Across co-founder Hart Lambur has issued a statement denying allegations of misappropriation of funds and vote manipulation made by the founder of Glue.

Regarding the allegation of "privately withdrawing $23.00 million for personal gain," Hart stated that Risk Labs is a non-profit foundation bound by Cayman law, with funds used for protocol development. Hart's own annual salary is only $100,000.00, and he has not received any token rewards. The use of funds is in accordance with DAO practices and has promoted the development of Across v3 and v4.

Regarding the allegation of "governance process being manipulated by internal personnel," Hart stated that team members are free to use tokens they purchased themselves to vote. Kevin's wallet (maxodds.eth) is public, Reinis's vote was also legal, the proposal passed without any opposing votes, and the process was transparent.

Previously, Glue founder Ogle posted on social media accusing the Across Protocol team of manipulating DAO votes through privacy and misappropriating approximately $23.00 million in funds from the protocol treasury.