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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Marvie Basilan

HISTORICAL FACTS: Collapsed terraform do kwon agree to pay 4 5b to settle sec case | History Defined

The U.S. and South Korea have been pushing for the extradition of Do Kwon, the founder of bankrupt crypto firm Terraform Labs. (Credit: AFP)

KEY POINTS

  • Kwon and Terraform will be permanently banned from buying and selling crypto securities
  • The former crypto darling also has to pay "no less than" $204.3 million under the settlement agreement
  • Lawyers said the settlement should send a message to the industry that Kwon's "brazen" violations won't be tolerated

Cryptocurrency firm Terraform Labs and its founder Do Kwon have agreed to pay a staggering multi-billion dollar fine to settle a fraud case filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in relation to wipeout of billions from the crypto market when the Terra-Luna stablecoin empire collapsed in 2022.

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