Arkham Intel Trade approves $5K bounty for information on Do Kwon and Terra wallets

by Jeremy

A platform geared toward “deanonymizing the blockchain” has accepted its first submission regarding data on pockets addresses linked to Terraform Labs and its co-founder, Do Kwon.

In a July 24 announcement, Arkham Intel Trade mentioned it had accepted a submission from two “on-chain sleuths,” leading to a bounty cost of 9,519.2625 Arkham (ARKM) — roughly $5,000 on the time of publication. An nameless consumer and Ergo, a self-described “glorified accountant” working with OXT Analysis, despatched the platform “proof of wallets” owned by Kwon and Terra. Ergo mentioned this data might contradict public statements from Terra on holding just one Luna Basis Guard pockets, wherein a reported 313 Bitcoin (BTC) stays in reserve. 

Launched on July 10, Arkham has incurred unfavourable reactions from many within the crypto house, who describe the platform as little greater than a glorified snitching service. The agency permits customers to submit bounties requesting data on blockchain transactions, which might be launched to the general public 90 days following approval at Arkham. This implies all data on the Kwon and Terra pockets addresses could turn out to be accessible in late October.

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Terra was on the forefront of controversy within the 2022 crypto market crash when the platform’s algorithmic stablecoin, TerraClassicUSD (USTC), depegged from america greenback. Kwon’s whereabouts have been largely unknown from Might 2022 till March 2023, when authorities in Montenegro arrested and later sentenced him to 4 months in jail for utilizing solid journey paperwork.

People linked to Terra in South Korea are additionally at the moment below scrutiny from native authorities investigating the trade. In July, co-founder Shin Hyun-seong — often known as Daniel Shin — reportedly had his first listening to for fees associated to allegedly illicit earnings from the sale of LUNA tokens.

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