Tagged: do kwon

August 11, 2025 @ 9:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon is reportedly moving toward entering a guilty plea in a $40 billion criminal fraud case, according to a statement from a Manhattan federal judge on Monday. The announcement, made ahead of a trial scheduled for 2026, follows weeks of negotiations… Read More

December 27, 2024 @ 4:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Do Kwon, founder of Terraform Labs and the issuer of TerraUSD, will be extradited to the US, according to a Bloomberg report. Kwon and his business helped to crush crypto markets after his algo-based “stablecoin” TerraUSD ended up not so stable. Billions were vaporized in the… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 7:33 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports that Terraform Labs PTE, Ltd. and founder Do Kwon will pay a $4.5 billion penalty as they have been found guilty of a “years-long fraud.”  It was previously reported that the SEC was seeking a $5.3 billion settlement…. Read More

April 24, 2024 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US regulatory authorities are requesting that Terraform Labs and its co-founder Do Kwon be fined $5.3 billion for allegedly defrauding investors. This update has been announced after the two parties had been found liable for a massive fraudulent scheme. As stated in court papers dated… Read More

April 6, 2024 @ 12:12 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Following a nine-day trial, a jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has found Terraform Labs PTE Ltd. and its former CEO, Do Kwon, guilty of defrauding investors in crypto asset securities. The verdict comes after the Court’s… Read More

March 29, 2024 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Manhattan US District Court Judge Jed S. Rakoff has given a major blow to Terraform Labs and its founder Do Kwon. Recently, Judge Rakoff dismissed a mistrial bid that was reportedly related to disclosures regarding the Terraform’s alleged deception. The notable decision was announced during… Read More

January 16, 2024 @ 12:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly willing to postpone the Terraform Labs trial for Do Kwon‘s extradition. The SEC agreed to the delay of the civil trial against Terraform Labs and its co-founder Do Kwon for allegedly carrying out a $40 billion… Read More

June 19, 2023 @ 7:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Do Kwon, the creator of TerraUSD – LUNA, has been sentenced to four months in the slammer in Montenegro, according to multiple reports. Kwon’s attempt to create an algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD has been cited as a huge catalyst in the crypto collapse of 2022. The… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Europe Now Movement, the political party that just won parliamentary elections in Montenegro, is expected to form a fragile government, according to a report in BalkanInsight. The problem is the multitude of parties, with Europe Now squeaking by with just 25.6% of the vote, followed… Read More

March 30, 2023 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Do Kwon is expected to stand trial in Montenegro before facing charges in other interested jurisdictions. Kwon is the founder and CEO of Terraform Labs, the crypto company that created TerraUSD and LUNA. TerraUSD was an aspiring algorithmic stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. The… Read More

March 24, 2023 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  After trying to evade law enforcement for around six months, Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon has now been taken into police custody in Montenegro. Kwon and Terraform Labs were responsible for TerraUSD, an aspiring algorithmic stablecoin, and sister crypto Luna, which collapsed last year… Read More

September 15, 2022 @ 11:51 am By JD Alois  |  

As was reported this week, Do Kwon – the creator of TerraUSD and LUNA, has been subjected to a warrant for his arrest in South Korea. TerraUSD sought to be an algorithmic stablecoin tied to the US dollar but lost its dollar peg generating an… Read More

September 14, 2022 @ 3:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Do Kwon, creator of the failed algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD and LUNA, is the target of an arrest warrant in South Korea, according to a report. South Korean publication Chosun writes, that Kwon is being pursued by the Seoul Southern District Prosecutor’s Office’s Financial and Securities… Read More

June 9, 2022 @ 11:54 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has posted a notice that the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has affirmed a district court order requiring compliance with investigative subpoenas served by the Commission on Terraform Labs Pte Ltd and Do Kwon – based… Read More

May 21, 2022 @ 1:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following the Luna de-peg and the collapse of the UST stablecoin last week, Terra co-founder Do Kwon has unveiled a proposal for what he calls “the path forward.” This included forking the Terra chain “into a new chain without the algorithmic stablecoin, with the old… Read More

May 13, 2022 @ 10:23 am By JD Alois  |  

The collapse of TerraUSD (UST), an attempt to create an algorithmic stablecoin, and the demise of LUNA has captured the attention of the entire crypto-sphere. Going from billions to almost nothing is a spectacular event. Inevitably there is a pile on of “I told you… Read More

May 11, 2022 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

TerraUSD (UST) has lost its status as a stablecoin as it is now trading at $0.40 $0.35 having dropped to as low as $0.30 in the last 24 hours. UST’s collapse is the hottest story in crypto land as it was, until recently, touted as… Read More

May 10, 2022 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

There has been a certain amount of panic and a large amount of discussion regarding UST (TerraUSD), an algorithmic stablecoin ostensibly pegged to the US dollar, losing its one-to-one valuation. Currently, UST is recovering trading around $0.9273 but in the past 24 hours, UST traded… Read More