Do Kwon Is Backing UST With Bitcoin – And Here’s What Else He Is Building - Ep.335

Do Kwon is the CEO of Terraform Labs and a director at Luna Foundation Guard. On Unchained, he explains why LFG is spearheading a plan to partially back Terra’s $15 billion stablecoin UST with Bitcoin. He also dives into another project idea that would transform developer salaries into financial assets that, as far as I can tell, he has not yet spoken about publicly.
 
Part 1: Everything you need to know about Terra, UST, and BTC.
how Terra works and why Do thinks UST will soon be the third-largest stablecoin
why Do and LFG decided to back UST with bitcoin
why Do thinks LUNA’s price will continue to appreciate despite UST’s new dependence on bitcoin
how UST might perform if the price of a bitcoin were to crash
why diversifying UST with different types of collateral could help Terra politically
how LFG plans to use bridges, smart contracts, and an AMM reserve pool to secure its bitcoin
why Do thinks Terra is now a Layer 2 project for Bitcoin
who is deciding to purchase bitcoin and who determines what other assets to purchase as collateral for UST
how a bitcoin reserve pool would help UST not de-peg from the dollar
whether Do thinks Anchor’s 19%+ yield is sustainable and why Anchor is moving to other chains
 
Part 2: Do, the self-described “toymaker” of DeFi.
why Do is fascinated with creating a fungible labor market
how developer working hours could become a token traded on an AMM and used to take out loans
why Do thinks developer salaries in crypto should be cyclical
how on-chain identity and history will be similar to credit scores
why Do is a personal fan of Thorchain – but is reticent to use it as a bridge for LFG
why Do is interested in Prism Protocol
what Do thinks the impact of a pro-crypto president will have on South Korea
 
Book events
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https://www.laurashin.com/book/#tour-dates
 
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Upcoming Book Events
Wednesday, March 30: I’ll be speaking (remotely) with Six Senses about The Cryptopians at 2 pm ET. Be sure to save your spot soon – space is limited!
 
Tuesday, April 5: I will be doing a reading and signing hosted by the City of Miami Beach and Future Perfect Ventures at Sky Yard from 6-8 pm. Jalak Jobanputra, CEO of Future Perfect Ventures will be interviewing me. You need to RSVP by April 1 to [email protected].  
 
Saturday, April 9: I will be on a panel at the Annapolis Book Festival at 11 am. 
 
Tuesday, April 12: I will be at StartupGrind’s global event in Redwood City, which is focused this year on Web3 (time → TBD). 
 
May 4-7: I will be in conversation with author Jimmy Soni at the PBS Seattle Crosscut Festival, which takes place from May 4-7. 
 
May 23-25: I will be at the Oslo Freedom Forum which takes place from May 23 to 25. Details on these events are TBD. 
 
Episode Links
 
Do Kwon
https://twitter.com/stablekwon
Previous Unchained appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=683fXfedOZY 
 
Terra
Twitter: https://twitter.com/terra_money 
Luna Foundation Guard: https://lfg.org/team/

 
LFG Purchases
Pomp – the $10B Bitcoin Bet on Stablecoins
https://pomp.substack.com/p/the-10-billion-bitcoin-bet-on-stablecoins?s=w

3/10 BTC purchase

https://twitter.com/LFG_org/status/1503680315969060864 

$1 BTC billion purchase

https://twitter.com/terra_money/status/1496162889085902856 

TFL x LFG relationship

https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1502225674840555523 

 
Terraform Labs proposal to make Terra inter-chain

https://agora.terra.money/t/ust-goes-interchain-reasonable-strats-part-five/5024 
Anchor Going Cross Chain to Avalanche

https://twitter.com/CryptoHarry_/status/1504309092411920387 
Jump’s BTC reserve proposal

https://twitter.com/terra_money/status/1506736478449127425 
 
Recent worries about Anchor APY being sustainable 
Do said Anchor yield shouldn't be sustainable (marketing scheme)

https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1503154137420079107 

Arca + Polychain proposal: https://twitter.com/jdorman81/status/1502024302526304262 
 
South Korea’s new President

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Cryptocurrencies/South-Korea-s-incoming-president-vows-big-cryptocurrency-push 
 
SEC subpoena

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/12/10/most-influential-2021-do-kwon/ 

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Do Kwon is the CEO of Terraform Labs and a director at Luna Foundation Guard. On Unchained, he explains why LFG is spearheading a plan to partially back Terra’s $15 billion stablecoin UST with Bitcoin. He also dives into another project idea that would transform developer salaries into financial assets that, as far as I can tell, he has not yet spoken about publicly.

 

Part 1: Everything you need to know about Terra, UST, and BTC.

how Terra works and why Do thinks UST will soon be the third-largest stablecoin why Do and LFG decided to back UST with bitcoin why Do thinks LUNA’s price will continue to appreciate despite UST’s new dependence on bitcoin how UST might perform if the price of a bitcoin were to crash why diversifying UST with different types of collateral could help Terra politically how LFG plans to use bridges, smart contracts, and an AMM reserve pool to secure its bitcoin why Do thinks Terra is now a Layer 2 project for Bitcoin who is deciding to purchase bitcoin and who determines what other assets to purchase as collateral for UST how a bitcoin reserve pool would help UST not de-peg from the dollar whether Do thinks Anchor’s 19%+ yield is sustainable and why Anchor is moving to other chains

 

Part 2: Do, the self-described “toymaker” of DeFi.

why Do is fascinated with creating a fungible labor market how developer working hours could become a token traded on an AMM and used to take out loans why Do thinks developer salaries in crypto should be cyclical how on-chain identity and history will be similar to credit scores why Do is a personal fan of Thorchain – but is reticent to use it as a bridge for LFG why Do is interested in Prism Protocol what Do thinks the impact of a pro-crypto president will have on South Korea

 

Book events

Keep up on all the latest events here! 

https://www.laurashin.com/book/#tour-dates

 

Thank you to our sponsors!

Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021           

Beefy Finance: https://beefy.finance    

Cross River Bank: https://crossriver.com/crypto

 

Upcoming Book Events

Wednesday, March 30: I’ll be speaking (remotely) with Six Senses about The Cryptopians at 2 pm ET. Be sure to save your spot soon – space is limited!

 

Tuesday, April 5: I will be doing a reading and signing hosted by the City of Miami Beach and Future Perfect Ventures at Sky Yard from 6-8 pm. Jalak Jobanputra, CEO of Future Perfect Ventures will be interviewing me. You need to RSVP by April 1 to [email protected].  

 

Saturday, April 9: I will be on a panel at the Annapolis Book Festival at 11 am. 

 

Tuesday, April 12: I will be at StartupGrind’s global event in Redwood City, which is focused this year on Web3 (time → TBD). 

 

May 4-7: I will be in conversation with author Jimmy Soni at the PBS Seattle Crosscut Festival, which takes place from May 4-7. 

 

May 23-25: I will be at the Oslo Freedom Forum which takes place from May 23 to 25. Details on these events are TBD. 

 

Episode Links

 

Do Kwon

https://twitter.com/stablekwon Previous Unchained appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=683fXfedOZY 

 

Terra

Twitter: https://twitter.com/terra_money  Luna Foundation Guard: https://lfg.org/team/

 

LFG Purchases

Pomp – the $10B Bitcoin Bet on Stablecoins https://pomp.substack.com/p/the-10-billion-bitcoin-bet-on-stablecoins?s=w 3/10 BTC purchase
https://twitter.com/LFG_org/status/1503680315969060864  $1 BTC billion purchase
https://twitter.com/terra_money/status/1496162889085902856  TFL x LFG relationship
https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1502225674840555523 

 

Terraform Labs proposal to make Terra inter-chain

https://agora.terra.money/t/ust-goes-interchain-reasonable-strats-part-five/5024  Anchor Going Cross Chain to Avalanche
https://twitter.com/CryptoHarry_/status/1504309092411920387 

Jump’s BTC reserve proposal

https://twitter.com/terra_money/status/1506736478449127425 

 

Recent worries about Anchor APY being sustainable 

Do said Anchor yield shouldn't be sustainable (marketing scheme)
https://twitter.com/stablekwon/status/1503154137420079107  Arca + Polychain proposal: https://twitter.com/jdorman81/status/1502024302526304262 

 

South Korea’s new President

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Cryptocurrencies/South-Korea-s-incoming-president-vows-big-cryptocurrency-push 

 

SEC subpoena

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/12/10/most-influential-2021-do-kwon/ 

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