On May 10, nonfungible tokens (NFT) financialization protocol ParaSpace published several alleged irregularities tying its CEO, founder, and CTO Yubo Ruan to the mismanagement of funds equaling 2,909 Ether (ETH) recovered through a white-hat interception that occurred on March 18. Ruan denied any wrongdoing, writing: "manufacturing claims with the intent to take over and force me to step down as CEO. This is highly problematic and the legal team has taken action."
On or around March 18, ParaSpace suffered a price-slippage exploit that was quickly resolved. Around the same time, blockchain security firm BlockSec intercepted the hack. It moved 2,909 ETH from the protocol before malicious actors could obtain the funds and subsequently returned the assets to ParaSpace staff.