Terraform Labs、Do Kwon 面临投资者欺骗、加密货币崩溃的法律追究

Terraform Labs 及其创始人 Do Kwon 将于周一在曼哈顿接受审判，美国证券交易委员会指控其在 TerraUSD 和 Luna 的稳定性方面误导投资者。这些加密货币在 2022 年的崩溃扰乱了市场，导致投资者损失超过 400 亿美元，并导致加密货币领域出现更广泛的破坏。 SEC 指控 Kwon 和 Terraform 从事欺诈行为以支撑 TerraUSD 的价值，并错误地声称其区块链被韩国流行的支付应用程序使用。虽然权否认有不当行为，但美国证券交易委员会寻求民事处罚和行业禁令。

Terraform Labs and Do Kwon Face Legal Scrutiny for Misleading Investors and Cryptocurrency Collapse

Terraform Labs 和 Do Kwon 因误导投资者和加密货币崩溃而面临法律审查

New York, USA - Terraform Labs and its founder, Do Kwon, will undergo trial in the Manhattan courtroom on Monday, facing allegations from regulatory authorities that they engaged in deceptive practices towards investors prior to the catastrophic collapse of two of the company's cryptocurrencies, which sent shockwaves throughout the financial markets in 2022.

美国纽约 - Terraform Labs 及其创始人 Do Kwon 将于周一在曼哈顿法庭接受审判，面临监管机构的指控，称他们在该公司两种加密货币灾难性崩溃之前对投资者进行了欺骗行为。 2022年给整个金融市场带来了冲击。

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Kwon and the Singapore-based blockchain company with misleading investors throughout 2021 regarding the stability of TerraUSD, a stablecoin designed to maintain a value of $1. The regulatory body further alleges that Terraform falsely claimed its blockchain technology was employed by a prominent South Korean mobile payment application.

美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 指控 Kwon 和这家总部位于新加坡的区块链公司在 2021 年全年就 TerraUSD 的稳定性误导投资者，TerraUSD 是一种旨在维持 1 美元价值的稳定币。监管机构进一步指控 Terraform 错误地声称其区块链技术被韩国著名的移动支付应用程序采用。

Do Kwon, the CEO of Terraform Labs, will not be physically present at the trial. Apprehended in Montenegro last March, he remains in custody awaiting extradition proceedings to his native South Korea, where he faces additional criminal charges. The extradition process has recently been delayed by a Montenegro court following concerns raised by the local prosecutor's office.

Terraform Labs 首席执行官 Do Kwon 将不会亲自出席审判。去年三月，他在黑山被捕，目前仍被拘留，等待引渡回祖国韩国的程序，在那里他面临更多刑事指控。由于当地检察官办公室提出担忧，黑山一家法院最近推迟了引渡程序。

In addition to the charges brought forth by the SEC, federal prosecutors in New York have also accused Kwon of fraudulent activity and are pursuing his extradition to the United States.

除了美国证券交易委员会提出的指控外，纽约联邦检察官还指控权先生从事欺诈活动，并正在寻求将他引渡到美国。

Kwon's technological brainchild, TerraUSD, was conceived as a stablecoin, while Luna, another token created by Terraform, exhibited greater price volatility and was closely intertwined with TerraUSD.

Kwon 的技术创意 TerraUSD 被认为是一种稳定币，而 Terraform 创建的另一种代币 Luna 表现出更大的价格波动性，并且与 TerraUSD 紧密相连。

The SEC estimates that investors suffered losses exceeding $40 billion collectively as a result of the collapse of these two tokens, which occurred in May 2022 when TerraUSD's peg to the US dollar became unsustainable.

美国证券交易委员会估计，这两种代币的崩溃发生在 2022 年 5 月，当时 TerraUSD 与美元的挂钩变得不可持续，投资者因此遭受的损失总计超过 400 亿美元。

The ensuing financial turmoil extended beyond these specific cryptocurrencies, adversely affecting the value of other digital assets, including Bitcoin, and disrupting the broader cryptocurrency market, ultimately leading to the bankruptcy of several companies in 2022.

随之而来的金融动荡超出了这些特定的加密货币范围，对包括比特币在内的其他数字资产的价值产生了不利影响，并扰乱了更广泛的加密货币市场，最终导致多家公司在 2022 年破产。

The SEC alleges that Terraform and Kwon secretly employed a third party to acquire substantial amounts of TerraUSD, thereby artificially inflating its price when the stablecoin strayed from its peg in May 2021. The regulatory body contends that Kwon subsequently attributed this price recovery to the purported reliability of TerraUSD's algorithms.

SEC 指控 Terraform 和 Kwon 秘密雇用第三方收购大量 TerraUSD，从而在该稳定币于 2021 年 5 月脱离锚定汇率时人为抬高其价格。监管机构认为，Kwon 随后将价格回升归因于所谓的可靠性TerraUSD 的算法。

Furthermore, the SEC asserts that Terraform and Kwon falsely promoted their blockchain technology as being the foundation for transaction processing and settlement between merchants and customers on the Chai payment app.

此外，SEC 声称 Terraform 和 Kwon 错误地将其区块链技术宣传为 Chai 支付应用程序上商家和客户之间交易处理和结算的基础。

Terraform Labs and Kwon have vigorously contested these accusations, maintaining that the SEC has taken statements made by Kwon and other Terraform employees out of context.

Terraform Labs 和 Kwon 强烈反驳这些指控，坚称 SEC 断章取义地理解了 Kwon 和其他 Terraform 员工的声明。

The SEC is seeking civil penalties and injunctions prohibiting Kwon and Terraform from participating in the securities industry.

美国证券交易委员会正在寻求民事处罚和禁令，禁止 Kwon 和 Terraform 参与证券行业。

In December, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff partially granted the SEC's request, ruling that Terraform Labs had unlawfully sold digital assets without the necessary registration as securities. However, the judge dismissed the SEC's allegations that Terraform and Kwon had illegally offered security-based swaps through a feature that allowed users to create digital assets mirroring the price of other assets, such as stocks or cryptocurrencies.

去年 12 月，美国地区法官 Jed Rakoff 部分批准了 SEC 的请求，裁定 Terraform Labs 在未进行必要的证券注册的情况下非法出售数字资产。然而，法官驳回了 SEC 的指控，即 Terraform 和 Kwon 通过一项功能非法提供基于证券的互换，该功能允许用户创建反映其他资产（例如股票或加密货币）价格的数字资产。

The judge has yet to determine the extent of damages that Terraform must pay. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in January, acknowledging that any potential penalty could exceed its available assets.

法官尚未确定 Terraform 必须支付的损害赔偿金额。该公司于一月份申请破产保护，承认任何潜在的处罚都可能超过其可用资产。