After losing much of his savings to the collapse of the Earth’s ecosystem (LUNA), including the stablecoin TerraUSD (UST), an investor has become a symbol of the pursuit of justice. His name, FatManTerra, has become as popular in the cryptocurrency industry as comic book superheroes. In a conversation with Fortune, published this Friday (7), FatMan revealed more details about his story, pointing out that his sudden fame also came with paranoia. After all, his comments about LUNA were bothering big people. As a highlight, FatMan says that it all started when he made a proposal on the UST stablecoin crisis, held on Earth’s own forum. After that, he migrated to Twitter, where he already has more than 100,000 followers, all interested in leaks of confidential information. The reason is simple. FatMan became the center for whistleblowing about LUNA and UST, cryptocurrencies worth 166 billion and 76 billion reais, respectively.
“My theory is that they know I’m just a guy who is not supported by any force, nor am I associated with any news sites”FatManTerra told Fortune about being contacted by whistleblowers. “I don’t have any editors to talk to, I’m not funded by some brokerage, I’m literally just a guy in his room.”
FatMan started with Earth but didn’t stop there
According to FatMan, the choice of his nickname was made because of his physical condition, “weight 150 kilos”. As for his identity, he only revealed that he is between 20 and 35 years old, lives in the UK and works as a project manager in the cryptocurrency industry.
“It was supposed to be a disposable account, so I made it have a silly name that my friends could laugh about. ‘FatMan’ because I’m a fat man, right? Some people find it surprising that I am 150 pounds.”
In any case, his complaints quickly caught the attention of the community. As a highlight, even Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance, said he was looking into the allegations made by FatMan. “Quite interesting. I’m not sure how much of this is true or false.”, commented CZ at the time. Among the charges, FatMan placed major brokerages as involved in the LUNA case, as well as accusations of internal fraud. After all, the Terra Luna Foundation had billions on its hands. Regarding fact-checking, he commented that he had to start filtering complaints as demand for his “service” grew.
“For the first few days, I just worked with it. If a guy texted me, I would check LinkedIn to make sure he was legit. The stories were very detailed, accurate and matched what I already knew.”FatManTerra told Fortune. “But as time went on, I had to create a verification process. Now I need to see that you are a verified and investigated employee. And if you tell me something crazy, I personally have to believe it’s true and cross-referenced by two or three different sources.”
In the latest accusations, FatMan has gone well beyond LUNA. As an example, he claimed that Roger Ver was behind the insolvency of the Flexcoin exchange.
FatMan’s Final Mission Is Putting LUNA Founder Behind Bars
FatMan also told Fortune that he began to feel paranoid as his popularity grew. After all, he feared he might become a target for the giants he was denouncing. As a highlight, he tells that his ultimate mission is to put Do Kwon, founder of Earth (LUNA), in prison.
“Once Do Kwon is brought to justice and there is some sort of satisfying resolution to all of this, I will definitely post a lot less and focus on real life stuff.”
At the moment, everything seems to be heading towards this. This week, authorities arrested the head of general Earth affairs. As for Do Kwon, the same is already being sought by Interpol, it seems only a matter of time before the founder of Terra is testifying about his creations that have left many investors in the dark.