Founder Of Solana-based Trading Protocol Marginfi Resigns Over Internal Dispute

Marginfi creator Edgar Pavlovsky announced his resignation from the protocol, citing his disagreement with the way “things have been done internally or externally.”

In an X post on Apr. 11, Marginfi’s founder, Edgar Pavlovsky, revealed his decision to step away from the project, citing discrepancies in both internal and external practices as the primary reason for his departure.

Although the exact reasons behind Pavlovsky’s decision to step down remain unclear, his resignation letter hints at a disagreement between him and the team regarding the potential launch of a token associated with the project.

“The lawyers are still working things out but I’ve told everyone involved I don’t really care about tokens, or money, or any of that. Let that be a clear statement of my intention here and of my principles.”

Edgar Pavlovsky

Founded in 2021, Marginfi is a Solana-based trading protocol that gives users a unified account to access margin and compose a portfolio. According to data from DefiLlama, the protocol has allocated liquidity exceeding $580 million, securing its position as the fifth highest in terms of locked value within the Solana ecosystem.

Pavlovsky, while acknowledging his own failure as a founder, did not provide further elaboration on the circumstances surrounding his departure. Despite Pavlovsky’s departure, Marginfi’s official X account reassured users that “all products remain fully operational and are unaffected.” The statement attributes Pavlovsky’s resignation to “internal operational disagreements and of his own personal reasons […].”

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