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Jane Street Accused of Dumping $192M UST Before Terra Crash | CoinDesk Daily

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🗓️ 20 May 2026

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Summary

Did Jane Street front-run the Terra collapse? Newly unsealed court filings allege Jane Street used a private Telegram backchannel with Terraform Labs insiders to dump $192 million of UST before the stablecoin's 2022 collapse. The firm then allegedly made $134 million shorting Terra. Jane Street denies the claims. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

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0:00.0

Trump signs a sweeping crypto executive order and Jane Street allegedly dumped $192 million worth of

0:06.4

U.S.T before terrorists collapse.

0:13.2

President Trump signed an executive order directing regulators to integrate digital assets into

0:17.6

traditional payment and financial services rails. It also asks the Federal Reserve

0:21.5

to review how non-bank firms get access to payment accounts. This could benefit firms like Crackin,

0:26.6

which already won limited master account access earlier this year. The Ethereum Foundation is

0:31.3

facing a wave of high-profile departures and the crypto community is asking what's actually going on.

0:36.5

Critics on X are demanding more transparency

0:38.3

about how decisions are made inside the organization.

0:41.3

Battalic Buteran has previously defended the foundation, arguing it's meant to support Ethereum,

0:46.3

not controlling. And Jane Street allegedly used a private telegram back channel with Terraform

0:50.5

Labs insiders to dump $192 million of UST before the collapse.

0:55.5

Court filings claims the firm exited its full UST position on May 7, 2022.

1:00.5

Jane Street then allegedly made $134 million shorting Terra as the $40 billion ecosystem unraveled.

1:07.0

Jane Street calls the suit, quote, baseless and is moving to dismiss.

1:10.8

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