Do Kwon_ 'I am heartbroken' over pain caused by UST collapse

Do Kwon_ 'I am heartbroken' over pain caused by UST collapse

The admission comes after the surprise demise of the flagship Terra blockchain project.

Terra creator Do Kwon said in a tweet thread he was "heartbroken" that his creations functionally lost all of their value this week.

Kwon, who founded Terraform Labs - creator of the LUNA governance token, the TerraUSD stablecoin and several other cryptocurrencies - said he has spent the last few days calling various community members because the tokens have lost all of their value. Luna, which was worth nearly $120 in early April, collapsed dramatically this week and was trading at 0.03 cents at press time.

"I still believe decentralized economies make decentralized money - but it's clear that $UST in its current form will not be that money," he tweeted.

TerraUSD (UST), a stablecoin whose value should remain pegged to the dollar, lost that peg earlier this week and never recovered.