Do Kwon


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Terra Halts Network; Do Kwon Security Concerns

Terra shuts down indefinitely with luna (LUNA) and TerraUSD (UST) left on life support. Wife of Terraform Labs Founder Do Kwon requests police protection. Tether stabilizes after burning three billion tokens amid redemptions. ETF Securities optimistic on the future of crypto ETFs in Australia.

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Meet the Terra Skeptic Who Predicted UST’s Turmoil

Kevin Zhou, founder of crypto-quant hedge fund Galois Capital and a noted skeptic of Do Kwon and the Terra community, dissects what he got right about UST stablecoin months before its collapse: What were the red flags? What’s keeping it alive? Could it restore its $1 peg?

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Exploring the Fallout of UST Stablecoin's Collapse

Kevin Zhou, Galois Capital founder and vocal critic of Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon's work, discusses the impact of the TerraUSD (UST) turmoil on the Terra ecosystem and the wider crypto markets as regulation looms. Plus, reactions to Terra's community-proposed plan that hopes to save UST.

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Policy

Regulators Should Pay Attention to UST

A stablecoin de-pegged. People lost money. It ain’t great.

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The LUNA and UST Crash Explained in 5 Charts

One of the earliest signs that things were going wrong for Terra came when UST deposits on Anchor started dropping Saturday.

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Markets

'$DAI Will Die' Tweet Twisted Back on Terra's Kwon as UST Loses $1 Peg

Terra's UST briefly fell below $6.5 billion in market cap on Wednesday morning, allowing DAI to be the fourth-biggest stablecoin on the market for a time.

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Opinion

Do Kwon Is the Elizabeth Holmes of Crypto

If you promise investors something impossible, is it a crime?

LUNA fell to as low as $7.62 during Asian trading hours. (TradingView)

Videos

Ex-Terra Colleagues: Do Kwon Was Behind Failed Stablecoin Experiment Basis Cash

Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon has been revealed as one of the pseudonymous co-founders behind the failed algorithmic stablecoin Basis Cash. This comes as TerraUSD (UST) and Terra’s LUNA continue their downward spiral. “The Hash” panel discusses what this means for the fate of UST and the Terra Luna ecosystem. Is history repeating itself?

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Tech

UST’s Do Kwon Was Behind Earlier Failed Stablecoin, Ex-Terra Colleagues Say

Basis Cash, an algorithmic stablecoin project founded by the anonymous “Rick” and “Morty” in 2020, was actually the work of Terraform Labs employees.

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Markets

Terraform Labs Gives $820M in LUNA Tokens to Luna Foundation Guard

LFG's reserves now stand at about $2.4 billion.

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