fried and the Shiba Inu through an OpenSea account in the name of Alameda Research.
BitBoy Claims That Sam Bankman Is Not A Fried Ryoshi
However, BitBoy’s sources later confirmed to the influencer that there was no connection between SBF and the Shiba Inu, attributing the misunderstanding to the wallet discrepancy in the early days of the Shiba Inu.
He suggested that the professional networking chat group Karma DAO could reveal the founder of the Shiba Inu. In addition, The DAO’s member Index included former FTX executives Sam Bankman-Fried, Ryan Salame, and Unification founder Nema Jahan.
According to Armstrong, the Karma DAO incubated Project Serum, a Solana DEX created by Bankman-Fried, and Unification, a project that was instrumental in creating Shiberium and Shibaswap.
A collection of tweets from listed member Andrew Lee suggested he knew the pseudonymous Memecoin founder Ryoshi.
Plaintiffs recently sued Bitbuy, claiming that it did not disclose the compensation it received for promoting FTX before the exchange filed for bankruptcy in November 2022. Bitboy dropped a $200,000 defamation lawsuit against fellow YouTube content creator Atozzi last year.
Integration founder denied the claims
BitBoy noted that a community organizer within the Telegram account of the Karma DAO had “Fund” attached to his name, the ticker symbol for the integration.
Citing direct screenshots, BitBoy claims that the community organizer sent $6 billion in SHIB to Vitalik Buterin to generate hype around the coin.
BeInCrypto reported that the founders of SHIB sent Buterin to SHIB in May 2021. Ethereum co-founder burns 90% of coins, says he doesn’t think anyone should have concentration of power.
In a Twitter thread, Jahn refuted Bitboy’s claims that Unification’s CEO had a business relationship with Sam Bankman-Fried. He said he roomed with the former FTX co-founder only once.
Despite being enthusiastic about blockchain technology, he affirms that the attention has put him out of the public eye.
Armstrong said that Jahan posted the disclaimer to divert attention from his family because he is a SHIB billionaire.
An anonymous Twitter user IamT picked four people who he believes are linked to the founder SHIB. These are Jahan, his partner, Andrew Lee and Michael Song.
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