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SEC court filings: Jump Trading secretly purchased tens of millions of dollars worth of TerraUSD and made ~$1B profit per year before the coin's 2022 collapse

Chicago firm made about $1 billion through dealings with crypto mogul Do Kwon's company, according to the agency

Wall Street Journal Alexander Osipovich

Discussion

  • @aosipovich Alexander Osipovich on x
    SEC court filings confirm that Jump Trading was the mystery β€œUS Trading Firm” that propped up Do Kwon's TerraUSD stablecoin in May 2021, a year before its catastrophic collapse https://www.wsj.com/...
  • @coryklippsten @coryklippsten on x
    To absolutely no one's surprise, Jump Capital, rumored to have clipped $8-9B of profit from Luna / UST and other β€œcrypto” maneuvers in 2021, now faces some hard questions. https://www.wsj.com/...
  • @tylergellasch Tyler Gellasch on x
    But I was told they were just β€œmaking markets...” https://www.wsj.com/...
  • @fatmanterra Fat Man on x
    The SEC has now directly confirmed that Jump secretly bailed out the UST project, propping up the peg and prolonging the Ponzi without any public disclosure whatsoever. Jump made over $1b in profits through their dealings with TFL and Do Kwon. https://www.wsj.com/...