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![Judge: Meta must face lawsuit over Facebook crypto ads](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2024/02/crypto-news-St.-Valentine-article-about-the-rise-of-dating-apps-scams01-880x525.webp)
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A U.S. judge rejected Meta Platform’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by billionaire Australian mining tycoon Andrew Forrest. The lawsuit revolves around a series of deceptive Facebook ads featuring Forrest endorsing fake crypto projects and other fraudulent investments. Forrest is…
![US Supreme Court to review Nvidia shareholder lawsuit](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2023/11/crypto-news-the-judges-gavel-on-the-table-blurry-court-session-background-low-poly-style-880x525.webp)
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The Supreme Court has agreed to review Nvidia's request to dismiss a securities fraud lawsuit.
![Bipartisan Senators probe FinCEN crypto mixer lawsuits](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2023/11/crypto-news-crypto-mixer-coins08-880x525.webp)
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A bi-partisan duo wrote a letter to the Department of Justice, challenging FinCEN’s “unprecedented interpretation” of rules used to sue crypto mixers.
![Coinbase slapped with class-action lawsuit](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2023/10/crypto-news-coinbase03-880x525.webp)
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Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange, along with its CEO, Brian Armstrong, is facing a new class-action lawsuit.
![BTC-e founder pleads guilty to laundering stolen Bitcoin](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2023/12/crypto-news-major-courts-option04-880x525.webp)
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Alexander Vinnik, co-founder of the now-defunct crypto exchange BTC-e, admitted to conspiring to launder money, marking a significant development in a long-standing legal saga.
![Ripple asks court to reject SEC’s $2b claims](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2024/01/crypto-news-XRP-Ripple-option01-880x525.webp)
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Ripple Labs rejected the U.S. SEC's request to recover $2 billion from the company for institutional sales of XRP tokens
![Crypto lobbyists file lawsuit against SEC on ‘dealer’ definition](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2023/10/crypto-news-NFT-sales-surge-after-SEC-fails03-880x525.webp)
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The Blockchain Association and the Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas have taken legal action against the U.S. SEC.
![SEC prosecutors quit after ‘abuse of power’ in DEBT Box case](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2023/08/crypto-news-The-US-Securities-and-Exchange-Commission-logo-Ethereum-crypto-blockchain-backgrou-v5.2-880x525.png)
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Two SEC lawyers, Michael Welsh and Joseph Watkins, have resigned from the agency due to “materially false and misleading representations” made in a crypto case last year.
![Coinbase seeks interim appeal in SEC case over crypto classification](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2023/10/cryptp-news-Coinbase-base04-880x525.png)
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Coinbase has filed a motion seeking Judge Failla’s permission to seek an interlocutory appeal on her recent order involving investment contracts.
![Former Ethereum advisor sues U.S. for $9.6b over dropped extortion charges](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2023/09/crypto-news-filing-a-lawsuit-two-figures-sitting-on-the-table-day-light-blue-and-white-colors-low-poly-style-v5.2-1-880x525.png)
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Steven Nerayoff, a former adviser to Ethereum, has initiated a lawsuit against the U.S. government, seeking $9.6 billion.
![Google sues crypto scammers for tricking users via fake apps](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2024/01/crypto-news-Understanding-Google-Clouds-infrastructure-provider-role-on-Flare-option07-880x525.webp)
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Google has initiated a lawsuit against a group of individuals accused of orchestrating a vast cryptocurrency scam that impacted over 100,000 users globally.
![KuCoin Bitcoin balances drop over 20% following DOJ lawsuit](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2024/04/crypto-news-KuCoin-lawsuit-option02-880x525.webp)
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Cryptocurrency balances on KuCoin’s exchange fell across multiple digital assets as the platform navigates a regulatory probe involving its founders.
![Binance faces another lawsuit over US investors crypto losses](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2023/11/crypto-news-broken-Binance-logo01-880x525.webp)
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A federal appeals court has reinstated its lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange Binance.
![Arbitrum community offers to fund Tornado Cash’s legal defense](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2023/11/crypto-news-the-judges-gavel-on-the-table-blurry-court-session-background-low-poly-styl-880x525.webp)
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The Arbitrum blockchain community initiated a vote on a proposal to fund the legal defense of the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer team.
![Bitfinex shareholder Christopher Harborne in legal spat with Wall Street Journal](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2023/05/crypto-news-court-session-blockchain-system-background-day-light-realistic-880x525.jpg)
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A WSJ piece originally contained damning paragraphs implicating Harborne and AML Global, but those sections were later excised in an apparent acknowledgment of potential inaccuracies.
![SEC overstepped bounds in Kraken lawsuit, US state attorneys say](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2023/11/crypto-news-The-US-Securities-and-Exchange-Commission-SEC06-880x525.webp)
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A group of eight U.S. state attorneys general claims the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) exceeded its authority in its case against cryptocurrency exchange Kraken. In a joint statement on Feb. 29, the attorneys general from Montana, Arkansas, Iowa, Mississippi,…