{"id":369355,"date":"2023-10-30T18:20:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T18:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=369355"},"modified":"2023-10-30T19:40:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T19:40:14","slug":"terra-co-founder-daniel-shin-blames-ecosystem-failure-on-do-kwons-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/terra-co-founder-daniel-shin-blames-ecosystem-failure-on-do-kwons-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Terra co-founder Daniel Shin blames ecosystem failure on Do Kwon\u2019s management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Shin, co-founder of TerraformLabs, appeared in court on <a href=\"https:\/\/imnews-imbc-com.translate.goog\/news\/2023\/society\/article\/6538464_36126.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp\">Oct. 30<\/a> and denied all charges against him in connection with the 2022 collapse of the Terra Ecosystem. 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It has nothing to do with CEO Shin,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After several <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/south-korean-officials-conclude-week-long-raid-in-terra-luna-case\/\">failed arrest attempts<\/a>, Shin is now facing trial in Seoul for <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/south-korea-indicts-terra-co-founder-daniel-shin\/\">fraud, illegal fundraising, and violating capital market laws<\/a>. However, he has denied all charges against him.<\/p>\n<p>His former partner, <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/do-kwon\/\">Do Kwon<\/a>, is serving a four-month jail term in Montenegro for traveling with forged documents. Authorities in South Korea and the United States have filed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/do-kwon-charged-in-the-us-following-confirmed-arrest-in-montenegro\/\">criminal charges<\/a> against Kwon over his role in the collapse of UST.<\/p>\n<h2>Terra failure<\/h2>\n<p>Anchor Protocol was Terra\u2019s lending borrowing platform. The protocol promised UST holders a 20% annual yield on the stablecoin holdings, leading to its <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/terras-anchor-protocol-hits-5-billion-in-tvl-lunas-price-surges\/\">massive growth and adoption<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UST was an innovative algorithmic stablecoin whose market capitalization peaked at more than $40 billion before suddenly crashing last year, resulting in a contagion that affected several crypto firms.<\/p>\n<p>Following UST's <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/luna-2-0-falls-by-77-in-14-days-as-do-kwon-takes-twitter-account-private\/\">unexpected collapse<\/a>,\u00a0Kwon <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/terras-anchor-protocol-users-vote-to-halt-earning-and-borrowing\/\">substantially raised<\/a> Anchor's protocol's interest rate from the initially planned 3.6% to well over 20% in a last-minute decision.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Terraform Labs, the creator of the Terra blockchain, has consistently <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.flsd.655594\/gov.uscourts.flsd.655594.1.0.pdf\">maintained<\/a> that the failure of its ecosystem was due to <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/court-orders-genesis-to-produce-subpoenaed-documents-in-terraform-labs-case\/\">third-party firms<\/a> that held &#8220;short&#8221; positions against its digital assets, LUNA and UST.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Shin, co-founder of TerraformLabs, appeared in court on Oct. 30 and denied all charges against him in connection with the 2022 collapse of the Terra Ecosystem. 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