SEC Drops Bombshell: Terra Founder Do Kwon Chat History Leaked

A court filing by the SEC has actually revealed the contents of dripped chats in between Do Kwon, creator of the Terra blockchain which collapsed in 2022, and co-founder Daniel Shin, the CEO of the Chai payment app.

Chat History Between The Two Co-creators

On September 22, 2023, a court filing exposed the chat history in between Do Kwon and Daniel Shin, the creator of the payment app Chai. The talks in between both creators go back to 2019. 

In the filing, it was exposed that Do Kwon and Shin had actually supposedly prepared to produce phony deals to produce charges throughout the job’s advancement and to assist support their activities.

“I can just create fake transactions that look real…which will generate fees… and we can wind that down as Chai grows.” Do Kwon stated this to Shin in reaction to a concern inquiring about when will individuals begin taking part in staking and when the token airdrops end.

Shin was worried about Do Kwon’s idea and he asked “What if people find out it is fake?” Do Kwon reacted stating, “All the power to those that can prove it’s fake… because I will try my best to make it indiscernible. I won’t tell if you won’t.”

Nevertheless, after a series of texts, Daniel Shin accepted Do Kwon’s idea and required they check it on a smaller sized scale in the meantime, which Do Kwon accepted.

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) declared in filing that Terraform Labs partnered with the payment app Chai in 2019, so the app might settle deals on-chain. 

Meanwhile, Chai payments were performed typically and the executives produced incorrect Chai payments onto the Terraform blockchain to make it appear as if the payments were happening on the blockchain to trick financiers.

According to the SEC, financiers purchased numerous countless LUNA and other tokens in the belief that the pertinent Chai deals were performed on the Terra blockchain.

So far, the SEC has asked for, if possible, that Do Kwon be extradited to the United States from Montenegro where he was detained and sentenced to jail for creating travel files.

The accused’s lawyers protested the SEC’s demand stating that it was difficult to permit Do Kwon to leave Montenegro. The lawyers for that reason asked for that the court ought to dismiss the SEC’s demand, presuming that it would avoid Terraform Labs from providing a declaration from Do Kwon throughout the summary judgment procedure if approved.

The relationship in between Terraform Labs and Chai did not last for a long period of time as it ended back in 2020. However, the SEC thinks that the relationship lasted enough time to perform such a misleading strategy efficiently.

Terraform Labs Partnership With Chai

Terraform Labs partnered with Chai in 2019 to accelerate Terra’s payment. The blockchain revealed its collaboration with Chai on Medium keeping in mind that it would restore the payments stack on the Terra blockchain to streamline the tradition payment system and offer deal charges at a reduced rate to merchants.

Another factor for the collaboration in between Terraform Labs and Chai was to integrate Terra’s Korean won-pegged stablecoin KRT into the payment app.

However, both celebrations cut ties when Shin proceeded to develop Chai Corporation in 2020. Following this advancement, Chai has actually been running individually.

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