EMURGO Transfers Seven Cardano Stake Pools to Shunsuke Murasaki

EMURGO has transferred operational control of seven Cardano stake pools to Shunsuke Murasaki, a former employee. The transfer covers EMURGO 1 through EMURGO 6 and YOROI. A Cardanoscan snapshot taken on September 26 showed approximately 189 million ADA in live stake across the pools and 10,477 delegated stake addresses. Those addresses do not represent 10,477 unique people.

Murasaki Takes Over the EMURGO and YOROI Pools

The seven pools vary considerably in size. EMURGO 1 held about 54.23 million ADA in live stake in the September 26 snapshot, while YOROI held about 3.67 million. Live stake can change during an epoch as users move or adjust their delegations.

Murasaki said he is operating the pools under the name Mura together with Hinson Wong of DeltaDeFi. He has not published a confirmed mapping from the seven existing pools to new names or tickers. EMURGO said Murasaki would provide a separate update on any such changes.

Existing Cardano Delegations Continue

EMURGO said delegators need take no action. Existing delegations carry over automatically, staking rewards continue, and all seven pool IDs remain the same. Cardano staking remains noncustodial, so users retain control of their funds and can choose another pool if they wish.

Neither EMURGO nor Murasaki has announced a change to the pools’ margin, fixed fee or pledge. Continued delegation does not guarantee a particular future reward rate, which can vary with pool performance and parameters. For users checking a pool after a possible name change, its unchanged pool ID provides the consistent identifier.

The Operational Transfer Is Ahead of On-Chain Updates

EMURGO said the handover has been processed operationally and will be formally reflected on-chain in the coming days. At the time of the September 26 Cardanoscan check, the pools still displayed their existing EMURGO and YOROI names and tickers. The announcement establishes the operational handover; it does not establish that every related on-chain record has already changed.

The move follows EMURGO’s resignation from the Intersect board and its stated intention to deregister its Cardano DRep role after the SecondFi incident. DRep deregistration is a separate governance action. EMURGO described it as an intention, and the September 26 check still showed its DRep as active.

Murasaki has identified who is now operating the seven pools. Delegators remain attached to the same pool IDs while the announced changes to their public on-chain records await confirmation.