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'Cryptocurrency King' Extradited to US

Do Kwon faces fraud charges over collapse of Luna, TerraUSD

(Newser) - Montenegro extradited a South Korean mogul known as "the cryptocurrency king" to the United States on Tuesday. The move followed a decision of its justice ministry earlier this month to accept a US request, while refusing a South Korean handover plea, the Balkan country's authorities said. Police said...

Inside a Crypto Fugitive's Luxury Life on the Lam

Wall Street Journal details how Do Kwon spent 6 months on the run

(Newser) - South Korean crypto tycoon Do Kwon is giving Sam Bankman-Fried a break from headlines this week as the Wall Street Journal profiles his elusive international escape after his company Terraform Labs went belly up last year. For a little backstory, two of Terraform Labs' tokens, TerraUSD and Luna, crashed in...

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