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Do Kwon

  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
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    Extreme weather is forcing traditional winemaking regions to adapt

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Ex-crypto chief Do Kwon brought to New York to face fraud charges

    New indictment adds count of money laundering to case against Terraform Labs co-founder

    Do Kwon
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Cryptocurrencies
    Terraform Labs to pay $4.5bn in SEC fraud case

    Crypto company will be put ‘out of business for good,’ agency tells court in proposed resolution

    Exterior of the US Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
    US regulator seeks $5bn penalty against Do Kwon and Terraform Labs

    Collapsed crypto firm and co-founder were found liable for fraud

    Do Kwon
  • Friday, 5 April, 2024
    Cryptocurrencies
    Terraform Labs and Do Kwon found liable for fraud in SEC case

    US regulator notches a victory in its crackdown on the crypto sector

    Do Kwon
  • Monday, 22 January, 2024
    Cryptocurrencies
    Company behind Terra crypto collapse files for US bankruptcy protection

    Terraform Labs says Chapter 11 action will let it deal with SEC litigation as co-founder Do Kwon’s extradition to US advances

    Do Kwon, the cryptocurrency entrepreneur, is taken to court in Podgorica, Montenegro, in March 2023
  • Friday, 24 November, 2023
    Montenegro court clears crypto chief Do Kwon for extradition

    Justice ministry to decide whether developer behind TerraUSD token will be sent to US or South Korea

    Do Kwon, centre, being taken to court in Podgorica, Montenegro on March 24 2023
  • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
    US charges crypto fugitive Do Kwon after Montenegro arrest

    Terraform Labs co-founder faces eight criminal counts, including securities and wire fraud

    Do Kwon
  • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
    Cryptocurrencies
    SEC sues stablecoin operator Terraform and chief Do Kwon

    Action against creator of TerraUSD is the latest move by US regulators to crack down on prominent crypto firms

    Do Kwon
  • Monday, 12 December, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    South Korea’s hunt for crypto fugitive Do Kwon leads to Serbia

    Prosecutors seek co-operation with Belgrade as search intensifies for Terraform chief

    Do Kwon leaving the Terraform Labs office in Seoul, South Korea
  • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
    News in-depth
    Retail investors become vigilantes in hunt for crypto’s most wanted man

    UST Restitution Group is trying to track down Do Kwon after the crash of his terraUSD and luna coins

    Do Kwon
  • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
    Do Kwon denies prosecutors froze $67mn of crypto assets

    ‘I don’t know whose funds they’ve frozen, but good for them,’ fugitive Terraform Labs founder says

    A picture of Do Kwon at the company office in Seoul
  • Monday, 3 October, 2022
    News in-depthCryptocurrencies
    ‘Crypto paradise’ Singapore stung by high-profile collapses

    City-state is struggling to balance credibility with innovation after the crash in digital assets

    Buildings of Singapore’s central business district
  • Friday, 30 September, 2022
    Cryptofinance
    The hunt for Do Kwon goes global

    Plus, US burrito chain Chipotle gets on the Ethereum ‘Merge’ bandwagon

    Do Kwon
  • Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
    Do Kwon says he is not hiding as crypto manhunt intensifies

    Co-founder of collapsed operator Terraform Labs says he has not seen his name on Interpol red list

    Do Kwon, co-founder and chief executive officer of Terraform Labs, reclines on a sofa in the company’s office in Seoul in April
  • Monday, 19 September, 2022
    South Korean prosecutors request Interpol red notice for Do Kwon

    Fallen crypto developer denies he is ‘on the run’ from investigators

    Do Kwon
  • Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    South Korea issues arrest warrant for fallen ‘crypto king’ Do Kwon

    Terraform Labs co-founder under investigation since $40bn collapse of tokens

    Do Kwon, co-founder of collapsed cryptocurrency operator Terraform Labs
  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Staff at crypto operator Terraform Labs hit with flight ban

    South Korean prosecutors take action as they investigate company behind $40bn luna wipeout

    The logo of terra luna on a phone
  • Friday, 10 June, 2022
    Stablecoins
    US court orders Terraform Labs’ chief to comply with SEC subpoenas

    Do Kwon told to submit information on digital token trading network

    Do Kwon, head of Terraform Labs
  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    South Korea launches investigations into company behind luna crypto crash

    Legal pressure mounts on developer Do Kwon’s Terraform Labs after its tokens collapsed

    Do Kwon
  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    News in-depthCryptocurrencies
    $40bn crypto collapse turns South Korea against the ‘Lunatic’ leader

    Implosion of cryptocurrency offering 20% yield makes developer Do Kwon ‘the most hated man in Korea’

    Do Kwon in the offices of Terraform Labs
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