Bankrupt crypto lender Voyager and bankrupt crypto exchange FTX have reached an interim agreement on $445 million of disputed loan payments, according to filings from Wednesday. Alameda Research, the ...
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CoinEx Latest to Face Legal Trouble From NY Attorney General
New York’s Attorney General is suing CoinEx in the latest move by U.S. regulators to clamp down on Web3 firms. New York State Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James, announced on Twitter that she is su...
Sequoia Capital, ‘Inspector Gadget’ creator hit by FTX class-action lawsuit
Sequoia Capital, the creator of “Inspector Gadget,” Signature Bank and others linked to defunct crypto exchange FTX were slapped with a class action lawsuit this week, which alleges the defendants kne...
Sam Bankman-Fried faces new criminal charges including conspiracy to commit bank fraud
Legal • February 23, 2023, 9:55AM EST FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is facing new criminal charges after a judge unsealed a new 12-count indictment against him on Thursday, months after the former cry...
Forsage founders indicted in $340 million Ponzi scheme
Legal • February 22, 2023, 6:34PM EST The founders of Forsage, a decentralized finance crypto investment platform, were indicted for their alleged roles in a $340 million “global Ponzi and pyramid sch...
New York Attorney General sues CoinEx crypto exchange over registration
Policy • February 22, 2023, 5:43PM EST New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx for allegedly failing to register with the state. “CoinEx offered, sold, ...
Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal team challenges subpoena over procedural issues and Fifth Amendment rights
Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal counsel is opposing a subpoena requiring the former FTX boss to participate in a remote deposition. They have requested a federal judge to block the summon in question. Sam’s...
Proof of Stake Alliance publishes white papers on legal aspects of liquidity staking
The Proof of Stake Alliance (POSA), a nonprofit industry alliance, has published two white papers examining on the status of deposit tokens in United States securities and tax law on Feb. 21. The pape...
Federal Trade Commission investigates Voyager’s ‘deceptive and unfair’ crypto marketing
Legal • February 22, 2023, 10:52AM EST The Federal Trade Commission is investigating crypto broker Voyager Digital, the agency said in a bankruptcy court filing. The FTC is investigating Voyager...
Legal Expert Has ‘No Doubt’ Ripple Will Win Legal War Against SEC — Can It Supercharge XRP To $1? ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Crypto lawyer and founder of CryptoLaw, John E. Deaton, has expressed confidence that a momentous Ripple win against the rogue, overbearing U.S. Secu...
Bankman-Fried searching for tech expert to advise on bail dispute, lawyers say
Legal • February 21, 2023, 4:13PM EST Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers are searching for a tech expert to advise the court on his bail dispute, they told a federal judge in a letter on Tuesday. “The...
NEO Price surged 46%, Hong Kong set to make crypto trading legal
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Composable Finance CEO denies legal violations as CTO steps down
The CEO of Composable Finance has vigorously refuted allegations of legal improprieties made by the decentralized finance infrastructure platform’s former chief technology officer, Karel Kubat. Kubat...
Legal expert John Deaton has ‘no doubt Ripple will win’
After blasting the arguments coming from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its lawsuit against Ripple, a defense lawyer and popular commentator on the case expressed confid...
Composable Finance’s CTO Steps Down Pointing Possible Legal Violations
2 hours ago | 2 mins read Defi News Kubat tweeted about his resignation from the company on February 20. After Kubat’s departure, CEO Zaki had an AMA on Twitter Spaces. Composable Finance’s current CE...
Fund manager Daniel Cheung suing over lost funds
People • February 20, 2023, 1:10PM EST Syncracy Capital Co-Founder Daniel Cheung has filed a lawsuit alleging he was scammed out of nearly one million dollars. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District ...
The Block: SEC planting its regulatory flag as Congress still to pick a regulator: SEC’s Peirce
Policy • February 20, 2023, 5:00AM EST The Securities and Exchange Commission is attempting to “plant its regulatory flag,” while Congress is still mulling which agency will be police crypto, sa...
Sam Bankman-Fried is embroiled in legal drama. FTX is moving on without him.
Beleaguered crypto exchange FTX is charging ahead in bankruptcy court, preparing for high-profile clawbacks to begin at the end of the month. Meanwhile, the company’s former CEO could lose most...
Former FTX exec Nishad Singh plans to plead guilty to criminal charges: Bloomberg
Legal • February 17, 2023, 2:43PM EST A third former FTX executive is preparing to plead guilty to criminal charges, Bloomberg reported. Nishad Singh, the former director of engineering at FTX, ...
U.S. investigation into Do Kwon and his infamous stablecoin unveils several new revelations
The collapse of supposed stablecoin TerraUSD last May wiped out more than $40 billion of market value held by investors who bought into the story that creator Do Hyeong Kwon and his firm Terraform Lab...
SEC warns celebrities after charging NBA Hall of Famer over crypto promotion
Policy • February 17, 2023, 11:30AM EST NBA Hall of Famer Paul Pierce settled charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for unlawfully touting tokens sold by EthereumMax. ...
Legal marijuana sales licenses give second chance to ex-cons
Tahir Johnson said he’s on track to be one of the first people with a marijuana related conviction to open a licensed dispensary in New Jersey. “The generational wealth this will create fo...
SEC charges Terraform and Do Kwon post Terra collapse
Policy • February 16, 2023, 5:01PM EST The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Terraform Labs and its CEO Do Hyeong Kwon over its algorithmic stablecoin Terra USD, which collapsed dramatically ...
Profit On Weed Makes The Business Legal With a 120% Return
Today, support for marijuana legalization has become mainstream, and the cannabis industry is one of the fastest growing. Some people support the legalization of this business. At the same time, oppon...
Gensler opens new regulatory front for crypto firms: custody
SEC Chair Gary Gensler signaled an escalation to his post-FTX crackdown on the crypto industry on Wednesday, saying that digital asset firms are in broad violation of current custodial rules meant to ...
Stanford University’s Larry Kramer and Andreas Paepcke co-signed Sam Bankman-Fried’s bond
A pair of Stanford University academics co-signed FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s bond, according to court documents unsealed on Wednesday. Larry Kramer, dean emeritus of Stanford Law School, s...
Judge denies request for FTX bankruptcy examiner
A judge denied a request to appoint an independent examiner in FTX’s bankruptcy case, noting that one would be too expensive when multiple investigations into the troubled crypto exchange are underway...
Web3 legal expert says Ripple has ‘three-year headstart’ towards a resolution in SEC lawsuit
The ongoing legal tussle between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple is touted to have a long-term effect on the future of the crypto industry. In this line, Jesse Hy...
Bankruptcy court restricts KeyFi founder Jason Stone in Celsius case
KeyFi founder Jason Stone and others involved with the staking firm are barred from transferring or disposing of most property tied to the Celsius bankruptcy case, according to a temporary restraining...
684 million BUSD burned for redemptions amid US regulatory scrutiny
Just over a day after it categorically denied regulator claims Binance USD (BUSD) is a security, Paxos has burned some 684 million of the stablecoin for U.S. dollar redemptions, on-chain data show. &#...