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COINDESK DAILY: Crypto Goes Unmentioned in Trump-Musk Interview; 3AC Liquidators Suing Terraform Labs for $1.3B

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🗓️ 13 August 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the news in the crypto industry from Trump's interview with Musk to 3AC liquidators suing Terraform Labs for $1.3B.

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"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as crypto and bitcoin went unmentioned in the interview between X CEO Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump. Plus, 3AC liquidators have sued Terraform Labs for $1.3 billion and Hamster Kombat bashes crypto VC funding.

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0:00.0

Trump and Musk don't mention crypto and 3 AC liquidators sued Terraform Labs. This is CoinDesk Daily. I'm your host,

0:08.7

Jen Sanassi. Former President Donald Trump did not mention Bitcoin or crypto in an interview with ex-CEO

0:19.9

Elon Musk on Monday. Over two hours,

0:22.7

the wide-ranging interview covered a variety of topics, including illegal immigration, the economy,

0:28.2

AI, and global warming. On polymarket, betters were giving a 65% chance of crypto being mentioned

0:35.5

during the interview with over $600,000 staked on the topic.

0:39.4

The prediction market also added another market to ask betters about the possibility of Bitcoin being

0:44.5

mentioned, which peaked at 69% with approximately $330,000 on the table.

0:51.9

Defunct crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital Liquidators have sued Terraform Labs for

0:56.3

$1.3 billion. For losses, the fund suffered after the 2022 crash, according to Bloomberg.

1:02.6

In June 2020, the liquidators sought $1.3 billion from the founders of 3AC, Suzu, and Kyle Davies.

1:09.5

The saga started unfolding in May 22 when the Terraform network

1:13.6

saw its algorithmic stable coin TerraUSD and its companion token, Luna, suffer a $40 billion

1:20.1

collapse despite assurances from co-founder Doquan. By July, 3AC filed for bankruptcy,

1:26.3

stating that Terra's collapse caused irrecoverable losses.

1:30.0

This case alleges that Terraform induced 3AC to purchase Luna and TerraUSD by manipulating the market for these tokens in a manner that artificially inflated the price for the assets before they were wiped out, the liquidators said in court papers.

1:46.1

And viral crypto game hamster combat criticized crypto venture funding as an exit liquidity activity in a Tuesday broadcast to

1:51.2

community members. The game stated it has turned down every offer. The game's admin said in its

1:55.8

official telegram group that, quote, too many Web3 projects have built audiences only to use them as exit liquidity

2:01.8

for their venture capital backers. This has unfortunately become the norm in the industry, end

2:06.8

quote. In recent months, crypto venture firms have been criticized by parts of the crypto industry

2:11.0

with a specific focus on investing in projects whose tokens eventually have a higher valuation

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