Terraform Labs has agreed to Pay $4.47B In Settlement to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to drop the charges against them.
The blockchain startup was involved in controversy and settled with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for $4.47 billion.
Terraform Labs To Finally Attain Freedom
In what will be the next high-profile case in the crypto ecosystem to pay over $4 billion in settlement, the news of the settlement was first shared by Reuters. Several months ago, Binance Exchange settled with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to resolve a lengthy investigation into the exchange.
The trading platform consented to pay $4.3 billion to the Department of Justice (DoJ), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Founder Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao, presently incarcerated, also resigned as part of the settlement.
The exchange observed the liquidation of its tokens Terra (LUNA) and TerraUSD (USTC) at the time. The liquidation resulted in the loss of more than $40 billion from the market, which attracted the attention of regulators such as the SEC.