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  "lastReviewed": "2026-08-07",
  "sourceTierLabels": {
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    "primary-project": "Official project source",
    "primary-onchain": "On-chain / contract record",
    "primary-court": "Court record",
    "primary-code": "Public code repository",
    "independent-media": "Independent media",
    "academic": "Academic paper",
    "third-party-education": "Third-party education source",
    "corrected-profile": "Corrected third-party profile",
    "first-person": "First-person source",
    "archive": "Archive"
  },
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    {
      "id": "YFI-01",
      "title": "YFI - Yearn Docs",
      "publisher": "Yearn",
      "date": "2026-04-17",
      "url": "https://docs.yearn.fi/contributing/governance/yfi",
      "sourceTier": "primary-project",
      "supports": [
        "Initial 30,000 YFI distribution to liquidity providers.",
        "Initial minting authority and multisig transfer."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "YFI-02",
      "title": "Governance and Operations - Yearn Docs",
      "publisher": "Yearn",
      "url": "https://docs.yearn.fi/contributing/governance/governance-and-operations",
      "sourceTier": "primary-project",
      "supports": [
        "Yearn later governance and operational structure."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "COINTELEGRAPH-TOP100-2021-ANDRE-CRONJE",
      "title": "Cointelegraph Top 100 Notable People in Blockchain 2021 - Andre Cronje",
      "publisher": "Cointelegraph",
      "date": "2021",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20211122205834/https://cointelegraph.com/top-people-in-crypto-and-blockchain-2021/andre-cronje",
      "sourceTier": "archive",
      "supports": [
        "Archived Cointelegraph 2021 Top 100 profile ranking Andre Cronje #2."
      ],
      "caution": "Current Cointelegraph URL returned 410 in local verification; cite the archived capture."
    },
    {
      "id": "COINTELEGRAPH-TOP100-2022-ANDRE-CRONJE",
      "title": "Cointelegraph Top 100 2022 - Andre Cronje",
      "publisher": "Cointelegraph",
      "date": "2022",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220220180931/https://cointelegraph.com/top-people-in-crypto-and-blockchain-2022/andre-cronje",
      "sourceTier": "archive",
      "supports": [
        "Archived Cointelegraph 2022 Top 100 profile ranking Andre Cronje #69."
      ],
      "caution": "Current Cointelegraph URL returned 410 in local verification; cite the archived capture."
    },
    {
      "id": "AXIOS-FAIR-LAUNCH",
      "title": "Yearn's creator is all in on regulated crypto",
      "publisher": "Axios",
      "date": "2022-05-09",
      "url": "https://www.axios.com/2022/05/09/yearns-creator-is-all-in-on-regulated-crypto",
      "sourceTier": "independent-media",
      "supports": [
        "Independent media recognition of fair-launch innovation through YFI."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "COINDESK-DEFI-EXPRESSIONIST",
      "title": "Andre Cronje: DeFi Expressionist",
      "publisher": "CoinDesk",
      "date": "2020-12-08",
      "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2020/12/08/andre-cronje-defi-expressionist/",
      "sourceTier": "independent-media",
      "supports": [
        "CoinDesk profile title and Yearn/YFI context.",
        "CoinDesk described Andre as founder of the platform that helped kick-start 2020's DeFi summer."
      ],
      "caution": "Use the visible page title and profile framing unless another series label is independently verified in current HTML, archive, or metadata."
    },
    {
      "id": "CRYPTOSLATE-CORRECTED-PROFILE",
      "title": "Andre Cronje - Founder at Flying Tulip",
      "publisher": "CryptoSlate",
      "date": "2026-06-24",
      "url": "https://cryptoslate.com/people/andre-cronje/",
      "sourceTier": "corrected-profile",
      "supports": [
        "Third-party profile identifying Andre as DeFi architect, Yearn and Keep3r creator, Flying Tulip founder, former Sonic Labs CTO, and Fantom technical contributor."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "CRYPTOBRIEFING-GODFATHER-DEFI",
      "title": "Andre Cronje, Legendary DeFi Builder, Is Leaving Crypto",
      "publisher": "Crypto Briefing",
      "date": "2022-03-06",
      "url": "https://cryptobriefing.com/andre-cronje-legendary-defi-builder-leaving-crypto/",
      "sourceTier": "independent-media",
      "supports": [
        "Attributed recognition language: Legendary DeFi Builder and widely regarded as the Godfather of DeFi."
      ],
      "caution": "Use only as attributed recognition language."
    },
    {
      "id": "CRYPTOSLATE-DEFI-TRAILBLAZER",
      "title": "DeFi trailblazer Andre Cronje returns with 'weird psyops' Medium post",
      "publisher": "CryptoSlate",
      "date": "2022-10-25",
      "url": "https://cryptoslate.com/defi-trailblazer-andre-cronje-returns-with-weird-psyops-medium-post/",
      "sourceTier": "independent-media",
      "supports": [
        "CryptoSlate trailblazer / pioneer description."
      ],
      "caution": "Use only for attributed recognition language."
    },
    {
      "id": "ACADEMIC-YFI-FAIR-LAUNCH-2022",
      "title": "Agent-based Model of Initial Token Allocations: Evaluating Wealth Concentration in Fair Launches",
      "publisher": "arXiv",
      "date": "2022-08-15",
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.10271",
      "sourceTier": "academic",
      "supports": [
        "Research case study treatment of Yearn Finance fair-launch allocation."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "CHAINLINK-GAMEFI-ANDRE-CRONJE",
      "title": "What Is GameFi?",
      "publisher": "Chainlink Education Hub",
      "date": "2024-08-14",
      "url": "https://chain.link/education-hub/gamefi",
      "sourceTier": "third-party-education",
      "supports": [
        "Chainlink attribution that GameFi, also known as game finance, was initially coined by Andre Cronje for DeFi protocols with gamified elements."
      ],
      "caution": "Keep the claim limited to terminology origin and later semantic evolution."
    },
    {
      "id": "FTM-01",
      "title": "Fantom Insights Vol. 9",
      "publisher": "Fantom Foundation",
      "date": "2018-10-01",
      "url": "https://medium.com/fantomfoundation/fantom-insights-vol-9-4e1a70c4538f",
      "sourceTier": "primary-project",
      "supports": [
        "2018 Technical Advisor role."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "FTM-02",
      "title": "Fantom: A scalable framework for asynchronous distributed systems",
      "publisher": "arXiv",
      "date": "2018-10-22",
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.10360",
      "sourceTier": "primary-code",
      "supports": [
        "Public Fantom technical research authorship."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "SNC-01",
      "title": "Andre Cronje - Chief Technology Officer of Sonic Labs",
      "publisher": "Sonic Labs",
      "date": "2024-08-13",
      "url": "https://blog.soniclabs.com/andre-cronje-chief-technology-officer-of-sonic-labs/",
      "sourceTier": "primary-project",
      "supports": [
        "Sonic Labs CTO role and Sonic network/Gateway development leadership."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "SNC-04",
      "title": "Leadership update from Sonic Labs",
      "publisher": "Sonic Labs",
      "date": "2026-06-19",
      "url": "https://blog.soniclabs.com/leadership-update-from-sonic-labs/",
      "sourceTier": "primary-project",
      "supports": [
        "Board transition and no further Sonic Labs business-decision role.",
        "Sonic Labs clarified that the phrase \"remain invested in Sonic's success\" was intended to mean continued support and not a financial position."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "SEC-YEARN-2025-03-21-NOTICE",
      "title": "SEC Division of Enforcement notice concerning In the Matter of Yearn Finance (HO-14453)",
      "publisher": "SEC Division of Enforcement",
      "date": "2025-03-21",
      "url": "https://andrecronje.info/public-record/sec-yearn/",
      "sourceTier": "primary-regulatory",
      "supports": [
        "SEC staff notice and stated outcome as to Yearn Finance, with Release No. 5310 limitation."
      ],
      "caution": "Redacted source notice is pending counsel approval; cite the public record page until then."
    },
    {
      "id": "SEC-RELEASE-5310",
      "title": "SEC Release No. 5310",
      "publisher": "U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission",
      "url": "https://www.sec.gov/divisions/enforce/wells-release.pdf",
      "sourceTier": "primary-regulatory",
      "supports": [
        "Limits on describing staff notices as exoneration or assurance."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "EMN-COINDESK-RETURNED-FUNDS",
      "title": "DeFi Degens Hit Hard by Eminence Exploit Will Be Partially Compensated",
      "publisher": "CoinDesk",
      "date": "2020-10-01",
      "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2020/10/01/defi-degens-hit-hard-by-eminence-exploit-will-be-partially-compensated",
      "sourceTier": "independent-media",
      "supports": [
        "Returned-funds and partial-restitution reporting for Eminence."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "EMN-COINTELEGRAPH-NO-LAWSUIT",
      "title": "EMN speculators fail to raise money to sue DeFi coder",
      "publisher": "Cointelegraph",
      "date": "2020-10-11",
      "url": "https://cointelegraph.com/news/group-raising-funds-to-sue-andre-cronje-over-emn-hack",
      "archivedUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260211101033/https://cointelegraph.com/news/group-raising-funds-to-sue-andre-cronje-over-emn-hack",
      "sourceTier": "independent-media",
      "supports": [
        "Media-record update that the public lawsuit fundraising effort stalled and no lawsuit was brought against Andre Cronje."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "SOLIDLY-PECKSHIELD-2022",
      "title": "PeckShield Audit Report - Solidly",
      "publisher": "PeckShield",
      "date": "2022",
      "url": "https://github.com/peckshield/publications/blob/master/audit_reports/PeckShield-Audit-Report-Solidly-v1.0.pdf",
      "sourceTier": "primary-code",
      "supports": [
        "Public third-party audit report for original Solidly V1 scope."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "FT-RAISE",
      "title": "Flying Tulip Raises $200M",
      "publisher": "Flying Tulip",
      "date": "2025-09",
      "url": "https://blog.flyingtulip.com/flying-tulip-raises-200m/",
      "sourceTier": "primary-project",
      "supports": [
        "Flying Tulip founder role and private-round announcement."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "FT-SALE-UPDATE",
      "title": "Flying Tulip Sale Update",
      "publisher": "Flying Tulip",
      "date": "2026-02-20",
      "url": "https://blog.flyingtulip.com/flying-tulip-sale-update/",
      "sourceTier": "primary-project",
      "supports": [
        "Updated funded/currently-held tranche figures after refunds, exits, and withdrawals."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "FT-CONTRACT-ADDRESSES",
      "title": "Contract Addresses - Flying Tulip Docs",
      "publisher": "Flying Tulip",
      "url": "https://docs.flyingtulip.com/contract-addresses/",
      "sourceTier": "primary-onchain",
      "supports": [
        "Public contract-address registry."
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "FT-OVERVIEW",
      "title": "Flying Tulip Overview",
      "publisher": "Flying Tulip",
      "url": "https://docs.flyingtulip.com/overview/flying-tulip/",
      "sourceTier": "primary-project",
      "supports": [
        "Flying Tulip founder role and unified protocol architecture across spot trading, lending, perpetual futures, insurance, and ftUSD."
      ],
      "lastReviewed": "2026-08-07"
    },
    {
      "id": "AC-WITNESSNET-ROLE",
      "title": "Andre Cronje current-role disclosure — Witnessnet",
      "publisher": "Andre Cronje",
      "date": "2026-08-07",
      "url": "https://andrecronje.info/for-institutions/#witnessnet",
      "sourceTier": "first-person",
      "supports": [
        "First-person disclosure that Andre Cronje currently serves as Chief Technology Officer at Witnessnet.",
        "Andre Cronje identifies Chief Technology Officer at Witnessnet as a canonical current role alongside Founder of Flying Tulip.",
        "First-person description of Witnessnet as building zkTLS infrastructure for blockchain-authenticated, chain-agnostic HTTP requests."
      ],
      "caution": "Current-role disclosure by the subject; refresh if the role changes."
    },
    {
      "id": "FT-WITNESSNET-ROADMAP",
      "title": "Flying Tulip Roadmap — Witnessnet technical overview",
      "publisher": "Flying Tulip",
      "date": "2026-07-15",
      "url": "https://docs.flyingtulip.com/roadmap/",
      "sourceTier": "primary-project",
      "supports": [
        "Witnessnet's framework is designed for onchain verification of facts about authenticated HTTPS responses without a trusted oracle.",
        "The documented proof design verifies TLS records, key derivation, finished messages, certificates, and hostname binding."
      ],
      "caution": "Technical context only; it does not support Andre Cronje's role title or use the literal term zkTLS."
    },
    {
      "id": "SONIC-SETTING-RECORD-STRAIGHT-2026-02-12",
      "title": "Setting the Record Straight",
      "publisher": "Sonic Labs",
      "date": "2026-02-12",
      "url": "https://x.com/SonicLabs/status/2021979703029248322",
      "sourceTier": "primary-project",
      "type": "official_project_statement",
      "supports": [
        "Sonic Labs states that Andre Cronje joined after the original Korean Fantom team and helped stabilize and revive the project.",
        "Sonic Labs states that the original South Korean team failed to deliver a functional product and that the later team led by Andre Cronje developed a working product.",
        "Sonic Labs states that Andre was not responsible for designing the original Fantom tokenomics.",
        "Sonic Labs states that Andre did not abandon Fantom/Sonic and remained actively involved for over eight years."
      ],
      "limitations": [
        "Recognition claims inside the statement should be independently sourced before reuse as site accolades."
      ],
      "public": true,
      "lastReviewed": "2026-07-20"
    }
  ]
}