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Videos

Why Investors' Expectations for Bitcoin Price Turbulence Drifted Lower This Year

"All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day, comparing bitcoin's implied volatility with the dollar index, WTI crude, swaps and the S&P 500 going back to September 2021. Bitcoin's implied volatility has drifted lower this year despite the collapse of several crypto industry leaders, including Terra, FTX and BlockFi.

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Consensus Magazine

He Put a Magnifying Glass on Terra and It Went Up in Flames

Having whistleblowers’ trust made a cranky pseudonymous Twitter account key to the flameout of Terraform Labs and its LUNA token. That’s why FatManTerra is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.

FatManTerra (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

Finance

Prosecutors Seeking Arrest Warrant for Terraform Labs' Daniel Shin: Yonhap

Terraform Labs' co-founder is being charged with taking illegal profits and violating the Electronic Financial Transaction Act, according to media reports.

Daniel Shin, izquierda, y Do Kwon, cofundadores de Terra. (Terraform Labs)

Videos

Can Crypto Come Back Stronger?

Terra, 3AC and now FTX. It’s been a difficult year, but can crypto come back stronger? That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Videos

Luna Foundation Guard Spent $2.8B in Crypto Defending UST Peg

Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), the entity behind the collapsed Terra ecosystem, spent $2.8 billion of crypto trying to defend the peg of algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) in May, according to a third-party audit by consultancy firm JS Held. "The Hash" hosts discuss the key findings.

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Policy

South Korean Prosecutors Raid Terra Co-Founder's Company in UST Probe

Officials said they suspect Chai Corp. leaked customer information to Terraform Labs.

Daniel Shin, izquierda, y Do Kwon, cofundadores de Terra. (Terraform Labs)

Finance

Luna Foundation Guard Spent $2.8B Defending UST Peg, Third-Party Audit Finds

Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon dismissed similarities with the collapse of FTX.

Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon (Terra, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

The Tax Impact of This Year’s Platform and Protocol Failures

The Celsius Network bankruptcy and the failure of Terra have caused many questions for taxpayers caught in the middle.

(Recha Octaviani/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Videos

Swan Bitcoin CEO on Sam Bankman-Fried's Downfall

Last month, Swan Bitcoin CEO Cory Klippsten said "Scam Bankman-Fried" was next to go down after the $60 billion collapse of Terra's luna and UST led by Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon. Klippsten joins "All About Bitcoin" to discuss what he got right about the imploding crypto exchange FTX and where it's headed next.

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Finance

Terra's Do Kwon May Be in Europe: Report

Prosecutors also said they have obtained chat histories which point to price manipulation of the tokens he created, according to the report.

Do Kwon in April 2021 (Terra, modified by CoinDesk)