Back in 2021 - 2022, he was running TERRA Luna, a crypto ecosystem worth $60 billion at its peak
Confident, loud, untouched
He told investors that stablecoin was safe He mocked his critics He said people questioning him were 'too poor to understand' he even joked about watching companies die, days before Luna actually did
Then May 2022 happened..
LUNA went from $80 to basically zero in 48 hours The USD peg broke Panic was everywhere Around $40 billion disappeared
and after all that?
How did he respond
He said this doesn't bother me I am just a chill guy, I live a frugal life
That sentence got stuck with me
not because it was shocking but because it showed how can someone be in a dreamland scamming others
Fast forward
He fled using a fake passport Got arrested still and by Dec 2025, verdict came he was sentenced to 15 years of impresionment
You can tweet as much you want saying you are a chill guy
This doesn't bother me at all
I am invincible
But when shit hit the fan, and that much value get disappeared from market
Internet remembers, court remembers.
Even if crypto move fast and the fatty ego of crypto bros move faster, reality always catch up
If you were around may 2022 you know how it felt.. And since then how industry has evolved.
And if you are knew dig deep you get to know what this guy did and how we are still affected by his fcuk up
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Do you remember Do Know?
The one and only founder of TERRA LUNA
Back in 2021 - 2022, he was running TERRA Luna, a crypto ecosystem worth $60 billion at its peak
Confident, loud, untouched
He told investors that stablecoin was safe
He mocked his critics
He said people questioning him were 'too poor to understand'
he even joked about watching companies die, days before Luna actually did
Then May 2022 happened..
LUNA went from $80 to basically zero in 48 hours
The USD peg broke
Panic was everywhere
Around $40 billion disappeared
and after all that?
How did he respond
He said this doesn't bother me I am just a chill guy, I live a frugal life
That sentence got stuck with me
not because it was shocking but because it showed how can someone be in a dreamland scamming others
Fast forward
He fled using a fake passport
Got arrested still
and by Dec 2025, verdict came he was sentenced to 15 years of impresionment
You can tweet as much you want saying you are a chill guy
This doesn't bother me at all
I am invincible
But when shit hit the fan, and that much value get disappeared from market
Internet remembers, court remembers.
Even if crypto move fast and the fatty ego of crypto bros move faster, reality always catch up
If you were around may 2022 you know how it felt.. And since then how industry has evolved.
And if you are knew dig deep you get to know what this guy did and how we are still affected by his fcuk up