From Crypto King to Convicted Felon: Do Kwon’s Dramatic Fall

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Do Kwon, whose TerraUSD project promised financial revolution, will plead guilty to fraud charges after his algorithmic creation spectacularly collapsed in 2022, taking $40 billion of investor money with it.

The once-celebrated “stablecoin genius” now faces prison bars.

His journey to this moment reads like a thriller: fleeing South Korea, getting caught in Montenegro with fake passports, fighting extradition, and finally admitting guilt in a New York courtroom where he now faces decades behind bars.

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