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Do Kwon of Terra: 'It Was Never Really About Money or Fame or Success' - Ep. 408

Unchained

Laura Shin

News, Tech News, Business News

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Do Kwon, cofounder of Terraform Labs, discusses the charges against him, gives a message to Terra victims, answers allegations about potential fraud and non-transparent business practices, and much more. Show highlights: whether Do finds the charges based on the Capital Markets Act legitimate  why he doesn’t want to discuss his location whether the South Korean government is lying about the accusations against him what happened with the BTC held by the Luna Foundation Guard whether Do regrets being so arrogant in his tweets what he would say to the people who lost huge amounts of money in Terra or family members of people who committed suicide due to its collapse the decision to set Anchor’s yield near 20%  why Terra had a large SDT pre-mine that was not proactively disclosed whether Do’s actions show he didn’t think that the algorithmic mechanism was sufficient to keep UST pegged to the dollar whether Terraform Labs cashed out $2.7 billion using Degenbox why there were no disclosures about Chai terminating its agreement with Terra why the Terra blockchain went through a hard fork without a public discussion the failure of the basis cash stablecoin, also worked on by Do Kwon whether an algorithmic stablecoin can work the week of the UST depeg and what happened to the funds held by LFG where the 3 million Luna unlocked per month by Project Dawn went when the LFG will return funds to UST holders what Do would do differently if he had the chance to go back    * Quick correction*  At 7min 18sec, I misspoke, the Korean government posted a pdf for Do Kwon’s passport revocation, not his arrest warrant.    Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com Chainalysis web3 with a16z   Episode Links Do Kwon: Twitter   Previous Coverage of Unchained on Do Kwon and Terra: How Will the Legal Case Against Do Kwon Play Out in South Korea? Do Kwon Is Backing UST With Bitcoin – And Here’s What Else He Is Building The Legal and Regulatory Fallout From Terra’s Collapse: Who Will Pay? The Chopping Block: Does the New Terra Have Any Chance? Hester Peirce’s Former Counsel on Terra 2.0, XRP and a Bitcoin Spot ETF Why Terra Collapsed and Whether an Algo Stablecoin Can Ever Succeed   Devastating Stories One man commits suicide Fat Man Terra’s thread with several stories   SDT pre-mine CoinDesk Korea article Anchor yield JTBC article reporting core devs wanted a lower yield   Chai  WSJ article Do’s tweets about Chai: 2.5 million users Tweet in May 2021 Tweet in May 2021 #2 Tweet in January 2021   Abracadabra Degenbox $2.7 billion cash out TFL Exit Liquidity dashboard on Dune   Project Dawn Launch The Defiant article   Basis Cash CoinDesk article   Luna Foundation Guard Ergo-BTC on-chain evidence of more than 313 BTC Dumps BTC LFG postpones compensation   Allegations against Do Kwon SBS news reporting Do moved funds to the Virgin Islands. Seoul Police Probe Allegation of Embezzlement by Terraform Staff South Korea Launches Investigation into Company Behind Luna Crypto Crash Class action against Do Kwon Was LUNA a Security? Korean prosecutors are looking into Terra Red Notice “Not on the run” Kwon’s Passport   SEC Actions Against Terra SEC Investigating UST Stablecoin Blowup in Fresh Threat to Terra Terraform Labs Loses US Appeal over SEC Subpoena Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, all.

0:01.0

Ever since Tara Luna collapsed in the spring, there have been a number of questions about

0:05.0

what happened exactly, and how much culpability Tara Form Labs co-founder Do Kwan has.

0:10.9

Interest in his case ratcheted up in September when South Korea issued a warrant for his arrest.

0:16.2

Do at the time did not turn himself in, and the former Singapore resident was reported

0:20.7

to no longer be in the city-state.

0:23.1

Even Interpol may now be on the hunt for him.

0:25.7

I had assumed Do wouldn't talk to the media due to his court case, but he surprised

0:30.1

me last week when he agreed to come on the show.

0:32.7

I approached the interview with an open mind on whether Tara had been her fraud or not,

0:36.7

meaning I tried to keep an open mind to both possibilities.

0:40.6

My main intention was to reveal more information that could let legal experts decide those questions.

0:47.0

I divided the interview into a few main categories, starting with his legal case, then probing

0:51.8

him about various allegations that could potentially point to fraud, and then finally wrapping

0:56.6

up with some questions for users and also about his personal situation.

1:01.1

Given the time constraints I had on the investigative portion, I did the best I could, and during

1:05.9

the interview I tried to push back if I felt he hadn't answered my question.

1:10.5

As Do himself said in the interview, transparency and information are important, and I hope

1:15.2

that this interview helps in the effort to understand exactly what happened with Tara Luna.

1:20.4

Now here's my conversation with Do.

1:26.6

Hi everyone, welcome to Unchained, your no hype resource for all things crypto.

1:30.7

I'm your host Laura Shin, author of The Cryptopians.

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