Do Kwon's criminal fraud trial in the US is scheduled for January 2026; prosecutors expect challenges accessing encrypted devices and translating communications
After the collapse of the crypto firm Terraform Labs, Inner City Press covered … Naga Avan-Nomayo / crypto.news : Do Kwon's fraud trial scheduled for 2026 Estefano Gomez / Crypto Briefing : Do Kwon's trial set for January 2026 as prosecutors review vast evidence Jaxon Gaines / Watcher Guru : Terraform's Do Kwon to Face 2026 Trial in NY On Fraud Charges Ronny Mugendi / CoinGape : Just In: Terraform Co-Founder Do Kwon's Trial To Begin In 2026 Conor Devitt / The Daily Hodl : US Government Estimates Do Kwon's Victim Count Potentially Exceeding 1,000,000 People Gino Matos / CryptoSlate : US court schedules Do Kwon's jury trial for January 2026 Nidhi Kolhapur / Coinpedia Fintech News : Just In: Do Kwon's Criminal Fraud Trial Set for January 2026 Turner Wright / Cointelegraph : US prosecutors will search Do Kwon's Twitter account for information Olivia Stephanie / The Coin Republic : Do Kwon's Victim Count May Top One Million, Court Documents Reveal X: @innercitypress : Judge: Trial starting January 26, 2026, then. I'll give you one week to ask for earlier or the ship will sail. For a next conference date, how about eight weeks from now, with an update a week before. Let's meet March 6, with a letter on Feb 27. Zack Guzmán / @zguz : By virtue of being a crypto journalist, I've gotten to know most New York courtrooms quite well Today, Do Kwon appeared in the same courthouse as the OpenSea exec in the first NFT insider trading case Could double as a crypto history museum by night ⚖️ @innercitypress : Judge: To what degree will foreign languages slow us down? Do Kwon's lawyer: They will. We were focused on the de-peg. Judge: But you had the charging language of 1 through 8 Do Kwon's lawyer: It was not a speaking indictment Zack Guzmán / @zguz : When I locked eyes with Do Kwon as he entered, he looked like a different man entirely Initial conference ran 2 hours before Do was put back in handcuffs and shuffled out He seemed back to himself when he exited Subscribe to Coinage's free substack: https://coinage.substack.com/ @innercitypress : Judge: There are cases it takes a long time to crack the phone. It's begun? AUSA: Yes. Judge: This is daunting. Where is the defendant being held? AUSA: I can say- Judge: No need to put it on the record [Do Kwon is in the yellow associated with Essex NJ jail] @innercitypress : OK - now at US v. Do Kwon status conference, Inner City Press is covering the case https://www.patreon.com/... and will live tweet, thread below [image] Zack Guzmán / @zguz : BREAKING: Do Kwon trial initially set for January 2026 Full video recap from the initial conference in the courtroom coming for @coinage_media Do Kwon wore a yellow prison jumpsuit and was shackled as he was ushered in [image]