Team other-protocol involvement history
Axelar Network's assessment for RD-F-113 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.
Evidence summary #
Both founders were founding team members at Algorand (a legitimate, major L1). No prior rug or exit-scam-labeled protocol affiliations found. Multiple explicit searches for 'Axelar rug exit scam fraud' and 'Sergey Gorbunov OR Georgios Vlachos exit scam prior protocol' yield zero adverse results. Scam results returned are third-party impersonators, not team-originated activity.
Sources #
- URLGeorgios Vlachos - People in crypto | IQ.wikiIQ.wiki Georgios Vlachos — Algorand Head of Math (founding team); no rug or scam historyretrieved 2026-05-17
- Sergey Gorbunov - People in crypto | IQ.wikiIQ.wiki Sergey Gorbunov — Algorand founding team member; no rug or scam historyretrieved 2026-05-17
- To Avoid Scams, Check This List of Axelar Official Channels | Axelar BlogScamadviser rates axelar.network as legitimate; Axelar blog confirms scams are third-party impersonatorsretrieved 2026-05-17
Methodology #
Document current or prior protocol roles for team members (conflicts of interest, prior rugs, prior successful launches).
See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →
rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol axelar factor RD-F-113 score green collected_at 2026-05-16 21:57:49