2019-12-11 23:24 |
U.S. District Court Judge P. Kevin Castel in New York signed an order to Britain's High Court to depose John Hyman, Telegram's chief investment officer. origin »
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U. S. District Judge Robert Shelby issued a stern warning to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) attorneys regarding possible sanctions for “misleading” court proceedings in a lawsuit against the cryptocurrency firm Debt Box, according to court filings.
2023-12-3 23:20 | |
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The QuadrigaCX case has been a messy one already, but there is still so much left to handle. Following the death of their founder in December, the platform has been in trouble. It seems that the only one with the private keys to the company’s cold wallets was Gerald Cotten, the founder, which was truly […]
2019-2-20 00:54 | |
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Justice Wood has appointed legal counsel to represent some 115,000 creditors in incipient legal proceedings against seemingly insolvent cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX, documents published today, February 19, 2019, from the Halifax, Nova Scotia court reveal.
2019-2-20 00:52 | |
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After failing to convince a federal court regarding the nature of Blockvest tokens in the previous hearing, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally convinced the same judge that these tokens are securities.
2019-2-17 08:55 | |
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After failing to convince a federal court regarding the nature of Blockvest tokens in the previous hearing, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally convinced the same judge that these tokens are securities.
2019-2-17 08:55 | |
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It looks like the QuadrigaCX case, which you may remember as the Canadian crypto exchange whose CEO died and went with all the money from the clients to his grave, is far from over. Now, Nova Scotia Supreme Court Judge Michael Wood, a Canadian judge which is on the case, has declined to name any […]
2019-2-15 08:36 | |
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Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Michael Wood has delayed a decision to appoint legal representation to QuadrigaCX clients
2019-2-15 04:10 | |
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A group of lawyers from some of Canada’s top law firms convened in a court in Halifax, Nova Scotia, today to secure the right to represent creditors in the ongoing QuadrigaCX litigation.
2019-2-15 01:45 | |
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The move came after the same judge denied an SEC request for a preliminary injunction in November.
2019-2-15 00:45 | |
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Brazilian cryptocurrency exchange Bitcoin Max has won in court the right to keep its checking account with Banco Santander. According to the presiding judge, the bank has not met its obligation to notify the crypto company of the closure in advance.
2019-2-14 23:10 | |
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The Winklevoss twins have been ordered to pay Charlie Shrem, their former business partner and founder of the Bitcoin Foundation, $45,000 in legal fees, according to court documents published February 7, 2019.
2019-2-10 06:00 | |
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It’s a case that has dragged on for over three years, and one that is highly polarizing. A Florida bitcoin trader is set to stand trial by jury for felony charges after a judge overturned an earlier ruling.
2019-2-1 17:35 | |
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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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A Florida appeals court has overturned a ruling that acquitted a Localbitcoins trader of money laundering and working as an unlicensed money transmitter. Bitcoin No Longer ‘Poker Chips’? As local news outlet Miami Herald reported January 30, Michell Espinoza, who sold bitcoin worth around $1350 to an undercover police detective in 2014, will now face a jury.
2019-1-31 18:00 | |
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In 2016, Judge Teresa Mary Pooler of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida made headlines for a ruling she made during the Michell Espinoza trial. Judge Pooler ruled Espinoza could not be charged with illegal money transmission offenses because bitcoin was not considered legal tender.
2019-1-31 17:55 | |
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In 2016, a Florida judge dismissed money laundering and illegal money transmission charges against a bitcoin trader, arguing that bitcoin wasn’t covered by state statutes. Today, an appeals court reversed that decision.
2019-1-31 22:15 | |
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On January 28, 2019, victims of the 2018 BitGrail hack announced that a court ruling has ordered the exchange to compensate them for the hack which led to the loss of over $195 million. Breaking the Bank On January 28, 2019, the BitGrail Victims Group (BGVG) made an announcement via Medium that a decision hasRead MoreRead More.
2019-1-31 18:00 | |
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An Italian judge has reportedly ordered Francesco Firano, founder of shady cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail, to repay the $170 million worth of cryptocurrency that went “missing” early last year.
2019-1-28 18:25 | |
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Last Friday, Judge Kandis Westmore ruled in a US federal court in California that police cannot compel suspects to unlock their phones using biometrics like face recognition, iris scans, or fingerprints, as that would be in violation of their Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination.
2019-1-15 08:48 | |
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South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has been acquitted of a lawsuit filed by an investor named Ahn Park. Park accused the trading platform of lax security measures which allowed hackers to steal his crypto holdings worth $355,000, reports Finance Magnets, December 26, 2018.
2018-12-30 07:00 | |
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CoinSpeaker Craig Wright Fails to Win Over Federal Court, Multi-Billion Dollar Bitcoin Lawsuit Remains Open Craig Wright has failed to bar a court case against him alleging that he swindled a former partner at least 300,000 bitcoins.
2018-12-29 18:31 | |
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On Dec. 27, court documents from the case against the Nchain chief scientist, Craig Wright, explained a large portion of his recent dismissal motions were found “not warranted” and were denied. Wright is being sued for 1.
2018-12-28 12:00 | |
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A US district judge has dismissed the SEC’s request for a preliminary injunction against crypto startup Blockvest.
2018-12-5 21:49 | |
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A U. S. district judge has denied the motion filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against cryptocurrency company Blockvest and its founder. The SEC failed to show the court that Blockvest’s tokens are securities.
2018-12-2 04:20 | |
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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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In a world’s first, U. S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel (pictured) has ruled that an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is not a security. “In sum, the Court concludes that Plaintiff has not.
2018-11-30 21:01 | |
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today filed a motion with a Federal court requesting documents pertaining to an FBI attempt to force Facebook to hack its own Messenger service be unsealed.
2018-11-29 01:26 | |
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A Pakistani-American woman is facing up to 20 years in prison after she admitted to sending Bitcoin to a terrorist organization to fund their deadly criminal operation and activities. 27-Year-Old New York Woman Funds ISIS with Bitcoin Zoobia Shahnaz, a 27-year old New York hospital technician, has admitted to a Federal Court Judge that she.
2018-11-27 20:00 | |
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The Satoshi Revolution: A Revolution of Rising Expectations Section 5: Saving the World Through Anarchism Chapter 11, Part 6 How the Blockchain Provides Private Justice The key to…an anarcho-capitalist court system is found in the concept of a “personal judiciary”.
2018-11-24 19:00 | |
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The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has recently moved to take custody of a large sum of assets from a crypto exchange currently frozen in accounts at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).
2018-11-15 22:14 | |
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A Canadian judge ruled that CIBC, which froze some $26 million CAD claimed by QuadrigaCX, must transfer the funds under dispute to the court.
2018-11-14 00:00 | |
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In a short-term win for bitcoin advocate Charlie Shrem, a federal judge has lifted the freeze on Shrem’s financial accounts in an ongoing legal battle against the Winklevoss twins.
2018-11-10 00:48 | |
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A New York judge has lifted the freeze on Shrem’s assets after a court hearing this week.
2018-11-9 14:40 | |
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In recent regulatory news, a Shenzhen court has ruled in favor of protecting an “equity transfer agreement” involving bitcoin, the judge presiding over a class action lawsuit against Coinbase has granted a motion to dismiss, and an Australian woman has been arrested for stealing 100,000 XRP following a 10-month investigation.
2018-10-26 22:15 | |
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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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A woman suing for 62,500 Canadian dollars ($48,125) sent to a phone scammer over a bitcoin ATM has lost her court case, local media reported. On Friday, Charlottetown Provincial Court chief judge Nancy Orr ruled that the fiat money deposited by the woman into the teller machine belonged to Instacoin ATM Canada Inc.
2018-10-13 09:15 | |
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Although the U. S. ’s cryptocurrency definitions regulations are entirely unclear, policymakers are gaining greater clarity as they continue to resolve more cryptocurrency-related cases. According to the CFTC’s Press release published on October 3, 2018, the US District Judge Rya W Zobel gave the CFTC authority to prosecute My Big Coin Pay, the parent company of MyBigCoin.
2018-10-6 17:00 | |
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Cryptocurrencies are commodities, according to four court cases involving the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). A federal judge recently ruled that a token is a commodity, certifying the CFTC’s authority to prosecute fraud and manipulation in the crypto space.
2018-10-5 02:27 | |
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A US court has formally dismissed an attempt to stop the country’s commodities regulator prosecuting an alleged cryptocurrency fraudster, ruling that such assets are commodities. CFTC Can Legislate With Crypto In a press release October 3, Senior Judge Rya W.
2018-10-5 00:00 | |
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In a recent press release, the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) revealed that the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled digital currencies to be classified as commodities.
2018-10-4 17:30 | |
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The US Federal Court has ruled that virtual currencies (like Bitcoin) are commodities – like coffee or oil. The judgement comes as part of a wider commodities fraud case, involving an (allegedly) illegitimate cryptocurrency called My Big Coin (MBC).
2018-10-4 13:04 | |
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In a court case of fraud allegations against My Big Coin Pay, a federal judge ruled that cryptocurrencies can be treated as commodities, even as legal discussions over its asset status continue. As reported by Reuters on Sept.
2018-9-28 21:17 | |
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In a landmark case for the cryptocurrency industry, a federal judge has ruled that a cryptocurrency caught in the midst of a lawsuit is a commodity, court documents reveal.
2018-9-28 23:15 | |
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Cody Wilson, an active proponent of 3D-printed guns, has been accused of having sex with an underage girl in Austin, Texas – which amounts to child sexual assault, as the victim is under 17. And now, a judge has signed an arrest warrant with Wilson’s name on it.
2018-9-20 07:29 | |
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Industry buzz surrounded Ethereum this week as community members await the next stage of the coin’s development. The protocol also served as the jumping-off point for a new fully regulated stablecoin.
2018-9-16 18:41 | |
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Since its implosion back in 2014, the Mt. Gox exchange hacks continue to loom large within the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania determined recently it does not have jurisdiction in a case involving Gox victims and a bank closely associated, in effect condemning victims to redress their grievances […] The post Mt.
2018-9-13 09:40 | |
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The world of crypto can be wild and unpredictable. After all, it originally drew a following from those looking to escape overreaching financial institutions and governments. But now, a recent court ruling might give a federal agency the power to rein in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum — should it decide to use it.
2018-9-13 00:08 | |
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Does a decades-old securities law apply to an initial coin offering (ICO)? In a case that represents the first time securities laws have been applied to cryptocurrencies, a district judge says it may.
2018-9-12 22:09 | |
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Wright claims he’s Bitcoin White Paper author Satoshi Nakamoto and holds intellectual property rights on numerous cryptocurrencies