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Australia’s Watchdog ASIC Suing BFS Financial Limited in a Federal Court – crypto.news
The Australian corporate watchdog has filed a lawsuit against the Gold Coast-based entity that controls the digital currency, Qoin, claiming that it misled or otherwise deceived over 80,000 users. The...
Celsius receives court approval for bidding proposal, final judgement expected Dec. 22
CeFi lending platform Celsius Network has received approval for its bidding proposal, and the court has set the final sale hearing for Dec. 22. Celsius which filed for bankruptcy on July 13, has been ...
Court trial of former Bithumb chief ends with potential 8-year sentence
Former chairman of South Korean firm Bithumb Holdings, Lee Jung-hoon, concluded a court trial on Tuesday. Prosecutors seek a total of eight years in prison on 100 billion won ($70.2 million) fraud cha...
Court Rejects Former OpenSea Employee’s Plea To Dismiss Allegations
2 hours ago | 2 mins read NFT News The government claims Chastain unlawfully benefited from the sale of NFTs. OpenSea decided to end its partnership with Chastain after learning about the probe. A for...
The endless court case between Ripple and SEC
The long lawsuit between Ripple and the SEC for allegedly selling unauthorized securities appears to be coming to a close, and everybody is asking: did Ripple lose the lawsuit? Did Ripple lose the law...
Court Kicks Off $1,422,000,000 Deal Between Bankrupt Crypto Lender Voyager and FTX US
A US court is approving the first step of a deal that would see crypto exchange platform FTX purchase the assets of troubled digital asset lender Voyager for over $1.4 billion. In a new company blog p...
State regulators drag Casino to court over securities violation
Four state regulators in the United States have slammed an enforcement notice on a Casino dealing with NFTs for allegedly violating the securities law in the states. According to the detailed statemen...
Ripple Closer to Victory, Court Orders SEC Over “Hinman” Documents
Wahid Pessarlay SEC has turned over the long-contested Bill Hinman documents, although under seal Ripple’s general counsel Stuart Alderoty has just revealed that the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
Ripple Scores Another Victory In Court: Will The Hinman Documents Finally End The Dispute?
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally handed over the Hinman documents in compliance with the court order- which marks a major victory for Ripple. Stuart Alderoty, the general cou...
Appeals Court Blocks Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Plan—For Now
Topline The Biden Administration’s plan to forgive many Americans’ student loans was put on hold Friday after the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request from a group of Republican attorn...
Court approves FTX’s $1.4 billion purchase of Voyager Digital’s assets
A US federal bankruptcy court has approved the planned sale of crypto lender Voyager Digital’s assets to FTX US. A restructuring update Voyager published on Friday noted that the bankruptcy judge in t...
Hodlonaut Wins Landmark Bitcoin Court Case Against Craig S. Wright
Magnus Granath (aka Hodlonaut) wins defamation case against Australian Computer Scientist Craig Wright, after a trial in Norway in Sep. 2022. Norwegian Judge Helen Engebrigtsen ruled on Oct. 20, 2022,...
Supreme Court Will Not Block Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness
Topline A request for the Supreme Court to block President Joe Biden’s plan for broad federal student loan debt cancellation was rejected Wednesday, in a major blow to the highest-profile legal ...
Former SEC Commissioner Says Supreme Court Never Labeled The Orange a Security in Howey Case, Deaton Reacts
– Advertisement – XRP Holders’ Attorney Deaton Reacts as Former SEC Commissioner Analyzes Howey Test. For years, the SEC has used the U.S. Supreme Court’s Howey case to determine whether...
Wisconsin Parade Attack Suspect Breaks Down In Court As Interruption-Filled Trial Moves Forward
Topline Darrell Brooks—who has been charged with killing six people after driving through a Christmas parade in Wisconsin last November—made an emotional opening statement in court Thursday afternoon,...
Onecoin Cryptoqueen Associates Appear in German Court – Bitcoin News
Three people are facing trial in Germany for their roles in one of the crypto world’s most infamous scams, Onecoin. The defendants are accused of fraud, among other crimes, allegedly committed as they...
Cryptoqueen’ associates face German court
The whereabouts of “Cryptoqueen” Ruja Ignatova are still unknown The charges against OneCoin members are starting to pile up Ignatova’s last known location was in Athens, Greece A German court has ind...
Group Asks Supreme Court To Halt Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
Topline A Wisconsin taxpayers association asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to block the White House’s student loan forgiveness program before funds start rolling out to borrowers later this month, on...
Bankrupt Crypto Lending Platform Celsius Faces Federal Investigation, According to Court Documents
New court documents reveal that bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius is facing a federal investigation as well as inquiries in 40 US states. According to a recent filing, Celsius faces a “signific...
Cryptoqueen Accomplices Face Their First Day In Court
Three associates of OneCoin mastermind Ruja Ignatova (aka Cryptoqueen) appeared in a German court on Oct. 18, 2022. The three individuals are on trial after being accused of money laundering, fraud, a...
Will Ripple Beat SEC in Court? How Both Outcomes Impact XRP Price
Ripple (XRP) has little to no volatility or gains to offer HODLers and investors as its battle with the SEC continues, despite being the sixth-largest crypto by market capitalization. XRP price and XR...
Three Arrows Founders’ Locations Unknown As Court ‘Manhunt’ Begins
Unconventional actions are being taken by the liquidators of the collapsed crypto hedge firm Three Arrows Capital to compel the fund’s founders into complying with the law’s due process. After a Briti...
Celsius judge says court may look to UK consultation paper in absence of US guidance
The lack of crypto regulation in the United States has long complicated the lives of users and service providers, and now a judge has acknowledged the pain the judiciary also feels from its absence. C...
DAOs Aren’t People, Crypto Lawyers Tell Court in CFTC’s Ooki Case
Still, it’s how the CFTC has brought these charges that has attorneys in the crypto industry sounding alarm bells. The agency sought court permission to serve the entire DAO at once by posting t...
Supreme Court Won’t Consider Rights For U.S. Territory Citizens—Even After Neil Gorsuch Slammed Its Racist Precedents
Topline The Supreme Court will not consider whether citizens of U.S. territories like American Samoa will have full constitutional rights, as the court declined Monday to hear a case that could have o...
Supreme Court Needs To Close Loophole That Lets New York Cops Seize Guns Without Warrants
Thanks to a little-known loophole, lower federal courts have regularly written the government a blank check to search homes and seize firearms from lawful gun owners without a warrant. One of those ow...
Ripple Partner TapJets Defends XRP Utility in New Brief to Court
Another Ripple partner has filed an amicus brief in support of the company in the lawsuit with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The private airline TapJets decided to join the case and exp...
Twitter court filing claims that Elon Musk is under federal investigation
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is under investigation by federal authorities regarding his $44 billion deal to buy Twitt...
Roche Freedman Dropped by Court in Tether, Bitfinex Lawsuit
38 mins ago | 2 mins read Altcoin News Roche is a crypto lawyer and founding partner at Roche Freedman. Both Tether and Bitfinex team have expressed their delight after the decision. According to a Bl...