The lawsuit, alongside a recent research report, also cast new light on a pseudonymous Twitter account, @0x_b1, that became highly influential with the 2020 rise of decentralized finance, or DeFi, tools. The account was regarded as a “whale,” or large crypto holder, but was not widely known to, in fact, be managing assets for Celsius. As the suit was filed, the account “doxed” itself as a group including a DeFi trader and staking strategist named Jason Stone.
