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Terras native cryptocurrency, LUNC, was deemed not a security by the Seoul Southern District Court in a court case involving former Terraform Labs co-CEO Hyun-seong Shin. Not Regulated by the... origin »
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A District Court in Seoul has ruled that the LUNA token involved in Terra's collapse is not a security. The court's judgment is in stark contrast to the stance of the U.S. Securities and ExchanThe post South Korean court says LUNA is not a security, details inside appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2023-4-24 20:00 | |
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If you’ve ever had the bad luck of getting sued, you probably understand why there are so many jokes about lawyers. Between court fees and litigation costs, you’re lucky if you leave the courtroom with any money left at all.
2019-5-22 22:19 | |
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If you’ve ever had the bad luck of getting sued, you probably understand why there are so many jokes about lawyers. Between court fees and litigation costs, you’re lucky if you leave the courtroom with any money left at all.
2019-5-21 22:19 | |
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US authorities have seized over $4 million worth of cryptocurrency and cash following a movie piracy investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
2019-5-14 13:19 | |
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A filing showing the list of addresses that were supposed to prove that controversial figure Craig Wright was, in fact, Satoshi Nakamoto, has been unsealed. Deeper inspection of the list, however, showed that the blocks Wright claims to have mined are merely a “lazy copy-paste from the blockchain,” researchers from Wizsec Security found.
2019-5-10 12:14 | |
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Bitfinex and the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) legal sparring in relation to $850 million in missing funds escalated with another round of court filings this past weekend.
2019-5-7 01:42 | |
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The court in the Roberts v. Obelisk, Inc. case has granted a motion to compel arbitration, according to a report by The Block Crypto. The ongoing case (Roberts v. Obelisk, Inc. , 2019 U. S. Dist.
2019-5-5 21:42 | |
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Marco Santori, President and Chief Legal Officer of Blockchain, spoke about the impact SEC’s framework would have on security tokens, during an interview with Laura Shin for Unchained Podcast.
2019-4-6 08:00 | |
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“The core competence of digital currency exchange platform nowadays is the ability to improve on security and creativity. “ Said Ike Ndu, founder of AOFEX in his recent interview. Speaking of security, Ike made an example.
2019-4-5 16:03 | |
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Lawyer Stephen D. Palley has an interesting write-up at the Block about how a federal judge has ruled that ATB Coin was an unregistered security even if the token didn’t entitle buyers to profits.
2019-4-4 04:30 | |
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ATBCoin’s Motion To Dismiss Lawsuit Denied A complaint has been filed against ATBCoin in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The lawsuit alleges a putative class and was brought by Plaintiff Raymond Balestra (“Balestra”).
2019-4-4 22:21 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published an investment contract framework for digital assets, which is intended to give crypto companies guidance as to whether a cryptocurrency is a security.
2019-4-4 22:02 | |
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A court in Japan has acquitted an individual accused of embedding a cryptojacking malware in his website to surreptitiously mine cryptocurrency using the computing power of the visitors to the site. Local Japanese media platform, The Mainichi reports that the court ruled that such activity wasn’t a criminal offense. Meanwhile, Internet security experts continue toRead More
2019-3-29 20:00 | |
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After Multiple Issues With Privacy And Widespread Blackout This Week, Would Anyone Trust A Facebook Bank? Facebook is not known for having the best privacy efforts. Last year, they were seen by the federal court to deal with many issues related to the security of their platform, and the global service outage days ago did […]
2019-3-15 22:21 | |
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The Tokyo District Court has found Mark Karpeles, the former head of now-defunct Bitcoin exchange platform Mt. Gox, guilty of record tampering but innocent on other charges related to embezzlement and breach of trust.
2019-3-16 22:01 | |
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Mark Karpeles, the founder of the now-defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, was found guilty of tampering with records and given a suspended prison sentence of two years and six months. The High Court ruling comes five years after a massive security breach in 2014 at Mt.
2019-3-15 06:02 | |
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The conviction of two former, high-ranking Russian cybersecurity officials for undisclosed acts of treason last month underscores deteriorating cybercrime cooperation between Washington and Moscow, as U.
2019-3-14 00:17 | |
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Dave Jevans, the CEO of blockchain security company CipherTrace testified in a Canadian Court as the first-ever qualified Bitcoin expert witness; the firm released the details of the court case on March 6.
2019-3-10 16:29 | |
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CipherTrace, a blockchain security company, announced today that its CEO, Dave Jevans, has been certified by a Canadian criminal court as an expert witness. Jevans testified against Matthew Phan, a drug dealer convicted for trafficking in drugs and weapons on the dark web.
2019-3-7 01:53 | |
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A Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice has given defunct cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX a 45-day extension to search for $140 million worth of missing crypto assets. Judge Michael Wood extended the creditor-protection deadline to April 23, which would protect Quadriga from potential lawsuits.
2019-3-6 14:21 | |
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Ripple will get the chance to prove at a federal level that XRP shouldn’t be classified as a security. In a recent development, a judge has granted their motion to keep a class action lawsuit against them in Federal Court, confirmed via a tweet on March 1, 2019.
2019-3-5 22:00 | |
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Banks once refused to work with blockchain companies in Brazil. Now, BTG Pactual, Latin America’s largest standalone investment bank, is launching a security token of its own. A Wave of Change in Brazil There seems to be a wave of change happening in Brazil.
2019-2-22 14:00 | |
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced a preliminary injunction granted against Blockvest LLC for unlicensed security offer. This overturns a previous court order, claiming that the SEC failed to prove that the token was a security.
2019-2-16 05:00 | |
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On February 4, 2019, blockchain tech company Blockstream announced the development of a “proof of reserves” tool to standardize the authenticity of exchanges’ crypto reserves.
2019-2-7 01:01 | |
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Today, February 5, 2019, a court in Nova Scotia, Canada, granted bankruptcy protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) to the embattled Vancouver-based cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX.
2019-2-6 23:12 | |
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An Italian judge has reportedly ordered Francesco Firano, founder of shady cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail, to repay the $170 million worth of cryptocurrency that went “missing” early last year.
2019-1-28 18:25 | |
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The South Korean government has released the results of its security inspection of cryptocurrency exchanges. Only seven of them passed all 85 of the inspection points. Fourteen previously-inspected exchanges still have not improved and 17 new crypto exchanges did not meet security standards.
2019-1-10 11:15 | |
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Samourai Wallet has announced that, due to the Google Play Store’s “new extremely restrictive policies,” a number of security features are being removed from the wallet. The developers have applied for an exemption to the new rules, but Google has rejected their request.
2019-1-8 11:35 | |
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As the Indian government deliberates over cryptocurrency regulation, positive sentiment grows among local crypto exchanges regarding their government’s eventual decision. A number of them have also added new features and improved services such as offering interest on crypto deposits, increased liquidity, and better security.
2018-12-31 03:55 | |
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South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has been acquitted of a lawsuit filed by an investor named Ahn Park. Park accused the trading platform of lax security measures which allowed hackers to steal his crypto holdings worth $355,000, reports Finance Magnets, December 26, 2018.
2018-12-30 07:00 | |
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Two U. S. congressmen have introduced a bill aimed at amending the country’s securities laws to exclude cryptocurrencies from the definition of a security. The bipartisan bill also seeks to adjust taxation and create tax exemptions for certain cryptocurrency transactions.
2018-12-21 17:45 | |
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A US district judge has dismissed the SEC’s request for a preliminary injunction against crypto startup Blockvest.
2018-12-5 21:49 | |
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On November 27, 2018, a California judge turned back the SEC’s request for an injunction against token company BlockVest, a company the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is pursuing for allegedly conducting an unregistered securities offering.
2018-12-1 22:36 | |
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A new development has arisen in the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) efforts to regulate ICOs: a District Judge has turned back a request for an injunction.
2018-11-30 23:08 | |
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In a world’s first, U. S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel (pictured) has ruled that an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is not a security. “In sum, the Court concludes that Plaintiff has not.
2018-11-30 21:01 | |
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The Let’s Talk Bitcoin Network hosts several podcasts for regular discussion topics in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency, including the popular weekly show What Bitcoin Did.
2018-11-20 22:58 | |
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Ripple’s legal team in their ongoing securities suit is attempting a new tack: to have the claim proceed at the federal level. In a move that legal commentator Jake Chervinsky described as “seriously crafty,” Ripple has filed a formal notice-of-removal motion to have their most recent securities suit, Zakinov et al v.
2018-11-14 00:41 | |
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Claiming that XRP isn’t a security might be a long shot, but Ripple’s lawyers have shown themselves more than capable of pulling a legal hat-trick. In the latest chapter of the XRP courtroom drama, the company behind the third-largest cryptocurrency successfully removed the combined class action suit to Federal court, where the class action suit […] The post Ripple Lawsuit Twists Again: Crafty Class Action U-Turn Could Favor Defendants appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2018-11-13 02:42 | |
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Ripple Labs is now attempting to move a lawsuit against them regarding the status of XRP as a potential security into a federal court, which is being lauded as a brilliant strategic move by a notable attorney familiar with the situation.
2018-11-13 23:00 | |
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The U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a press release on Friday, November 9, 2018, stating that it had fined Arizona resident Joseph Kim for perpetrating a fraudulent cryptocurrency trading scheme against his former employer and other investors.
2018-11-13 22:55 | |
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Is XRP a security? The question is now sitting before the U.S. District Court in San Francisco.
2018-11-13 22:00 | |
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Ripple Labs, one of the largest cryptocurrency companies in the market removed a lawsuit related to XRP being considered as a security to the federal district court. The attorney that supports Ripple has decided to retaliate over the allegations about Ripple not being registered as a security. In a notice of removal filed during the […]
2018-11-10 04:10 | |
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Leading cryptocurrency investor law firm Silver Miller Law has filed suit against cell phone giants AT&T and T-Mobile on behalf of several digital asset investors who were victims of the identity-theft tactic known as “SIM swapping.
2018-11-10 01:35 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained an emergency court order issuing the stoppage of a recently planned initial coin offering (ICO) by Blockvest LLC and its founder Reginald Buddy Ringgold III, who falsely advertised that the token sale was approved by the SEC.
2018-10-12 01:12 | |
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A former employee of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Michael Didiuk has spoken about XRP and stated that the digital currency is a currency, not a security. He has also justified why he said this.
2018-10-5 15:30 | |
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In what seems like the first coordinated strike from government agencies, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have taken action against a securities broker for violating federal laws in connection with security-based swaps funded by bitcoin.
2018-9-29 22:29 | |
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In a landmark case for the cryptocurrency industry, a federal judge has ruled that a cryptocurrency caught in the midst of a lawsuit is a commodity, court documents reveal.
2018-9-28 23:15 | |
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United States Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly seeking further sanction against alleged crypto scammers Dominic Lacroix and Sabrina Paradis-Royer of Plexcoin fame. According to Maria Nikolova of Financefeeds, the two continue to defy court orders.
2018-9-27 15:25 | |
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A man known as “Tokyo Whale,” for the enormous amount of bitcoin he controls, confirms he unloaded another big chunk of it earlier this year. Nobuaki Kobayashi, the trustee of now-defunct Tokyo exchange Mt.
2018-9-25 19:54 | |
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Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon’s criminal prosecution seems set for early 2026, as U.S. Attorney Jared Lenow expects roadblocks in evidence gathering.
The Terra Classic community is voting on a proposal to reduce users’ network costs. The codebase currently deploys forked versions, which increases total maintenance costs and missed upstream improvements.
Do Kwon’s extradition chapter may be finalized as soon as Sunday, Oct. 19, according to local Montenegrin media. The government of Montenegro has reportedly decided where to extradite Terraform Labs co-founder and crypto fugitive Do Kwon, Minister of Justice Bojan…
Amid Terraform Labs’ ongoing unwind and the extradition battle involving its founder Do Kwon, a wallet linked to both entities moved $62.8 million worth of Bitcoin. According to data from Arkham, an address associated with the beleaguered blockchain firm Terraform…
Infamous blockchain protocol Terra has recently been allegedly exploited due to a vulnerability that was revealed months ago. According to a Cyvers Alerts post on X today, July 31, hackers have stolen 60 million ASTRO, 3.5 million USDC, 500,000 USDT…
Bitbot, a new entrant in the crypto trading landscape, has completed its presale, positioning itself to leverage advanced AI and security features. The Bitbot token (BITBOT) presents a unique investment opportunity, aiming to revolutionise how traders interact with the market.