Law News

South Korea’s top financial regulator established dedicated crypto investigation teams across the country last week.

As seen in the case of AA v. Bitfinex, targeting a crypto exchange over stolen funds is a high-risk, low-reward proposition.

State regulators claim that Robinhood has targeted inexperienced investors.

A new resolution would establish a task force to study crypto in Miami-Dade County's public administration.

Ledger and Shopify are facing a class-action lawsuit over sensitive information regarding 270,000 of Ledger’s customers that was stolen by Shopify employees.

The chief marketing officer a blockchain security company has been charged with embezzlement; Peter Thiel calls Bitcoin a ‘weapon’ of China (but no one cares); and CZ’s net worth rises to $1.9 billion.

Consulting firms, such as PwC Russia, said that Russians have been increasingly reporting their income from cryptocurrency operations.

An XRP advocate started a petition to SEC chair nominee Gary Gensler, asking him to end the lawsuit against Ripple should he be confirmed as the new chair.

According to Russian crypto advocates, the existing laws “do not meet the needs” of the cryptocurrency market.

Crypto lending platform Nexo has been accused causing $5 million worth of client liquidations after suspending the use of XRP as collateral without warning in December.

A Judge has nixed a lawsuit alleging Roger Ver and Jesse Powell and several other crypto figures engaged in market manipulation.

A former SEC attorney argues that the agency is executing significant overreach in its case against Ripple and its executives Brad Garlinghouse and Chris Larsen.

Will Texas follow in Wyoming’s footsteps to become the next crypto-friendly U.S. state?

The Internal Revenue Service will likely not be penalized for obtaining records on a crypto user from Coinbase or Abra.

Blockchain industry members claim that smaller-scale startups have struggled to forge partnerships with local banks in South Korea and are therefore unable to register under regulators' new requirements.