Unconfirmed: Why Terraform Labs Cofounder Do Kwon Is Unfazed by US Regulators - Ep.285

Do Kwon, cofounder of Terraform Labs, was recently served subpoenas by the US Securities and Exchange Commission during Messari’s mainnet event, leading Kwon and Terraform to preemptively sue the SEC. On Unconfirmed, Kwon discusses:
what Terraform Labs does and how it is building its DeFi ecosystem around TerraUSD ($UST)
why Terraform Labs created its synthetics protocol, Mirror, and how it works
what Do thinks about the SEC’s investigation into Mirror
what happened to Do at Messari’s mainnet event
why the SEC’s approach to crypto regulation does not impact Do very much
what Do thinks about how US regulators are treating crypto companies
how Do would regulate the crypto industry
why he believes the current state of crypto regulation doesn’t work in a global context
why he says the SEC couldn’t do anything to TerraUSD -- even if it wanted to
what two characteristics are critical in building a decentralized protocol
how the crypto industry could improve security in light of the $130 million Cream Finance hack
 
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Episode Links
 
Do Kwon
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stablekwon 
 
Terra
Twitter: https://twitter.com/terra_money 
Website: https://www.terra.money/ 
Terra ecosystem: https://docs.terra.money/Reference/ecosystem.html 
 
SEC Lawsuit
CoinDesk

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/10/23/terras-do-kwon-was-served-by-sec-new-lawsuit-shows/ 

Terraform V SEC

https://www.scribd.com/document/534537134/Terraform-v-SEC 

Stephen Palley

https://twitter.com/stephendpalley/status/1451709816020348933 

 
Messari Mainnet Serving

https://twitter.com/gogoSlava/status/1439972015910408195 
 
Miscellaneous
SEC charging Abra
https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2020-153

Stablecoin market cap comparison
​​https://coinmarketcap.com/view/stablecoin/ 


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