On March 10, 2024, a transfer of 100 ETH from the hidden Clock Multisig address (0x5DAEA26517788b1c0DDB0200c6Fa6d8248076143) to a new address sparked outrage in the community, notably among those associated with the AssangeDAO. This has sparked concerns about a “Soft Rug Pull,” which SlowMist and RescuETH Rescue have addressed together in an article.
AssangeDAO, which is tied to Julian Assange, has received notice due to its ties to the notorious WikiLeaks founder. Assange, who has been jailed since 2010 for disclosing secret US government information, faces extradition following a December 2021 verdict by the UK High Court.
Assange DAO, a “cryptocurrency-punk” organization inspired by ConstitutionDAO, has launched a JuiceBox fundraising campaign to release Julian Assange. They intended to bid on “Clock 1/1,” an NFT built by Assange and Pak that represents his time in captivity. The funds would go toward his legal defense and raise awareness about free speech issues.
The fundraising campaign for AssangeDAO, similar to PEOPLE, granted supporters 1 million JUSTICE governance tokens for every 1 ETH contributed, leading in large gains owing to the PEOPLE token’s value increase.
Notably, Ethereum’s founder, Vitalik Buterin, gave 10 ETH in February. The inaugural round ended on February 7, 2022, with more than 10,500 ETH raised.
A second round raised 17,422 ETH, surpassing ConstitutionDAO’s 11,613 ETH and establishing AssangeDAO as JuiceBox’s most funded DAO.
According to MistTrack Investigations:
- Between June 8, 2022 and February 16, 2024, a multi-sig address (0x5DA…143) completed 65 transactions, transferring 9,750 ETH in 150 ETH increments every two weeks.
- Initially, most cash were transferred to (0x323339bc28028da8cd11b584747ee8ec873616b4).
- However, on January 23, 2024, transfers were rerouted to (0x2f988a4f26280a108a5761a889e63bd7f91d517e).
- From March 2022 to November 2023, the following address (0x323339bc28028da8cd11b584747ee8ec873616b4) transferred 17,517 ETH to Kraken.
- In December 2023, 337.5992 ETH were transferred to a different address (0x2f988a4f26280a108a5761a889e63bd7f91d517e).
- In July 2023, the address (0x2f9…17e) began its first transaction. Then, between December 2023 and March 2024, it distributed 1,250 ETH to two Kraken addresses.
- AssangeDAO’s multi-sig address (0x5DA143) received 16,600 ETH in March 2022, according to RescuETH statistics.
- It currently holds 5,018.59 ETH, having transferred about 12,000 ETH over two years.
The current status for financial transfers and balances is as follows:
