South Korea’s National Tax Service has reportedly ordered Terraform Labs, its co-founder Do Kwon, and other executives to pay a 100 billion won ($78 million) fine for tax evasion penalties. The Genesis According to local reports, the tax agency first launched an investigation into Terraform Labs and its subsidiaries in June last year on suspicion...Read More
Reports suggest that the Singapore-based company’s legal functions are now being managed by outside counsel. Shortly after the collapse of its flagship stablecoin UST, the legal team behind handling the Terraform Labs abandoned what many consider a sinking ship. As per their LinkedIn profiles, Terraform’s Chief corporate counsel Lawrence Florio, general counsel Marc Goldich, and...Read More
Mike Novogratz – billionaire investor and CEO of Galaxy Digital – has issued a statement addressing the recent meltdown of the Terra ecosystem. He highlights lessons he’s learned from the situation but reinforces his faith in the crypto economy as a whole. The Idea That Failed In a letter to shareholders and the crypto community,...Read More
In the aftermath of Terra’s collapse, co-founder Do Kwon now faces legal pressure from affected Korean investors. They’ve filed both criminal and civil lawsuits, alongside an order to seize Kwon’s assets. Trouble With the Law According to the Korean news outlet Munhwa, investors in both UST and LUNA filed with the court to seize Kwon’s...Read More
After an uncertain last week and with LUNA’s price dropping below 1 cent, Do Kwon, the founder of Terra Luna, announced a new revival plan on Twitter. A new governance proposal #1623 suggests renaming the existing network to Terra Classic, renaming LUNA to LUNA Classic, and birthing a new blockchain. The full proposal can be...Read More
Tether, the company behind the largest stablecoin by market capitalization USDT, has seen a reduction in the asset’s circulating supply after investors withdrew over $7 billion from it. Investors Losing Confidence in Stablecoins Data from CoinGecko shows that USDT’s circulating supply is currently at $75.9 billion, which is a reduction from around $83 billion a...Read More
Do Kwon, perhaps the most notorious name in the cryptocurrency industry in the past few weeks, might have to appear in front of the South Korean government in a hearing on the UST crash. According to the local report, Yun Chang-hyun, a rep from the nation’s ruling People Power Party, has requested a parliamentary hearing...Read More
Terra co-founder Do Kwon has unveiled a detailed plan to hard fork Terra and revive the network’s ecosystem. It will involve abandoning its algorithmic stablecoin, and launching a new cryptocurrency to replace its old governance token, LUNA. The proposal is a follow-up to Kwon’s informal plan he posted last week, in which he admitted that...Read More
After UST de-pegged on May 9th, causing a cascade effect of billions of LUNA minted, the Luna Foundation Guard disclosed what happened precisely to their reserves which were meant to stabilize UST, keeping it pegged to USD. Let’s look at LUNA and UST and any related news this morning. Luna Foundation Sells Over $3 Billion...Read More
The CEO of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), said that he expects more transparency from Luna’s team following last week’s UST-LUNA fiasco. Last week saw a top cryptocurrency literally go to zero in a matter of days. UST – Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin – lost its peg and crashed to some $0.225....Read More
After the UST de-peg, which occurred on May 9th, LUNA and UST prices continued to drop, hitting new all-time lows day after day. While several influencers are urging investors to purchase LUNA at such low prices, the truth is that investor confidence in the cryptocurrency is lost, and users need to cut their losses and...Read More
After bottoming out at $0.00002835 on May 13th, LUNA Price is pumping significantly today, peaking at $0.0007685, erasing a zero and increasing by over $1700% in the past 24 hours. The cryptocurrency is still down over 99.9% from its high of $116 on April 3rd, but those that bought it last night are seeing significant...Read More
After a coordinated attack last week that de-pegged the TerraUSD stablecoin, LUNA was sent into freefall as more and more coins were being minted to attempt to re-stabilize UST. Unfortunately, this caused a vicious cycle that pushed LUNA’s price to worthless levels, effectively wiping out billions of dollars worth of Terra Luna value. Any investors...Read More
Terra co-founder Do Kwon has unveiled a revival plan for the Terra community, which will involve abandoning the UST stablecoin entirely. Instead, he suggests that validators reset network ownership under a new token by forking the chain, and distributing it to fairly compensate all damaged parties. UST Has Failed, says Do Kwon In a forum...Read More
In the aftermath of Terra (LUNA)’s price collapse, multiple crypto exchanges have begun preventing users from buying or selling the token. However, Crypto.com has taken measures a step further, opting to reverse LUNA trades taking place in a certain time frame on May 12th. In an “important update” on Friday, CryptoCom claimed that users who...Read More
After resuming its blockchain several hours ago and activating the network again, Luna continues its downwards spiral, closing in on Shiba Inu prices. The cryptocurrency lost billions in market capitalization within a few days, leading to one of the biggest market collapse crypto markets have seen to date. Investors are troubled, and many declare Luna...Read More
Popular British YouTuber and rapper JJ Olatunji, commonly known as KSI, recently revealed that he has lost over $2.8 million in LUNA following the cryptocurrency’s freefall over the past few days. LUNA, the native token of the Terra ecosystem, was designed to help maintain the $1 peg of Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin, UST. But when the...Read More
After halting the blockchain for roughly 10 hours, Luna Terra officially resumed its block production approximately an hour ago, enabling traders to move their LUNA off exchanges and encouraging users to bridge off-chain assets, such as bETH, to their native chains. The tragic turn of events causing thousands of users to lose more than 99%...Read More
Following the recent fiasco, in which Terra and its two native cryptocurrencies plummeted in value, the organizations behind the project said they will seek outside help. One of the first legacy financial companies that stepped up to offer assistance is the Swiss asset manager – GAM Holding AG. The official press release by the 40-year...Read More
Terra and its ecosystem have had a pretty rough ride the past few days. With UST losing its peg and LUNA in freefall, Terra is under pressure to quickly resolve the “bad debt” and restore community trust in itself. TFL’s Proposed Solutions for Terra According to a series of tweets shared by Terra’s official page,...Read More
Terra validators have reportedly decided to freeze Terra’s blockchain due to LUNA’s collapsing market price. The team argues that at such low costs, a whale buyer could easily commit a governance attack on the network. The chain was officially frozen at block 7,603,700, making native transactions on Terra’s blockchain impossible. Terra (LUNA), which has seen...Read More
Bitcoin plunged to a 16-month low, while the altcoins suffered even more in the past week or so. Despite bouncing off and reclaiming some ground, the situation is still dire, and Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson provided his outtake on it. Charles Hoskinson’s Views Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson noted that the market is deep in a new...Read More
After dropping nearly 99% in the past week from a high of $85 to a low of $1 yesterday, LUNA is the gift that keeps on giving, dropping well below 10 cents today, currently trading at $0.035. Those traders that attempted to buy the dip when LUNA dipped below $1 if they haven’t sold off...Read More
Even with Bitcoin’s price destabilization over the past week, most of the attention is on the abysmal price performance of Terra Luna, which is down 93%, and UST, whose price is supposed to stay pegged to USD but currently trading at 70% below at $0.3. The founder of Terra Luna, Do Kwon, released a series...Read More
With the recent crypto bloodbath, most cryptocurrencies are down roughly 20% this week. However, Terra Luna has been down over 78% in the past seven days, and its stablecoin TerraUSD (UST) is down over 19%, currently trading at $0.80. This article looks at what’s going on with Terra Luna and why UST cannot maintain its...Read More
Summary: The Luna Foundation Guard has bought an additional 37,863 Bitcoin worth $1.5 billion The purchase is in line with Do Kwon’s goal of backing UST with digital asset reserves worth $10 billion The Luna Foundation Guard now holds 80,394 BTC The Luna Foundation Guard has acquired an additional 37,863 Bitcoin worth $1.5 billion to...Read More
SlowMist – a blockchain security firm – has identified dozens of crypto addresses that have appeared to fall victim to a phishing scam on the Terra network since April 12th. The scammer’s address has reportedly reeled in $4.31M in assets up until the time of writing. According SlowMist’s explanation on Twitter, $4.31 million in assets...Read More
Terra seems nowhere near concerned regarding the ongoing crypto dip. Instead, it topped up its bitcoin reserves with an additional purchase of $100 million worth of the asset. Earlier this year, Do Kwon – Founder and CEO of Terraform Labs – revealed the company’s intentions to introduce a stablecoin (UST), which will be backed by...Read More
Acala, the Ethereum-compatible DeFi protocol has announced teaming up with Anchor to boost the decentralized stablecoin space of Terra and Polkadot ecosystems. Following Wormhole integration plans, the two parties are all set to bring increased liquidity and yield opportunities for aUSD and UST by serving as gateways into the decentralized finance ecosystems of Polkadot and...Read More
The Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) pool has bought Bitcoin yet again. The pool currently holds almost 40,000 BTC, worth some $1.675 billion at the time of this writing. Luna’s LFG pool has added another batch of Bitcoin to its stash – over 4,000 BTC, to be precise, which is worth some $176 million at the...Read More
