Consensus Rewind: Terra the Sacking of Crypto Carthage
TerraUSD is a stablecoin hosted by the Terra network and created by South Korea’s Terraform Labs.
ABOUT
Kevin Zhou, co-founder of hedge fund Galois Capital, sits down with CoinDesk reporter Sam Kessler to discuss all things Terra. They discuss why the stablecoins and its sister coin collapsed and what Zhou noticed and warned people of before the implosion.
The panel discussion took place on June 10, the second day of CoinDesk’s Consensus 2022 festival in Austin, Texas.
The executive producer for CoinDesk Reports is Jared Schwartz. Nia Freeman edited this episode.
HOST
Sam is CoinDesk's deputy managing editor for tech and protocols. His reporting is focused on decentralized technology, infrastructure and governance. Sam holds a computer science degree from Harvard University, where he led the Harvard Political Review. He has a background in the technology industry and owns some ETH and BTC. Sam was part of the team that won a 2023 Gerald Loeb Award for CoinDesk's coverage of Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX collapse.

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