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Craig Wright Referred to UK Prosecutors for Consideration of Perjury Charges
Judge James Mellor also approved injunctions that prevent Wright from taking others to court again under the guise he is Satoshi Nakamoto.
Plaintiffs File New, Slimmed Down Complaint in Class Action Lawsuit Against Tether
The second amended complaint accuses Tether of manipulating the price of bitcoin and violating antitrust laws.
Conduct Versus Code May Be the Defining Question in Roman Storm Prosecution
Prosecutors and Roman Storm's attorneys met in court Friday to argue over motions to dismiss the charges against the developer and address evidentiary questions.
Judge Sends Coinbase Back to the Drawing Board Over Efforts to Subpoena SEC’s Gary Gensler
The New York judge overseeing the SEC’s case against Coinbase said the crypto exchange’s attempts to subpoena Gensler’s personal devices were surprising – “and not in a good way.”
Crypto Exchange BitMEX Pleads Guilty to Violating the Bank Secrecy Act From 2015 to 2020
Four BitMEX executives have previously pleaded guilty to the same charge.
As DOE Preps for Take Two of Controversial Crypto Mining Survey, Industry Weighs in
The DOE dropped an earlier attempt to compel commercial crypto mining outfits to cooperate with an “emergency” energy-usage survey.
Former FTX Execs Nishad Singh, Gary Wang to Be Sentenced Later This Year
The duo pled guilty to criminal fraud charges and testified against their former boss, Sam Bankman-Fried, last year.
Sacked Northern Data Execs File Suit Against Tether-Backed Company, Alleging Fraud
The two executives, Joshua Porter and Gulsen Kama, say they were fired for attempting to blow the whistle on alleged accounting and securities fraud at the company.
DCG, Top Executives Renew Push to Get New York AG’s Civil Fraud Suit Dropped
The late-night messages NYAG alleged were evidence of a fraudulent conspiracy were, according to DCG’s lawyers, “lawful, good-faith efforts by DCG to support a subsidiary.”
Ripple’s Big Court Win Nonetheless Muddied Waters on Whether XRP Is a Security Deserving Tougher Regulation
In a near-vacuum of legal and regulatory clarity for crypto, district judges’ opinions on whether a given token is a security or not – which determines the level of regulation – can vary from court to court.
