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The Blockchain Association, DeFi Education Fund, and Texas Blockchain Council jointly filed the legal challenge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
2024-12-28 17:55 | |
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Deputy US Attorney Edward Y. Kim will serve as the acting head for the Southern District of New York until the Senate confirms one of Donald Trump’s nominees.
2024-11-26 22:32 | |
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Gary Wang, co-founder of FTX, is scheduled for sentencing today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
2024-11-20 14:25 | |
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President-elect Donald Trump said former Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Jay Clayton would be his U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, heading up the state's Department of Justice branch.
2024-11-18 07:29 | |
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FTX co-founder Gary Wang, convicted of misusing funds at a fictitious crypto exchange, may face punishment after his case goes to trial. On Nov. 13, prosecutors in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York filed a…
2024-11-15 01:48 | |
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On Wednesday, October 2, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took a formal step in extending the XRP lawsuit with Ripple by filing a Notice of Appeal of Judge Torres’s ruling. This move came on the heels of the final judgment by the US District Court, Southern District of New York on August […]
2024-10-4 21:00 | |
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Pro-XRP attorney Fred Rispoli, founder of HODL Law, continues to assess the likelihood of an SEC appeal as higher than the probability of the agency letting the case conclude without further action. Following the US District Court for the Southern District of New York’s final judgment on August 7, 2024, the SEC now has less […]
2024-9-30 09:15 | |
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New York resident William Koo Ichioka agreed to pay $36 million in a CFTC case alleging cryptocurrency and forex fraud. According to a Sept. 20 notice, Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California…
2024-9-21 21:40 | |
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A New Jersey court judge deemed a lawsuit against Coinbase over its portrayal of an eventual regulatory crackdown acceptable. Late on Sept. 5, U.S. District Judge Brian Martinotti ruled that Coinbase shareholders had the right to sue the crypto exchange…
2024-9-7 20:34 | |
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Binance and its founder, Changpeng Zhao, face a class-action lawsuit in the United States and are accused of enabling money laundering activities via crypto. The lawsuit, filed on Aug. 16 in the U.
2024-8-22 17:48 | |
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Justin Sun and his associated companies are “not challenging the ‘common enterprise’ element of the Howey test,” ruled the New York District Judge.
2024-8-20 07:41 | |
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced criminal charges against Michael Lauchlan for his involvement in a fake crypto asset recovery business. Lauchlan, operating under the alias Max Handler, allegedly defrauded customers through the company Coin Dispute Network (CDN) by falsely…
2024-8-2 21:01 | |
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused BitClout founder Nader Al-Naji of fraud and violating federal securities laws. According to the SEC complaint filed in a U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Al-Naji offered unregistered…
2024-7-31 19:51 | |
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Ripple Labs has filed a notice of supplemental authority to bolster its stance in the enduring legal face-off with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This filing was made to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in response to the SEC’s motion seeking remedies and final judgment. Ripple Uses […]
2024-7-3 13:00 | |
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Democratic Representative Jamaal Bowman in New York’s 16th Congressional District has voted against three pro-crypto bills in the last 30 days.
2024-6-18 00:59 | |
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In the ongoing high-stakes legal battle between Ripple Labs Inc. and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the fintech company has submitted a significant notice of supplemental authority to the Southern District of New York.
2024-6-14 08:45 | |
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A New York district court judge has rubber-stamped Terraform Labs and Do Kwon’s nearly $4.5 billion settlement with the SEC.
2024-6-14 01:34 | |
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The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has issued a final judgment against Terraform Labs and its co-founder Do Kwon, in the high-profile case filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
2024-6-13 23:40 | |
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The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced the indictment of three UK nationals for the $3 million ‘Evolved Apes’ NFT (non-fungible tokens) scam. The suspects face charges of wire fraud and money laundering.
2024-6-8 05:00 | |
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Dapper Labs’ $4 million settlement deal to conclude a class-action lawsuit against the company maintains that NBA Top Shot nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are not securities, according to CEO Roham Gharegozlou.
2024-6-5 13:04 | |
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In a landmark case highlighting the perils of unchecked cryptocurrency investments, Rashawn Russell, a former investment banker, has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison. The Eastern New York District Court handed down the sentence after Russell pleaded guilty to wire fraud and identity theft, marking a significant crackdown on digital asset fraud. Related […]
2024-6-1 21:00 | |
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Singapore-based Terraform Labs and its founder, Do Kwon, have reached a settlement agreement with the SEC to end the civil lawsuit filed in the US over allegations of defrauding crypto investors. The development comes after a jury in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York found the company and Kwon liable […] The post Terraform Labs, Do Kwon reach tentative settlement with SEC to end civil lawsuit appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2024-5-31 21:12 | |
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Ryan Salame sentenced to 90 months in prison. Former FTX executive’s sentencing comes two months after former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Former FTX executive Ryan Salame has been sentenced to 90 months in prison, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams has announced.
2024-5-29 19:44 | |
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The US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has approved the $2 billion settlement between Genesis Global and the New York Attorney General and confirmed the Amended Plan of Reorganization for the defunct company and its subsidiaries.
2024-5-21 22:06 | |
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Fintech giant Block is under scrutiny by federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York following allegations of significant compliance failures involving its main business units — Square and Cash App, NBC News reported on May 1.
2024-5-2 01:50 | |
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Google has initiated legal proceedings against a cadre of individuals accused of executing a sophisticated crypto scam, as CNBC reports exclusively today. The lawsuit, lodged on Thursday in the Southern District of New York, targets Yunfeng Sun, also known as Alphonse Sun, and Hongnam Cheung, known alternately as Zhang Hongnim or Stanford Fischer, alongside their […]
2024-4-4 19:00 | |
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The co-founder of Tornado Cash, Roman Storm, has filed a motion to dismiss the charges levied against him by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Southern District of New York. In a petition submitted on March 29, Storm’s lawyers have laid out several arguments to secure the freedom of the client, including invoking the First […]
2024-3-31 13:00 | |
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Over the past few days, the cryptocurrency market witnessed a significant shake-up as KuCoin and its co-founders face criminal charges from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
2024-3-28 16:47 | |
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A New York District Court jury convicted two men associated with IcomTech, a company that presented itself as specializing in cryptocurrency mining and trading, of wire fraud conspiracy. The individuals, David Brend and Gustavo Rodriguez, now potentially face up to…
2024-3-18 12:08 | |
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Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced former CEO of collapsed crypto exchange FTX, deserves a jail term of not less than 40 years, US prosecutors said on Friday. According to the sentencing memo the Department of Justice, Southern District of New York, filed on Friday, what Bankman-Fried needs is 40 to 50 years in prison. The prosecution […]
2024-3-16 23:24 | |
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Celsius co-founder and ex-CEO Alex Mashinsky intends to rely on the same lawyers used by former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) to defend him against the criminal charges filed by the Department of Justice’s Southern District of New York (SDNY) in July 2023, Bloomberg News reported on Feb.
2024-2-21 02:47 | |
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Restitution paid to victims can be considered when sentencing, and judges in the Southern District of New York routinely impose shorter terms than guidelines suggest for white-collar cases.
2024-2-19 17:01 | |
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The court heeded the SEC's call for Ripple to provide the statements and contracts. XRP's price continued to hover around $0. 50. Sarah Netburn, the Judge of the New York Southern District CoThe post Ripple v.
2024-2-6 15:30 | |
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Crypto lender Celsius wants to unstake its Ether holdings to meet the costs of its restructuring plan. The embattled crypto firm says the funds raised will be used to pay its creditors. Celsius’s move comes after the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court approved its restructuring plan in November. The plan included the creation […]
2024-1-5 15:05 | |
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Judge Lewis A. Kaplan of the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, has granted a request for an extension for filing post-trial motions in the case against Sam Bankman-Fried, according to a court order dated Nov.
2023-11-20 15:30 | |
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The U. S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the FBI announced three arrests related to a $10 million scheme involving cryptocurrency on Nov. 16. The authorities said that Zhong Shi Gao, Naifeng Xu, and Fei Jiang were arrested after participating in a scheme to steal millions of dollars from U.
2023-11-17 02:45 | |
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A federal court ordered Braden Karony to be detained pending his transfer to the Eastern District of New York (EDNY) where the SafeMoon CEO faces crypto fraud charges.
2023-11-15 19:35 | |
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New York-based cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has officially initiated legal action against Digital Currency Group’s (DCG) Genesis Global in the Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Court.
2023-11-4 15:23 | |
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The court trial of Avraham Eisenberg, the hacker behind the $114 million exploit of the decentralized exchange Mango Markets, has been postponed to April 2024. In a court filing on November 2, US District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York Arun Subramanian granted Eisenberg’s motion for continuance after his lawyers argued that […]
2023-11-4 14:00 | |
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Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the powerful Southern District of New York, set an ominous warning following the conviction of former crypto kingpin Bankman-Fried.
2023-11-5 05:49 | |
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The prosecution is delivering its closing arguments at the Southern District Court of New York, where SBF’s trial has been taking place since Oct. 3.
2023-11-2 23:03 | |
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SafeMoon and executive team members like Kyle Nagy were indicted in the Eastern District of New York in connection to an international multi-million dollar fraud scheme.
2023-11-2 20:32 | |
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The SEC’s classification of Coinbase-listed cryptocurrencies as securities is an overreach, argues Coinbase in its final attempt to dismiss the lawsuit. In a filing on Oct. 24 in a New York District Court, Coinbase criticized the Securities and Exchange Commission…
2023-10-25 16:23 | |
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Former Southern District of New York prosecutor Josh Naftali said Caroline Ellison, Gary Wang and Nishad Singh will probably skip time behind bars due to their cooperation with federal attorneys in United States v Sam Bankman-Fried.
2023-10-25 22:08 | |
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Judge Torres of the U.S. District Court in New York has formalized the dismissal of charges by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Ripple executives Brad Garlinghouse and Christian Larsen
2023-10-24 08:30 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple have agreed to a “dismissal with prejudice,” potentially averting an upcoming trial. The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has informed the U.
2023-10-20 12:09 | |
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Grayscale Investments filed a new registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled the regulator must look again at the company’s application.
2023-10-20 15:58 | |
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New York district judge orders crypto lender Genesis to produce documents related to the collapse of algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD.
2023-10-17 23:47 | |
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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has taken legal action against Voyager Digital and its former CEO, Stephen Ehrlich. The CFTC filed a complaint in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging fraud and registration failures related to the operation of the Voyager digital asset platform and an unregistered commodity pool.
2023-10-13 04:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency prices have been highly volatile in the past few days. Bitcoin price has moved from last week’s low of $75,000 to over $85,000. The total market cap of all cryptocurrencies has moved to $2.
Bitcoin could risk dropping towards $70k, altcoins see little weekly gains.
Lawmakers have taken a step toward overturning a tax rule that mandates “custodial brokers” to gather and report user data to the IRS. The measure, which has sparked debate over its potential impact on financial institutions and taxpayers, now awaits a vote in the full House of Representatives. On Wednesday, the US House Ways and […]
Cryptocurrencies have demonstrated strong growth in the past few years. Some, like Bitcoin, Mantra, and BNB have become highly popular and rewarding to their investors. Mantra has had quadruple gains in the past 12 months.
Bitcoin could be eyeing a recovery above $100k; here's what happened this week.
Algorand price remains under intense pressure after crashing by over 90% from its all-time high to the current $0. 2585. Its market cap has crashed from over $12 billion at its peak to the current $2.
Pi Network price initially jumped after the mainnet launch on Thursday, and then erased all those gains. Pi, the popular tap-to-earn token, was trading at $0. 7290 on Friday morning, much lower than Thursday’s high of $2.