South Korea

A South Korean judge canceled the arrest warrant for Yu, Terra's head of general affairs at Terraform Labs, according to Yonhap News. Plus, Marathon Digital’s investment of $31.3 million in bankrupt data center Compute North.

6 окт. 2022 г.

The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted a public notice on its website Wednesday announcing it would invalidate Terra creator Do Kwon’s passport, advancing a move the government first said it was considering last month. “The Hash” discusses the latest in the aftermath of Terra’s implosion.

6 окт. 2022 г.

CORRECTION: Since publication, the reporting and headline of Celsius executives withdrawing crypto has been corrected to $17 million based on documentation provided by CTO Nuke Goldstein’s lawyers, who showed that most of his apparent withdrawals were sent to other accounts at Celsius. The original headline indicated a figure of $42 million. CoinDesk's Nikhilesh De also discusses the latest developments surrounding South Korean officials announcing it would invalidate Terra creator Do Kwon's passport.

6 окт. 2022 г.

Do Kwon tweeted in part on Wednesday, "Once again, I don't even use Kucoin and OkEx, have no time to trade, no funds have been frozen,"  in response to CoinDesk's story summarizing News1's reporting that South Korean prosecutors have frozen $39.6 million worth of his cryptocurrency assets. CryptoQuant Head of Marketing Hochan Chung weighs in.

5 окт. 2022 г.

Do Kwon, the CEO of Terraform whose failed stablecoin project rocked markets earlier this year, denied a media report that South Korean prosecutors have frozen 56.2 billion won ($39.6 million) of his cryptocurrency assets. “The Hash” panel discusses what this means for the crypto industry at large.

5 окт. 2022 г.

Prosecutors in South Korea have frozen $39.66 million of cryptocurrency assets belonging to Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon, according to Korean media outlet News1. CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses the report and Do Kwon's response on Twitter.

5 окт. 2022 г.

Terraform Labs said South Korean prosecutors overextended their authority in seeking an arrest warrant for CEO Do Kwon, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, citing a statement from Terraform. “The Hash” hosts discusses the latest developments surrounding the Terra ecosystem.

29 сент. 2022 г.

South Korea said Interpol requested global law enforcement to locate and arrest Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, according to Bloomberg. CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De and "First Mover" host Christine Lee discuss.

26 сент. 2022 г.

According to a Financial Times report, authorities in South Korea are asking Interpol to issue a “red notice” for Do Kwon, the co-founder of the now-defunct stablecoin issuer Terraform Labs, as his current location is unknown.

19 сент. 2022 г.

Could Busan be the next crypto hub? Will help from Binance and FTX finally establish South Korea’s second largest city as the crypto haven it’s trying to be? Answers to those questions and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

16 сент. 2022 г.