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Former Terraform Labs CFO Han Chang-joon Extradited to South Korea by Montenegro

Han Chang-joon was charged with carrying falsified travel documents alongside Terra co-founder Do Kwon last year.

Terra Community AMA with Do Kwon (April 2021)  (Terra, modified by CoinDesk)

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Terraform Labs Declares Bankruptcy in Delaware

Terraform Labs recently lost a case when a U.S. judge ruled that LUNA and MIR are securities, and is currently facing a class action lawsuit in Singapore.

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV)

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Do Kwon Appeals New Montenegro High Court Decision Upholding Extradition Requests, Lawyer Says

Local courts may be facing political pressure regarding Kwon's extradition to the U.S. or South Korea, his Montenegro lawyer Goran Rodic told CoinDesk.

Terra Community AMA with Do Kwon (April 2021)  (Terra, modified by CoinDesk)

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Do Kwon Tries to Delay SEC’s Terraform Trial so He Can Attend

The former CEO of Terra is being held in Montenegro after being caught in Podgorica's airport with falsified documents.

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (CoinDesk TV)

Videos

How the SEC Cracked Down on Crypto in 2023

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie takes a look back on some of the crypto-related enforcement actions from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2023. The agency says it filed 784 enforcement actions this year, which included charges against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon.

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Do Kwon Successfully Appeals Extradition Decision by Montenegro Court

A previous decision that legal requirements for extradition had been met was rejected by the country's Appeals Court.

Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon on CoinDesk TV in December. (CoinDesk)

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Do Kwon Faces Extradition to U.S. for Charges Tied to the TerraUSD and Luna Collapse: WSJ

The blowups of his UST and LUNA tokens fueled a crisis that gripped the whole crypto industry in 2022, causing losses that reverberated far and wide.

Do Kwon, whose TerraUSD and Luna tokens collapsed in 2022, fueling the crypto winter (Terra)

Videos

Terraform Labs, Do Kwon Reportedly Fail to Have Suit Rejected; House Crypto Votes to Come in 2024

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest crypto stories of the day, including bitcoin price action, and KuCoin Ventures' grant to the TON network. Plus, Terraform Labs and its founder, Do Kwon, may be hit with a class-action lawsuit in Singapore. And, the latest timeline for a vote on crypto legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Terraform Labs, Do Kwon Fail to Have Singapore Class-Action Suit Rejected: Report

The suit was filed in September 2022 by Julian Moreno Beltran and Douglas Gan on behalf of 375 others, who claim they lost a combined $57 million.

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon (Terra)

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Terra's USTC Gains 300% as Bitcoin-Focused Comeback Plan, Binance Perpetuals Listing Fuel Speculative Frenzy

USTC and LUNC tokens are remnants of the collapsed Terra ecosystem that some community members remained committed to revive.

TerraClassicUSD price (CoinDesk)