Do Kwon

Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon jailed four months in Montenegro 

Another chapter was published this week in the long and bizarre saga of Terraform Labs’ Do Kwon. The disgraced crypto founder will spend four months in a jail in Montenegro for falsifying offici

Montenegro court overturns Terraform founder Do Kwon’s bail 

A high court in Montenegro overrode a lower court’s previous decision that would have released Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon on bail. Bloomberg first reported on the news. Kwon will remain in j

Terraform’s Do Kwon pleads not guilty to fake travel documents charges

Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon pleaded not guilty in a Montenegrin court on Thursday to a charge of forging his passport and travel documents. Kwon’s hearing comes a month after Kwon and Chan

US, South Korea both seek Do Kwon’s extradition to face charges

A spokesperson for South Korean prosecutors told TechCrunch that they are discussing Kwon's extradition with "related parties."

SEC clamps down on Coinbase and Tron, while Do Kwon is arrested overseas

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Terra creator Do Kwon reportedly arrested at Montenegro airport

Do Kwon, the founder of Terraform Labs, has reportedly been arrested in Montenegro, according to a local government official.

SEC charges Terraform Labs and founder Do Kwon with defrauding investors

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the collapsed blockchain firm and stablecoin operator Terraform Labs and its founder Do Kwon with defrauding U.S. investors who purchased the di

Seoul court rejects warrants for former Terraform Labs employees and investors over Luna collapse 

A Seoul court rejected a request from prosecutors for warrants to detain eight people related to Terraform Labs, including the co-founder of Terraform Labs, Daniel Shin, early investors and former eng

South Korean prosecutors seek arrest warrants for Terraform Labs co-founder, investors and engineers

South Korean prosecutors said Wednesday they have requested arrest warrants for eight people related to Terraform Labs for the alleged fraud as the local authorities widen their investigation into the

Terra’s Do Kwon says charges against him not legitimate and politically motivated

Do Kwon alleges that charges levelled against him by the South Korean prosecutors are not legitimate and politically motivated, sharing a rare update on what has become one of the most high-profile ev

Do Kwon set to lose South Korean passport amid active Interpol red notice

South Korea has ordered Do Kwon to surrender his passport, or risk getting it revoked, as the East Asian nation escalates actions against the crypto entrepreneur whose blockchain collapse earlier this

South Korean prosecutors want to freeze Do Kwon’s bitcoin assets

Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), a Bitcoin reserve co-founded by Do Kwon as a confidence backstop to protect the Terra ecosystem, refuted claims that it had transferred digital tokens to other crypto exch

Interpol issues red notice for Terra founder Do Kwon

Interpol has issued a red notice for Do Kwon, requesting law enforcement agencies worldwide search for and arrest the Terraform Labs founder whose blockchain startup collapsed earlier this year. The c

South Korean prosecutors say Do Kwon ‘obviously on the run,’ ask Interpol to issue red notice

South Korean prosecutors have refuted Do Kwon’s claim from over the weekend that he is not on the run and asked Interpol to issue a red notice against the Terraform Labs’ co-founder, escal

South Korea issues arrest warrant for Do Kwon, Luna drop nearly 50%

A court in South Korea has issued an arrest warrant for Do Kwon, the founder of Terraform Labs, escalating its probe into the crypto ecosystem whose two tokens lost $40 billion in value in a span of d

Do Kwon’s Terra trauma and drama lives to see another day

There are some events in your life that you look back on and think to yourself, “Wow, that was a really tough time.” We all have memories like that and I think the crypto community definit

Terra’s Do Kwon looks for redemption with Luna token rebirth

Is Terra’s Do Kwon the Bernie Madoff of crypto? Hello and welcome back to the Chain Reaction podcast, where we unpack and explain the latest crypto news, drama and trends, breaking it down blo

Can Andreessen Horowitz prevent the next crypto winter?

Hey everyone, and welcome back to Chain Reaction. Last week, we talked about the rough road ahead for Coinbase. This week, we’re talking a bit about Andreessen Horowitz’s multibillion-doll

Terra community passes proposal to revive LUNA cryptocurrency following stablecoin-led implosion

Terraform Labs' plan to revive the Terra Ecosystem after its stablecoin UST and cryptocurrency LUNA nosedived earlier this month has passed and been approved by the community.

Daily Crunch: South Korea’s special financial crimes unit is investigating Do Kwon

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