Terraform Labs Sues Jump Trading For Alleged Role In 2022 Collapse
Following the 15-year prison sentencing of its founder Do Kwon, Terraform Labs' bankruptcy administrator has filed a $4 billion lawsuit against Jump Trading. The suit alleges the firm engaged in "illicit market manipulation, self-dealing, and misuse of assets" to enrich itself at investors' expense during Terra's 2022 collapse. The event, triggered when the TerraUSD stablecoin lost its peg, wiped out an estimated $40 billion in value. Jump Trading has dismissed the lawsuit as a desperate attempt to deflect blame. Separately, Kwon, who pleaded guilty to fraud charges in the U.S., may face a second trial and over 30 years in prison if extradited to South Korea, where over 200,000 victims reported losses exceeding $204 million.
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