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== Basics ==

== Projects ==

* [[Celo (CELO)|Celo]]; from a [[Nansen]] quarterly [https://www.nansen.ai/report/nansens-celo-quarterly-report-q2-2022 report] (29-9-2022):

''"Back in September 2021, [[CELO|Celo]] announced a partnership with [[Mysten Labs]] to improve the throughput of the [[Celo]] [[blockchain]] via an advanced [[mempool]] protocol, the Narwhal, and Tusk [[consensus]].''

''Additionally, Mysten Labs would also provide support for the [[Move]] [[Virtual Machine (VM)|virtual machine]] to facilitate the migrations of frequently utilized Celo core [[Smart Contract (SC)|contracts]], such as cUSD and cEUR.''

''Lastly, to enhance self-custody efforts for users, Mysten Labs would also add the KELP key recovery protocol to Celo, allowing users to recover their [[Private Key|private keys]] despite losing their mobile devices."''

* [[Sui (SUI)|Sui]]; Mysten is the team behind Sui.
*[[Walrus]]

== Team, Funding, Partners ==

===Team===
*Full team can be found [here].
*Mysten Labs ([https://github.com/MystenLabs 1-8-2022]). From this [https://twitter.com/tracecrypto1/status/1546498905856253954 twitter thread] by [[Figment Networks|Figment]] (11-7-2022):  ''"The business was founded by @EvanWeb3, @EmanAbio, @b1ackd0g, @GDanezis, @kostascrypto – all of whom were formerly building [[Novi]] or [[Diem]] at Meta."''
*[[Evan Cheng]]; CEO
*Sam Blackshear, Mysten’s co-founder and CTO
*Chief product officer Adeniyi Abiodun and chief scientist George Danezis.
*Janet Wu; director of product ([https://decrypt.co/283473/mysten-labs-unveils-decentralized-storage-protocol-walrus 1-10-2024]).
*Lefteris Kokoris-Kogias; researcher

=== Funding ===

* Mysten Labs [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xoYqw-5EjQIiunX75UzozzMPOspm0KwFzgA-SKBcvyo/edit#gid=0 turned out] to have sold ~100M in equity to [[FTX (FTT)|FTX]] Ventures (8-12-2022). The Mysten Labs later had an [https://decrypt.co/124443/mysten-labs-to-buy-96-million-in-shares-and-token-warrants-back-from-ftx offer] which comprises of $95 million in preferred stock and $1 million worth of SUI token warrants to be bought back from FTX (24-3-2023).
* Mysten Labs had [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xoYqw-5EjQIiunX75UzozzMPOspm0KwFzgA-SKBcvyo/edit#gid=0 investment] from bankrupt [[FTX (FTT)|Alameda Research]]/FTX. This could mean fall-out risk since this equity will likely be sold due to bankruptcy.

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