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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. origin »
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The high court will now decide whether to declare the “crypto bill” unenforceable or to approve it with modifications.
2023-1-30 00:52 | |
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Individual objectors have sought to delay an FTX hearing in the United States Bankruptcy Court in the district of Delaware scheduled at 10:00 a. m. EST on January 20, 2023 expected to be about whether FTX can retain the services of New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell (S&C) amid allegations from the U.
2023-1-21 16:53 | |
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Ripple has been locked in a bitter court battle with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding whether XRP should be classified as a security or not. Ripple’s CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, recently tweeted about him being optimistic but cautious of what 2023 brings in terms of regulations.
2023-1-7 02:20 | |
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Wright must pay for court costs, and the court determined there is sufficient evidence for Hodlonaut to debate whether or not Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto.
2022-10-22 18:58 | |
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The U.S. regulator is investigating whether Terraform used its Mirror Protocol to sell unregistered securities in a case unrelated to the Terra collapse.
2022-6-10 23:30 | |
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Key Takeaways A new Fox Business scope says an expected White House report could classify XRP as a security. XRP supporters have raised doubt as to whether such an order could affect the court case.
2022-2-16 12:56 | |
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Ripple Labs has reportedly won discovery from the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The court has ordered the commission to produce internal records relating to discussions of whether XRP tokens are similar to bitcoin and ether, which are currently not classified as securities.
2021-4-7 14:05 | |
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Tezos has reached a settlement with the court to end approximately three years of litigation between Tezos and a group of plaintiffs. The said plaintiffs filed a class-action lawsuit that concerned whether the Tezos (XTZ) cryptocurrency is a security and whether the company conducted its 2017 ICO inappropriately.
2020-9-1 18:17 | |
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A Russian court convicted two men for extortion, but did not force them to return over $900,000 in crypto since they have no legal definition as property. Other courts have taken a different view.
2020-7-5 18:22 | |
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Discussions over whether to ban cryptos in India might be on the agenda again. The country’s Finance Ministry is calling for a broad-based consultation on the matter. While India’s Supreme Court struck out on a previous crypto trading ban, the subject of a blanket cryptocurrency ban is once again making headlines in the country.
2020-6-13 18:20 | |
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The SEC and Kik doubled down on their respective views of whether the 2017 KIN token sale was a securities transaction in new legal filings published late Friday.
2020-4-25 12:06 | |
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A U.S Court judge made a preliminary ruling in favor of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) injunction to stop Telegram from offering the GRAM tokens come April. While the ruling is not final, it raises doubts on whether Telegram will be able to offer the tokens to their investors amidst the upcoming April 30 deadline. […]
2020-3-25 16:46 | |
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Bitcoin experts elaborate on whether self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator Craig Wright’s claims that Bitcoin can be seized to accommodate court orders are true.
2020-2-29 20:11 | |
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The court case over whether XRP should be considered a security has been going on for months, but Ripple isn’t done yet. In a new filing on December 4th, Ripple poked holes in the statements made by the plaintiffs, arguing that the arguments they’ve made are contradictory to their original claim, as reported by CoinDesk. […]
2019-12-6 03:23 | |
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A Danish court today ruled that Nordea Bank Danmark A/S has the right to say whether its employees can invest in Bitcoin. The bank first introduced a policy prohibiting crypto purchases last year.
2019-12-3 23:00 | |
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The February court hearing is expected to put an end to the legal battle between Telegram and the SEC by determining whether Grams are securities
2019-10-20 10:20 | |
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Telegram has yielded to the US Securities and Exchange Commission over the sale of its Gram tokens, for now. According to a court filing submitted earlier this week, Telegram has agreed to stop selling its Gram tokens.
2019-10-18 11:18 | |
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You may have already heard about Augur, the blockchain-based prediction market. The people at the market predicted that the Democrats would win in 2018, that Brett Kavanaugh would go to the Supreme Court and now they are betting on whether Trump will be impeached or not. Curiously, the network is split down the middle at […]
2019-10-16 01:34 | |
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If you think about it, you’ll probably agree that Domino’s has a point in its recent legal case. Requiring businesses to make sure every digital mode of sales and marketing they offer is equally accessible to disabled customers is a major burden that doesn’t seem to fall on them for non-digital offerings (e.
2019-10-3 18:52 | |
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The New York Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Bitfinex for a motion to refuse document submission until the appeal for whether this is even the correct jurisdiction for the case has been decided. According to Forbes, this is merely short term relief, as if the appeal by iFinex is denied, they will have toRead MoreRead More.
2019-9-25 17:00 | |
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New York Supreme Court Judge Joel M. Cohen has postponed issuing a decision on whether the Office of the New York Attorney General’s case against Bitfinex and Tether will stand. Judge Cohen Requests More Time As previously reported by Bitcoinist, Bitfinex and the New York Attorney General’s office has been enmeshed in a lengthy legal dispute over allegations that Bitfinex illegally conducted business activities in the state of New York.
2019-7-29 21:36 | |
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The international financial establishment is known to express concern about the risks of money laundering when the crypto space is mentioned. A string of scandals indicates, however, that traditional banks are not only susceptible to the phenomenon but sometimes complicit, whether knowingly or inadvertently.
2019-7-9 16:45 | |
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October 1, 2018, marked five years since I was imprisoned. My physical surroundings today are ironically similar to what they were after my arrest back in 2013. I’m in the SHU again (Special Housing Unit, aka “the hole”).
2019-5-29 22:50 | |
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In the latest on the ongoing legal dispute between the New York Attorney General (NYAG), cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether, the New York Supreme Court has modified an April 24, 2019, preliminary injunction and now Bitfinex is allowed to continue using the Tether reserves that were loaned to it to maintain its ordinary course of business, such as paying employees and consultants.
2019-5-18 22:14 | |
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The United States Supreme Court ruled this week that users could sue Apple for allegedly monopolizing the App Store and driving up the price of apps. This means that, if you’re so inclined, you could bring suit against Apple for overcharging you.
2019-5-14 23:12 | |
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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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The New York Office of the Attorney General (AG) wants to take a closer look into the business operations of Bitfinex and related stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT). According to a legal petition filed with the Supreme Court of New York, the NY Attorney General Office of Letitia James is applying for a court order to investigate Bitfinex’s suite of interrelated companies (including its umbrella firm iFinex and Tether Holdings Limited) for “ongoing fraud” to the tune of $850 million.
2019-4-27 01:30 | |
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By CCN: Both Kraken and Bitmain have asked a federal court in Florida to dismiss a lawsuit against them brought by UnitedCorp, the news of which CCN broke back in December. The UnitedCorp lawsuit, broadly speaking, accuses Bitmain, Kraken, and others in concert with Roger Ver of conspiring to manipulate the Bitcoin Cash price and deviate from network consensus by “winning” the hash war.
2019-4-23 04:32 | |
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Yesterday, the Madras High Court, situated in the southern Indian city of Chennai, directed the country’s central government to ban TiKTok, the popular video creation app from Chinese giant Bytedance.
2019-4-4 14:56 | |
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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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QuadrigaCX monitor Ernst & Young suspects that the beleaguered exchange’s late CEO, Gerald Cotten, may have been financing personal expenditures with company funds, and it is now recommending that the assets in Cotten’s estate be placed under a preservation order.
2019-4-3 01:19 | |
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India’s perspective on cryptocurrencies has been quite cold, especially on the central bank, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) end. Bitcoin Exchange Guide (BEG) reported on multiple instances how they have been consistently shutting down the idea, to which native traders were getting frustrated.
2019-3-24 20:40 | |
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An Israeli court ruled on March 17, 2019, that banks can't enforce a blanket ban against all accounts linked to cryptocurrency. Instead, the court said, banks need to consider the specific type and scope of crypto-related activity before determining whether or not to open an account.
2019-3-20 18:53 | |
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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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QuadrigaCX Exchange’s founder, Gerald Cotten, passed away more than two months ago, and with his death, the keys to the exchange’s cold storage allegedly went to the grave with him.
2019-2-26 22:21 | |
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For those QuadrigaCX users who were fortunate enough to have withdrawal requests honored, some appear to have received their funds through unconventional means. An anonymous QuadrigaCX user who corresponded with Bitcoin Magazine said that they received a bank deposit from Robertson Nova Consulting Inc.
2019-2-15 20:28 | |
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According to the latest court documents in the ongoing QuadrigaCX case, the exchange sent roughly $470,000 CAD (approximately $355, 000 USD) worth of bitcoin from a hot wallet to a cold-storage wallet on February 6, 2019.
2019-2-13 03:56 | |
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Stox ICO founder, Moshe Hogeg (pictured), has been sued for allegedly misappropriating funds by Zhewen Hu, who invested $3. 8 million worth of eth in the Stox ICO that raised about $34 million. . .
2019-2-10 19:55 | |
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Announced at the end of January, Bitfury’s production-ready suite of Lightning Network products and services, Peach, appears to offer everything a developer, user or merchant could want from a Lightning implementation.
2019-2-9 23:59 | |
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Announced at the end of January, Bitfury’s production-ready suite of Lightning Network products and services, Peach, appears to offer everything a developer, user or merchant could want from a Lightning implementation.
2019-2-12 23:59 | |
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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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On Wednesday, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal ruled that Bitcoin qualifies as money in a case that turned on whether the digital currency is driving financial crime. According to a post by the Daily Business Review; “The appellate court’s opinion reverses Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Teresa Pooler’s 2016 finding that digital or cryptocurrency could not […] The post Bitcoin Qualifies as Money in Case of First Impression in Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal appeared first on ZyCrypto.
2019-2-1 16:40 | |
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According to Elections Canada, the agency that runs federal elections in Canada, there has been “a growing interest” in cryptocurrency donations. This trend has prompted some political parties to ask for a ruling on how best to manage bitcoin and other cryptocurrency political donations and how to navigate the various reporting systems required by both Elections Canada and the parties so that they comply with the Canada Elections Act.
2019-1-24 20:28 | |
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Users are venting frustration at UK-based cryptocurrency wallet and exchange Cubits after the service went offline following alleged payment delays. Cubits Website Disappears Overnight Cubits, the trading name of Dooga, a company formed in London in 2014, became involved in a legal battle over allegations it was hacked earlier this year, a court ruling in the company’s favor in August.
2018-12-11 17:30 | |
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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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On October 24, 2018, an advisory committee to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published a report calling for clarity on the IRS’s position toward cryptocurrency taxation.
2018-10-27 20:34 | |
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Blockvest is being sued the Securities and Exchange Commission for making false claims that the regulator’s approval for its planned ICO. The regulator is looking for an injunction against the defendant in return for all the financial gains of its ICO activities.
2018-10-15 18:00 | |
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While bears continue to tighten their grip, the primary story is no longer about price charts. Market players now want to know where funds are moving. This has been among the key indicators for detecting potential sentiment shifts amid broader market uncertainty.
The XRP price plunged 3.5% over the past 24 hours to trade at $2.09 as of 2:34 a.m. EST on trading volume that plunged 4% [...]
The cryptocurrency market recovery has stalled over the past few hours, with Bitcoin failing to overcome the $93k resistance level. Ripple (XRP) is trading under pressure at press time and risks dropping below the $2 psychological level if the bearish trend persists.
Cryptocurrencies remained downbeat on Friday, December 5, with sentiment deteriorating across leading assets. Meanwhile, the latest ETF flow stats confirm this weakness, with Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded products struggling as new products attracted fresh funds.
Ripple (XRP) seems to have lost steam after recording gains over the past two days. The second-largest altcoin by market cap is trading at around $2. 17, with the bulls pushing to regain control of the trend.
Bitcoin traded just above $93,416 on Thursday as expectations mounted that the US Federal Reserve would cut interest rates next week. During the morning session, the cryptocurrency dipped to $92,612 before climbing to an intraday high of $94,002, reflecting renewed momentum after several weeks of turbulence.
Crypto markets staged a major turnaround on Tuesday as traders reacted to rising expectations of US interest-rate cuts and a surge in spot Bitcoin ETF activity following Vanguard’s decision to end its ban on Bitcoin ETF purchases.