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‘Grim Reapers’ financial crimes unit revived to investigate Terra collapse

After over two years, the feared investigative and prosecutorial team has been reformed by the new President to look into the mess caused by Terraform Labs. Legal troubles are mounting for the co-founder of failed Terra crypto project Do Kwon as the South Korean government revives the dormant “Grim Reapers of Yeoui-do” to investigate Terra’s…
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Early polling from Terra vote indicates 91% are in favor of ‘rebirth’

Despite the overwhelming approval of the proposal as of Wednesday, many Terra users on social media suggested the network burn its LUNA tokens. Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon’s plan to create a new blockchain “without the algorithmic stablecoin” TerraUSD (UST) has the support of 85 million community votes. In a proposal opened to the Terra…
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3 Members of Terraform Labs’ In-House Legal Team Abruptly Leave Amid LUNA, and UST Fallout

Three members of Terraform Labs’ legal team have left the company, according to their Linkedin profiles that show their departure from the firm this month. The resignation of the company’s in-house litigation, regulatory, general, and corporate counsel members follow the project’s fallout last week as the blockchain’s native crypto assets dropped significantly in value. Linkedin…
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Legal Storm Brewing for Terra’s Do Kwon & Co as ‘Hundreds’ of Investors Ready Complaints

  Another headache appears to be incoming for Do Kwon (full name Kwon Do-hyeong) and his company Terraform Labs – with investors in South Korea ready to wage a legal battle against the CEO. Munhwa Ilbo reported that as many as three separate legal cases are now being mounted – each involving hundred of South…
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Do Kwon’s Plan for New Terra Blockchain Becomes ‘Final’ and Is Put to Vote

  A plan to revive the Terra (LUNA) ecosystem by creating a new blockchain without an algorithmic stablecoin has been designated as “final” and put to vote by Terraform Labs CEO and co-founder Do Kwon. (Updated at 13:00 UTC with details about the vote over Do Kwon’s proposal.)… Read More: Do Kwon’s Plan for New…
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Do Kwon’s New Terra Revival Plan Fights for Support as Trust Challenge Remains

  Another Terra (LUNA) ecosystem revival plan by Terraform Labs (TFL) CEO and Co-founder Do Kwon seems to have the support of at least some Terra developers, while trust issues still pose serious challenges to this plan. In a Monday post and an accompanying Twitter thread, Kwon suggested forking the Terra network into a new…
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Terra Community Plans to Vote on Forking the Chain — Launch May Airdrop a Billion New Tokens to Network Participants

Following the aftermath of Terra’s UST implosion, the blockchain project’s founder Do Kwon has been actively discussing the Terra ecosystem revival plans and one specific proposal will be voted on May 18. The plan is to fork the blockchain into a new chain that does not include an algorithmic stablecoin, and the newly minted tokens…
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South Korean Financial Regulators Begin Terra Probes, Politician Calls for Kwon to Face Parliamentary Hearing

  The Terraform Labs mastermind Do Kwon (real name Kwon Do-hyeong) could be facing trouble from financial and law enforcement authorities in South Korea and Singapore as a torrid month for the Terra (LUNA) platform just keeps getting worse. Following reports that Kwon appears to have dissolved two domestic arms of his company as early…
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China Backed Publication: Terra LUNA Crash Vindicates Country’s Ban on Crypto-Related Activities

An op-ed article published in the state-backed Chinese publication Economic Daily, has suggested that the recent crash of the Terra blockchain’s LUNA and the de-pegging of the UST stablecoin vindicate the Asian country’s decision to ban crypto-related activities. In the article, the author names the interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the…
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Do Kwon proposes Terra hard fork to save ecosystem

Terraform Labs will put the proposal up for a governance vote on May 18 Asia time. On Monday, Do Kwon, co-founder of the troubled Terra Luna blockchain, announced a revised plan to restore the ecosystem after a combination of significant market volatility and inherent protocol design flaws wiped out a vast majority of the blockchain’s…
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