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Terra Founder Do Kwon Breaks Twitter Silence, But Users Are Not Pleased

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Terra founder Do Kwon remains defiant. 


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Embattled Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon finally broke his Twitter silence, reiterating his belief that the crypto world needs decentralized money that is censorship resistant in a tweet earlier today.

“Decentralized networks need decentralized money – obvious today more than ever,” Do Kwon tweeted.

 

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Unsurprisingly, several members of the Twitter crypto community did not take kindly to Do Kwon’s bravado. Though the Terra founder turned off comments on the post, users had their say using quote tweets. 

It is no news that Do Kwon’s attempts at decentralized money had not gone so well, with many convinced that he defrauded users. Notably, the de-pegging of Do Kwon’s stablecoin brainchild UST, which was supposed to fill the decentralized money gap by being backed by Bitcoin reserves, caused LUNA and UST holdings held by investors to become worthless overnight. As a result, Do Kwon and his firm remain under investigation in South Korea and the US, even as they face multiple class action lawsuits.

Do Kwon’s statements come after Circle, the issuer of USDC stablecoin, blocks all Ethereum addresses associated with Tornado Cash, freezing over 75,000 USDC. Notably, the move followed a US sanction on the Ethereum-based cryptocurrency mixer. The move has since raised concerns over the lack of stablecoin censorship resistance amongst privacy advocates in the crypto space.

Tornado Cash is a decentralized application that users can use to cover up a trail of crypto transactions on the blockchain. While privacy advocates argue that there are entirely legal reasons for these tools to exist, the lack of controls and recent use of these tools in headline-grabbing crypto exploits have become a cause for concern for regulators.

Attackers used the dApp in the Ronin bridge hack that saw over $600 million stolen in crypto assets to funnel their loot. The same was also the case in the Harmony bridge attack.

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Mark Brennan has been active in the cryptocurrency sector since 2014. His love and passion for the nascent industry drove him to develop interest in writing about important developments and updates about cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Brennan, who holds a Masters degree in Business Administration, learned about the potential of blockchain technology. Aside from crypto journalism, Brennan runs an education center, where he educates people about the asset class.

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