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The U.S District Court in Manhattan has ruled the Citadel Securities’ lawsuit accusing crypto-trading startup Portofino of stealing the firm’s trade secrets can largely proceed. According to a court filing on Oct. 30, the Manhattan District court has agreed to…
Users were confused by the news that FTX clients would receive between 10% and 25% of the value of the deposited crypto assets. Why did this happen? Sunil Kavuri, one of the creditors, recently said several other changes are also…
He’s banned from running Binance for life — and says he plans to educate children and focus on philanthropy. But does that mean CZ’s days in crypto are truly behind him? Changpeng Zhao was the world’s richest inmate, with Forbes…
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American restaurant Flyfish Club has signed a settlement agreement with the U.S. SEC regarding an “unregistered offering of crypto asset securities.” Flyfish Club will pay a fine of $750,000. According to the SEC ruling, between August 2021 and May 2022,…
Consumer advocacy group Consumers’ Research has released a report accusing Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, of being opaque and not conducting a full audit of its dollar reserves. Teather is accused of being non-transparent (again) Consumers’ Research analysts…
Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has settled emergent technologies over $600 million in Robinhood stock. The motion, filed by FTX CEO John Ray III, says the platform is willing to pay Emergent $14 million to cover its administrative costs. In return,…
A U.S. District Court has ruled in favor of the Kalshi prediction market, effectively approving betting on the presidential election’s outcome. Kalshi has won a lawsuit against the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) after the regulator banned betting on…
Pavel Durov, the founder of the social network and messenger Telegram, published his first post on his channel after being detained in France. Durov thanked his subscribers for their support and said that the French police interrogated him for four…
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.S. District Court for the Western District of…
Bankrupt lending platform Celsius has filed a lawsuit against Tether seeking 39,542 BTC. According to the lawsuit, the amount was collateral for a loan from the issuer of the Tether (USDT) stablecoin. Tether requested more collateral after the price of…
Law professor and filmmaker Brian Frye and songwriter Jonathon Mann have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The lawyers argue that the SEC’s approach to regulation threatens the livelihoods of artists and creators experimenting with NFTs.…
A U.S. federal judge has ordered Robinhood Financial LLC to pay $9 million in a lawsuit over its referral program. The case involved a broker’s “refer-a-friend” promotion that allowed unwanted text messages to be sent in Washington. The total payment…
Judge Katherine Polk Failla postponed the trial of Roman Storm, co-founder of Tornado Cash. What is happening in this controversial case, and is the crypto mixer responsible for its users? Due to the case’s complexity, the co-founder of the notorious…
The war between the Kraken crypto exchange and the U.S. SEC continues amid new statements from the platform
A Nigerian court has postponed a trial against cryptocurrency exchange Binance and two of its executives.
The Founder of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, Changpeng Zhao, was sentenced to four months in prison