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OpenSea users drop securities suit after marketplace demands arbitration
11.11.2024
The lawyer for two OpenSea users who accused the platform of selling them securities told Cointelegraph they “had no choice but to dismiss the pending case.”
US courts to handle Coinbase Dogecoin sweepstakes disputes
24.5.2024
Justice Neil Gorsuch emphasized that arbitration is a matter of contract and parties can agree to have an arbitrator resolve threshold arbitrability questions
U.S. Supreme Court Loss for Coinbase Leaves Company with Mixed Record
23.5.2024
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Coinbase Inc. (COIN) in its dispute over which legal agreement should hold sway when parties are under two distinct contracts and the first of them calls for arbitration, finding the company's case was "unpersuasive" and that the courts need to work those...
Coinbase Made an Arbitration Case to the U.S. Supreme Court – Again
28.2.2024
Crypto exchange Coinbase again led a legal charge on the ins and outs of arbitration in the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. The latest case isn't about digital assets, directly, but it may be important for every modern consumer who buys, registers or contracts for a product or service – and...
Crypto Lender Nexo Submits $3 Billion Damages Claim Against Bulgaria
26.1.2024
The cryptocurrency lending platform Nexo has submitted a $3 billion arbitration claim against the Republic of Bulgaria, following a raid on its office in 2023 and a subsequent probe by the Bulgarian Prosecutor General’s Office. Nexo alleges that these actions harmed its business prospects....
Q Protocol to Apply International Court of Arbitration Rules to DeFi Disputes in a Sign of Growing Industry Maturity
12.12.2023
Q Protocol, which provides blockchain governance as a service to Web3 and decentralized autonomous organizations, will use the rules laid out by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)'s arbitration court to resolve disputes and enforce awards
Crypto Exchanges Including OKX, Bybit & Bitstamp ‘Working with Russian Arbitrators’ on Bankruptcy Cases
21.11.2023
Source: Oleg/Adobe One of Russia’s biggest banks says international crypto exchanges such as OKX, Bybit, and Bitstamp are “cooperating with Russian arbitration managers” in bankruptcy investigations. Per Vedomosti, the Sberbank enforcement and bankruptcy department chief Evgeny Akimov said that...
US Supreme Court to Decide Whether Coinbase Can Force Users to Settle Disputes Through Arbitration
7.11.2023
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up the Coinbase case concerning whether the crypto exchange can force users to settle disputes through private arbitration, rather than in court. The case stems from a dogecoin (DOGE) sweepstakes in which users accused Coinbase of false advertising....
Canaan Cuts Bitcoin Mining Power by 2 EH/s Amid US, Kazakhstan Challenges
20.8.2023
Canaan, a leading high-performance computing firm and mining rig producer, recently disclosed hurdles set to dent its bitcoin mining activities and revenue from Q3 2023 onward. These setbacks primarily stem from diminished operational hours of their mining devices. This revelation comes hot on...
Crypto.com petitions US court to uphold arbitration decision for mistakenly sent $50K
7.7.2023
The exchange said it “erroneously deposited” $50,000 into a user's account in June 2022, receiving no response to requests to return the funds
Coinbase Gains Victory in Supreme Court Over Arbitration Lawsuit – Here's What You Need to Know
24.6.2023
The US Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Coinbase, backing its request to halt customer lawsuits while it pursues appeals aimed at moving the disputes out of courts and into private arbitration.
On Friday, five of the nine Justices voted in support of Coinbase's request, overturning a lower...
Coinbase Wins Supreme Court Ruling in Arbitration Lawsuit
23.6.2023
Crypto exchange Coinbase won a reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, after the high court ruled that a lawsuit filed by one of the exchange's users couldn't proceed until Coinbase defends an appeal of a lower court ruling
Coinbase Argues an Arbitration Case in U.S. Supreme Court as Crypto Makes Its Debut
21.3.2023
Coinbase faced a grilling from U.S. Supreme Court justices today as it made the crypto industry’s high court debut, arguing a case about the handling of arbitrations
Demand for Arbitration Filed Against Genesis Global Capital, DCG — Firm Accused of ‘Ochestrating a Sham Transaction’
3.1.2023
Three Gemini Earn users have accused Genesis Global Capital of breaching a contract and have subsequently filed a demand for class arbitration with the American Arbitration Association. In addition, the three users assert that all transactions “constituted unregistered sales...
Genesis-DCG Loan Leads to Class Action Arbitration Case from Gemini Clients
3.1.2023
Claimants allege in a filing that Genesis breached its Master Agreement when it became insolvent in the summer of 2022, while hiding its insolvency from lenders like Gemini
CoinFlex Begins Arbitration Against $84M Delinquent Customer; FLEX Holders in Focus
11.7.2022
The company said it was speaking with depositors looking to help the business by “rolling some of their deposits into equity.”
CoinFLEX to begin arbitration for $84 million recovery and open limited withdrawals
11.7.2022
CoinFLEX is moving quickly to retrieve as much liquidity as it can from a debacle that has left it $84 million short due to a delinquent account held by an unnamed whale
Bungie Sees Multiple Claims Against Destiny Cheat Seller Dismissed In Federal Court
30.4.2022
Bungie was served a bit of a loss this week in its ongoing legal war against cheat makers and sellers. On Wednesday, a federal judge dismissed Bungie’s copyright infringement claims against website AimJunkies while agreeing with the cheat seller’s legal defense that the Destiny publisher’s other...
Coinbase Loses Bid to Force Arbitration in Crypto Theft Lawsuit
12.4.2022
The U.S. District Court for Northern California found the exchange's arbitration agreement to be "unconscionable and... unenforceable."
Bobby Kotick Takes Another Pay Cut, Waives Arbitration In Letter To Staff
28.10.2021
In the wake of all that’s been happening at Activision Blizzard, CEO Bobby Kotick is taking to meet his commitment to inclusiveness. Among them, waiving arbitration and having his salary cut once again.Read more