The SEC initially conceded it misled the court but argued a sanction wasn’t appropriate.
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Since his guilty plea in November 2023, Changpeng Zhao has largely stayed off social media but broke this pattern to announce a project with “no new tokens.”
5565London-based Attestor has filed a lawsuit against FTX claims seller Lemma after making a 200% profit on the purchased FTX claims stash.
14651David Brend and Gustavo Rodriguez were convicted of wire fraud conspiracy for helping promote and run the now-collpased fake crypto mining and trading scheme.
10456A judge has ruled definitively that Craig Wright is not the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, dealing a blow to his claims of ownership over the currency’s intellectual property.
6460Wright is not the pseudonymous founder of the Bitcoin network, a judge ruled on March 14.
9784Federal Judge Edgardo Ramos found the SEC’s suit “plausibly alleges” that Gemini Earn was a securities offering, allowing the case to continue in court.
2057The court dismissed the corporate regulator’s legal action, saying Finder Earn wasn’t a debt security and didn’t require a financial license.
4261Roman Sterlingov is the latest to fall to a U.S. government crackdown on illicit crypto-mixing services, but his lawyers aren’t taking the verdict lying down.
11816The case against Roman Sterlingov showed that Chainalysis tools are flawed — and shouldn't be trusted to convict defendants when they face decades in prison.
4737Coinbase delivered an opening brief in a United States appeals court, arguing that the SEC should be forced to “engage in rulemaking.”
9725The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit declared that the rationale given by the district court for dismissing the lawsuit against crypto exchange Binance was erroneous.
7082While some lawsuits cater to individuals who suffer losses, others claim that all shareholders who purchased stocks during the timeframe are entitled to compensation.
6185A deposition from Binance.US’ chief operating officer claims the SEC’s suit last year caused banks to pull support from the exchange, “effectively choking the business.”
7894Coinbase lawyers have requested that a U.S. court throw out a previous default judgment that deemed the secondary sales of crypto assets as “securities transactions.”
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