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Crypto Shockwave: Do Kwon’s Guilty Plea Rocks the Market – What’s Next?

Crypto Shockwave: Do Kwon’s Guilty Plea Rocks the Market – What’s Next?

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CoindeskEN
Published:
2025-08-17 16:00:00
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State of Crypto: Do Kwon Pleads Guilty

The crypto world reels as Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon enters a guilty plea—just when you thought the drama couldn’t get juicier.

### From Hero to Handcuffs: The Do Kwon Saga

Once hailed as a blockchain visionary, Kwon’s fall from grace reads like a Shakespearean tragedy—minus the iambic pentameter. His admission of guilt sends tremors through an industry already nursing its wounds from 2022’s Terra-LUNA collapse.

### Regulatory Reckoning Looms Large

Prosecutors are sharpening their knives while retail investors count their losses. This could set a precedent for how governments handle crypto’s ‘move fast and break things’ ethos—with handcuffs and subpoenas.

### Market Tremors (But No Earthquake—Yet)

BTC barely flinched on the news—proof the crypto ecosystem eats scandals for breakfast. Meanwhile, compliance officers at centralized exchanges are quietly updating their resumes.

### The Ironic Coda

Nothing accelerates blockchain adoption like a high-profile perp walk. Kwon’s plea might just do for regulatory clarity what a $40B collapse couldn’t—proving once again that in crypto, the ‘F’ in ‘DeFi’ sometimes stands for ‘felony.’

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