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Do Kwon, the disgraced co-founder of Terraform Labs, is set to be extradited from Montenegro to South Korea, as per a court ruling. The decision rejects a U.S. extradition request. What Happened: The Appellate Court of Montenegro upheld a previous decision by the High Court of Podgorica to hand...

Terraform Labs and its co-founder, Do Kwon, have approached a federal court to stand by their defense against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) allegations of fraud. They argue that the SEC has failed to provide solid evidence that the crypto entity dealt with securities....

TerraUSD Classic’s (CRYPTO: UST) minting will cease after a community vote on the stablecoin's governance forum. This led to a 59% vote of approval to stop all USTC mining, while 40% opposed it. The community's proposal also ends all conversion of xUST to mint USTC. Find out...

In a court filing last Friday, lawyers for Terra (CRYPTO: LUNA) cofounder Do Kwon asked a judge to dismiss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against the disgraced crypto CEO, asserting that the regulatory agency's accusation ...

A recent report has revealed that Terra (CRYPTO: LUNA) cofounder Do Kwon, who was arrested in March for his alleged role in the collapse of the $40 billion Terra ecosystem in May 2022, appears to have converted most of his properties into Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). The...

Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon is once again at the center of a high-profile cryptocurrency scandal, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing a lawsuit against him and his company, alleging that they engaged in fraudulent activities that led to losses of at least $40 billion....

South Korean prosecutors have recently requested an arrest warrant for a former CEO of Tmon, a popular e-commerce platform, and a broker, in connection to bribery charges involving Terra, previously known as Luna (CRYPTO: LUNA), and now Terra Classic, (CRYPTO: LUNC). What Happened: The prosecutor...

The collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX (CRYPTO: FTT) has not been the biggest concern for investors this year. Recall the de-pegging of Terra’s (CRYPTO: USTC) token and the collapse a few weeks later of Celsius and Three Arrows Capital (3AC) — investors suffered much bigger losses...

In a startling revelation amid the fiasco surrounding FTX, Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd (OTC: BRPHF) revealed it has a $76.8 million exposure to the beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange, out of which $47.5 million is currently being withdrawn. It already hasn't been a great 2022 for...

Martin Shkreli, who became known for raising the price of a lifesaving drug by 5,000%, discussed the potential merger of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX with rival Binance Tuesday with Do Kwon, a South Korean fugitive. What Happened: “This is a depressing conversation,” Kwon said...

Stablecoins pose massive risks to financial stability, and remain vulnerable to liquidity risks, according to a November Financial Stability report published by the U.S. Federal Reserve. What Happened: According to a survey by the Federal Reserve, over 20% of respondents believe that...

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is deepening its crypto talent bench with a former Celsius Network (CRYPTO: CEL) employee. The New York-based firm hired Aaron Iovine as executive director of digital assets regulatory policy. According to Iovine's LinkedIn profile, he was with Celsius from...

Bankrupt crypto hedge fund firm Three Arrows Capital (3AC) is being probed by two U.S. regulators – the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to ascertain if the fund violated rules by misrepresenting the health of its balance sheet to...

Developers of the Terra stablecoin ecosystem, which includes Luna Classic (CRYPTO: LUNC), TerraUSD Classic (CRYPTO: USTC), and Luna 2.0 (CRYPTO: LUNA), proposed an expansion plan in which they would allocate 95 million LUNA ($248 million) to...

The Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), a non-profit organization built to support the Terra (CRYPTO: LUNA) system, has said that due to ongoing legal battles, it has not been able to pay back smallholders of its collapsed Stablecoin.  1/ Since $UST’s depeg in May, there has been understandable...