How the Crypto Titan of Terra Became a Fugitive

Bloomberg2022-10-18

Do Kwon in Seoul, South Korea, on April 14, 2022South Korean Do Kwon presided over one of the biggest busts ever seen in the volatile cryptocurrency sector. HisTerraform Labs Ptecreated the TerraUSD ...

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HengHuat
2022-10-20
HengHuat
Crypto fraudsters everywhere
Ztradee
2022-10-19
Ztradee
Over confidence and arrogance brought the company down? The thing is the downfall affected many tens of thousands of investors.
Funboy
2022-10-18
Funboy
What a story!
frusty
2022-10-18
frusty
Ok

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HisTerraform Labs Ptecreated the TerraUSD stablecoin, which was meant to have a constant $1 value via a complex mix of algorithms and trader incentives involving a sister token, Luna. Their combined value soared past $60 billion until confidence in the ecosystemevaporatedin May, prompting investors to flee and leaving the tokens almost worthless. Kwon’s whereabouts became unclear four months later after South Korea issued anarrest warranton allegations including breaches of capital-markets law. He’s denied any wrongdoing and tweeted that he isn’t “on the run.” But he’s also the subject of an Interpolred notice.1. Who is Do Kwon?Kwon, 31, left Stanford University in 2015 with a computer science degree, according to hisLinkedIn profile. He had stints atApple Inc.andMicrosoft Corp.before, as he puts it, falling “down the crypto rabbit hole.” Kwon co-founded Terraform Labs in 2018, one of many young coders who saw blockchain technology as a gateway to financial revolution. 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TerraUSD grew in popularity when Kwon started theAnchor Protocol, which offered aneye-popping20% interest rate on TerraUSD deposits. But the whole edifice crumbled when investor confidence disappeared amid a selloff in virtual coins. On May 7, speculation grew that TerraUSD’s peg was in jeopardy when its price dropped to 99 US cents. Terraform Labs dramatically raised the supply of Luna to restore the link, causing the latter’s price to sink. (It was onceworth more than $100.) A Bitcoin reserve worth a few billion dollarsfailedto stem the death spiral: in a matter of days, TerraUSD and Luna were practically valueless.3. How did Kwon end up a fugitive?What's moving marketsStart your day with the 5 Things newsletter.Sign up to this newsletterTerraUSD’s implosion shook digital tokens globally, exacerbating a $2 trillion wipeout incrypto market valuefrom a November 2021 peak. That inevitably drew thescrutinyof regulators from the US to Asia, as well as law enforcement in South Korea, where some 280,000 people had bought Luna. Lawyers for Luna investors filed complaints with South Korean prosecutors alleging Kwon had engaged in fraud and illegal fundraising. On Sept. 14, the prosecutors said a court had issued awarrant for the arrestof Kwon and five others on charges including breaches of capital-markets law. Kwon was thought to be in Singapore, but the city state on Sept. 17 said he wasno longer there. Prosecutors on Sept. 26 said Interpol had issueda red notice-- a request for police worldwide to locate and arrest Kwon. He’s set to bestrippedof his South Korean passport in the coming days.4. What is Kwon’s defense?As September drew to a close, Kwon’s Terraform Labs rejected the South Korean charges, saying the case against him had become “highly politicized.” The company’s spokesperson said in a statement that prosecutors were acting unfairly and that there was no reasonable basis for accusing Kwon of breaching the nation’sCapital Markets Actbecause Luna doesn’t qualify as a security under that rubric. Whether Luna issubject to securities lawis a key issue in the case and echoes a wider question officials globally are asking about the status of digital tokens. The firm denied Kwon was on the run and said he was in contact via lawyers with the agencies that had asked to speak with him.5. What are the wider implications for crypto?The Terra fallout likely presagesregulationsfor stablecoins to try to better protect buyers. Investors are also more wary of decentralized finance, or DeFi, which refers to the practice of trading, borrowing and lending tokens on digital ledgers like the one Kwon built. In the US, the House of Representatives has been drafting legislation that wouldban algorithmic stablecoinssuch as TerraUSD for two years. In South Korea, the nation’s ardor for digital assets is being replaced by disdain. More broadly, the losses from Terra have heaped pressure on crypto investors to better assess risk. 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