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Vitalik Buterin wallet contributes 30 ETH to Tornado Cash legal fund
30.5.2024
The fund had raised about 591 ETH at the time of this publication and will support the legal defense of Tornado Cash developers in their court battle to prove their innocence
Valve's New Hero Shooter Is Leaking All Over The Place And Fans Are Confused
22.5.2024
Valve—the company behind Half-Life and Steam—is working on a new game likely named Deadlock. It’sprobably a third-person team-based hero-shooter with MOBA and tower defense elements. And people are playing it right now via a closed and private beta. However, some of those same people have started...
Kraken counters SEC’s legal interpretation in dismissal motion
10.5.2024
Kraken argues that the SEC’s efforts to refute unaddressed arguments indicate a misunderstanding of the case’s central points
SEC Argues for Injunctions in Final Response of Ripple XRP Case
8.5.2024
The SEC challenged Ripple’s assertion that the blockchain startup acted without recklessness and that there should be no “widespread uncertainty” about XRP’s legal status, despite the court previously rejecting this “fair notice” defense.
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DOJ Counters Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm’s Defense, Asserting Money Transmitting Operations
27.4.2024
The US DOJ has rejected Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm's motion to dismiss criminal charges, arguing that the defense's filing presented disputed facts that should be weighed by a jury rather than being resolved in an early-stage motion.
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Biden’s Homeland Security team taps tech elite for AI defense board
26.4.2024
The board includes the CEOs of Adobe, Alphabet, Anthropic, AMD, AWS, IBM, Microsoft, and Nvidia, as well as other business, civil rights, and academic leaders
Best Crypto to Buy Now April 18 – Injective, Gala, Akash Network
18.4.2024
As cryptocurrency prices bounce on Thursday in wake of the bulls putting up a strong defense of the $60,000 Bitcoin (BTC) and $3,000 Ether (ETH) levels a day earlier, investors are hunting for smaller, lesser-known altcoins that could be the best crypto to buy now to deliver quick gains.
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Avi Eisenberg May Testify in $110M Crypto Fraud Trial, Defense Says
11.4.2024
The crypto trader is facing up to 20 years in jail if convicted on all counts
U.S. Government's Legal Precedents Don't Support Lengthy Prison Term, Bankman-Fried's Defense Argues
22.3.2024
Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers have pushed back against the U.S. government's sentencing memo which makes the case for why it thinks the former FTX CEO should be handed a sentence in the range of 40-50 years, a court filing on Wednesday shows
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Defense Challenges ‘Super-Villain’ Narrative in Sentencing Debate
21.3.2024
In a detailed letter to Judge Lewis Kaplan, the legal representatives for Sam Bankman-Fried, the embattled founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, have vehemently argued against the government’s recommendation for a 50-year prison sentence, labeling it as a “medieval view...
Arbitrum Proposal to Fund Tornado Cash Developers Defense Withdrawn
11.3.2024
A proposal aiming to contribute to funding the legal defense of the developers of Tornado Cash, the Ethereum-based mixing platform, was removed by the Arbitrum community over apparent legal concerns. Devansh Mehta, lead of the working group of the Arbitrum treasury, criticized the move, stating...
Arbitrum Community Reverses Decision on Funding Tornado Cash Developer Legal Defense
11.3.2024
The Arbitrum DAO has retracted a proposal that aimed to provide financial support for the legal defense costs of Tornado Cash's developers.
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Sam Bankman Fried’s Legal Team Cites Autism Spectrum Disorder in Plea for Leniency
29.2.2024
Lawyers for disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) have argued that judges should consider their client’s autism traits when deciding his prison sentence. SBF faces a maximum of 110 years between seven counts of money laundering, wire fraud and securities fraud. However, his defense...
Head of SEC’s Crypto Legal Team Exits for Private Firm
21.2.2024
A press release published on February 21 by White & Case announced that Ladan Stewart had joined the firm as a partner in its white-collar defense group.
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XCAD Founder Jumps to KSI’s Defense Amid Pump and Dump Allegations
16.2.2024
The XCAD Network founder Oliver Bell defended Youtuber KSI after the content creator was accused of performing a pump-and-dump scam with several of his digital asset tokens, including XCAD. In an X post, Bell noted that KSI – whose real name is Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji – had been one...
Indonesia’s Presidential Election Sees Crypto-Friendly Team in the Running
14.2.2024
Indonesia former Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has declared victory in the presidential election following unofficial vote counts indicating a significant lead, potentially securing a single-round win in his third bid for the presidency. Subianto, along with his pro-crypto running mate Gibran...
US Representative French Hill Optimistic on Progress of Crypto Legislation
31.1.2024
During a panel discussion at the recent Foundation for Defense of Democracies event, Arkansas Republican French Hill shared a positive update on the trajectory of the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act and the Clarity for Payment Stablecoins Act. US Representative French...
Rep. French Hill Voices Optimism for Crypto Legislation Progress in 2024
30.1.2024
U.S. House Representative and Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets Chair French Hill (R-AR) has voiced optimism about the progress of cryptocurrency legislation in 2024. During an event hosted by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies on Jan. 29, Hill discussed the crypto...
Ripple Receives Permission to File Sur-Reply to Correct ‘Factual Mischaracterization’ by the SEC
26.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock Defense attorney and former federal prosecutor James K. Filan has revealed that Judge Sarah Netburn has granted Ripple blockchain’s request for a sur-reply. Sharing the development on X (formerly Twitter), Filan announced that the motion to file a “sur-reply has been...
Tornado Cash Developers Storm, Pertsev Raise Over $350K for Legal Defense With Support From Snowden
24.1.2024
A legal fund for the defense of Tornado Cash co-founders Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev has received more than $350,675 and public support from Edward Snowden, the former NSA whistleblower