Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon will be required to cooperate with an inquiry issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
In a new ruling, a court in New York City has denied an appeal Kwon filed against the SEC regarding Terraform’s Mirror Protocol (MIR).
Last October, the SEC subpoenaed Do Kwon while he was attending the Messari Mainnet conference for more information about the decentralized finance (DeFi) Mirror Protocol, which offers the ability to trade synthetic versions of traditional stocks.
Do Kwon initially sued the SEC citing several technicalities but lost his case back in February.
This week’s ruling denied his appeal on the following grounds:
“The subpoenas were served as part of an SEC investigation into whether Appellants violated federal securities laws in their participation in the creation, promotion, and offer to sell various digital assets related to the ‘Mirror Protocol’…
On appeal, Appellants argue that the district court erred in two ways. First, the application should not have been granted because the SEC violated its Rules of Practice when it served the subpoenas by handing a copy to Kwon… while he was present in New York [and] the district court lacked personal jurisdiction because Appellants lacked sufficient contacts with the US.
We conclude that the district court properly granted the SEC’s application.”
The ruling notes Terraform Labs maintained “purposeful and extensive US contacts, including…
