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<p>Lawyers representing bankrupt Singaporean crypto firm Terraform Labs and its co-founder, Do Kwon, have requested a summary judgment from a New York judge in their legal battle against the United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).</p><p>If granted, such a dismissal could potentially spare them from a full-blown trial. In their motion, the legal team argued vehemently that they are innocent of the SEC’s allegations, maintaining that the regulator has failed to provide any compelling evidence of wrongdoing.</p><h2 id="header-0">Defining a security</h2><p>The motion, which was <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66820843/100/securities-and-exchange-commission-v-terraform-labs-pte-ltd/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">filed</a> last Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, asserts that the implicated cryptocurrencies of Terra Classic (LUNC), TerraClassicUSD (USTC) and Mirror Protocol (MIR), together with its Mirrored assets (mAssets), are not securities as claimed by the SEC in its complaint.</p><p>The heart of the matter revolves around the SEC’s assertion that Terraform Labs offered or sold securities, a claim vehemently denied by the defendants. The SEC initially brought the case in February, referencing algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD, which famously collapsed in May 2022.</p><h2 id="header-1">Lawyers claim case is unsubstantiated</h2><p>Both Kwon and Terraform Labs’ attorneys argued that despite over two years of investigation, more than 20 depositions, and the exchange of a staggering two million pages of documents, the SEC’s case remains unsubstantiated.</p><p>The SEC’s original complaint in February accused Kwon and Terraform of raising substantial sums from investors by offering and selling an inter-connected suite of crypto asset securities, many of which were unregistered transactions. SEC Chair Gary Gensler added that Terraform and Kwon had failed to provide investors with full disclosures, notably concerning LUNA and TerraUSD.</p><p>A key element of the dispute centers on the SEC’s allegation that Kwon and Terraform moved millions of dollars into Swiss bank accounts for personal gain. According to the agency’s complaint, the company and Kwon transferred 10,000 bitcoins to a financial institution based in Switzerland. The legal team representing Kwon and Terraform vehemently denies this allegation, characterizing it as baseless and unfounded.</p><h2 id="header-2">Flawed stablecoin design</h2><p>Algorithmic stablecoins, such as TerraUSD, operate using market incentives via algorithms to maintain a stable price. Terra was tied to Luna, a governance token, in an attempt to stabilize prices. Unfortunately, the collapse of TerraUSD in 2022 destroyed in excess of $40 billion in value held by investors. It also had a domino effect, leading to a series of other crypto platform collapses later in 2022.</p><p>Judge Jed Rakoff, presiding over the case in the Southern District of New York, had previously denied an <a href="https://medium.com/&#64;coinness.gl/sec-opposes-motion-to-dismiss-terraform-labs-lawsuit-abcef6ff5cda" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">attempt</a> by Terraform Labs and Kwon to have the case dismissed. This new motion for summary judgment represents their latest effort to put an end to the legal proceedings.</p><p>In a separate but related action, lawyers representing Terraform Labs Co-Founder Daniel Shin <a href="https://medium.com/&#64;coinness.gl/terraform-labs-co-founder-daniel-shin-denies-wrongdoing-in-luna-collapse-1dffa9581dc4" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">asserted</a> that Shin played no role in the collapse of TerraUSD. In a Seoul district court, they emphasized that Shin had nothing to do with the collapse despite being indicted in South Korea in April on various charges, including fraud.</p>

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