Tag: Do Kwon

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao to Terraform Labs’ Do Kwon: The fallen kings of crypto
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Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao to Terraform Labs’ Do Kwon: The fallen kings of crypto

[ad_1] Binance boss Changpeng Zhao has become the most powerful cryptocurrency figure to fall in a two-year period chaotic even by the standards of the notoriously volatile industry.Zhao stepped down as CEO of Binance -- the largest crypto exchange in the world -- after he and the company pleaded guilty on Tuesday to sweeping US money laundering violations and agreed to fines of more than $4 billion. Here are three of the highest-profile crypto executives who have fallen foul of the law since last year: - Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao -Born in China in 1977, Zhao moved with his family to Canada in the 1980s and later got a degree in computer science from McGill University, according to his profile in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.He founded Binance in 2017 in Shanghai, and led the company's ex...
Luna Token’s Vexed Legal Status Dogs Prosecutors Chasing Kwon
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Luna Token’s Vexed Legal Status Dogs Prosecutors Chasing Kwon

[ad_1] South Korean prosecutors trying to build a case against Do Kwon over the $60 billion wipeout of his crypto project… South Korean prosecutors trying to build a case against Do Kwon over the $60 billion wipeout of his crypto project made an eye-catching admission this month: the latest court decision seems to support his defense. They made the comment after a judge rebuffed a request to detain a person linked to Kwon's collapsed Terraform Labs ecosystem. Part of the judge's reasoning was that it's debatable whether the individual had violated the nation's Capital Markets Act as prosecutors claim -- a key charge Kwon also faces, and which he has rejected. The development highlights disputes over whether the now-collapsed TerraUSD and Luna tokens Kwon created can be regulated ...