Terraform Labs donates $1.1B for Luna Foundation Guard's reserves

Terraform Labs donates $1.1B for Luna Foundation Guard's reserves

High demand for UST has led to a pool imbalance on Curve Finance, requiring intervention. On Friday, Do Kwon, founder and CEO of Terraform Labs (TFL), which develops the blockchain ecosystem consisting of Terra Luna (LUNA) and the TerraUSD stablecoin (UST), announced that TFL had donated 12 million LUNA ($1.1 billion at the time of publication) to the Luna Foundation Guard (LFG). LFG launched in January to grow the Terra ecosystem and improve the sustainability of its stablecoins. Kwon noted the funds, denominated in LUNA, will be burned to mint UST to grow the LFG's reserves:"We will keep....


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