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Legal battles continue to shape the crypto space, with lawsuit news tracking key cases involving exchanges, regulators, and blockchain companies. From investor class actions to SEC enforcement actions, lawsuits impact token listings, compliance requirements, and market sentiment. As crypto matures, legal clarity remains a crucial issue for global adoption.
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FTX Trading Ltd. and the FTX Recovery Trust have filed lawsuits against NFT Stars Limited and KUROSEMI INC., the company behind the gaming platform Delysium, for failing to deliver tokens owed to the FTX estate. The action was announced in…
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Bitget is taking legal action against eight accounts involved in the manipulation of the VOXEL token, which led to an unusual price surge and market instability. The exchange’s head of Asia, Jiayin Xie, revealed in an Apr. 27 post on…
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Shaquille O’Neal has reached a proposed settlement with investors who sued him for promoting the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The terms remain confidential until a motion for preliminary approval is filed by the plaintiffs. The class-action lawsuit, filed in November…
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Alabama has dropped its enforcement action against Coinbase, marking a significant shift in the ongoing legal battles over crypto staking programs in the U.S. The announcement was made by Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer, Paul Grewal, signaling that only five states…
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Matter Labs, the company behind Ethereum Layer-2 solution ZKsync, is facing a lawsuit from BANKEX. BANKEX, a now-defunct blockchain firm, is alleging intellectual property theft involving early Plasma technology. The complaint, filed in the New York State Supreme Court, accuses…
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Burwick Law, a New York-based firm, has raised legal concerns about Metaplex’s plan to transfer over 54,000 unclaimed SOL, worth roughly $7.3 million, into its DAO treasury. In an open letter shared on X on Apr. 22, the firm warned…
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Coinbase has obtained internal documents from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission concerning the agency’s investigation into Ethereum 2.0, following a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. Paul Grewal, Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer, announced on X that the SEC disclosed a…
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The Oregon Attorney General filed a lawsuit against Coinbase that echoes the SEC’s lawsuit from 2023. The lawsuit, just like the SEC’s prior suit, alleges that the cryptocurrency exchange operated as an unregistered securities platform and offered staking services without…
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Crypto wallet provider Phantom is facing a lawsuit after an alleged security flaw allowed hackers to steal over $500,000 worth of Wiener Doge memecoin tokens. The complaint, filed on Apr. 14 in New York by attorney Thomas Liam Murphy and…
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Tron founder Justin Sun took to X to continue accusing First Digital Trust, a Hong Kong-based crypto custodian and issuer of the FDUSD stablecoin, of orchestrating a $500 million embezzlement scheme. In a lengthy post on X, Sun continued his…
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The U.S. Department of Justice is disbanding the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Unit, citing its ‘reckless strategy’ in prosecuting crypto firms in the previous administration. According to a recent report by Fortune, a four-page memo issued by U.S. Deputy Attorney General…
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Crypto attorney James A. Murphy, known online as “MetaLawMan,” has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This lawsuit seeks documents that may disclose the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin (BTC). Filed in…
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Genius Group, an AI-driven education company, announced it must sell its Bitcoin holdings after a U.S. court order blocked the company from selling shares, raising funds, or purchasing Bitcoin. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York…
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Coinbase has filed a motion in the D.C. District Court to resume its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The exchange alleges that the FDIC continues to withhold crucial documents and is not fully cooperating…
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Ripple has agreed to drop its appeal against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to Ripple chief legal officer Stuart Alderoty. Just days after the SEC dropped its case against XRP (XRP) creator Ripple, the company has confirmed it…
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XRP price rallied on Wednesday after Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will drop its appeal in the lawsuit against the firm. XRP posted a double-digit rally following the announcement after Garlinghouse’s tweet on…
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