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How an Appeals Court Ruled on an Aspiring Class-Action Lawsuit Against Binance
13.3.2024
A federal appeals court ruled last week that Binance needs to face a putative class-action lawsuit from a group of U.S.-based crypto investors who allege the exchange allowed them to buy and trade unregistered securities in the form of certain cryptocurrencies. The ruling doesn't make...
Appeals Court Revives Aspiring Class Action Lawsuit Against Binance
8.3.2024
A Friday ruling doesn't make any declaration on whether the tokens at the heart of a lawsuit against Binance are securities, but it may give investors a chance to argue that they are
Fraud Conviction of ‘My Big Coin’ Founder Randall Crater Upheld on Appeal
27.2.2024
A US appeals court has upheld the prior sentencing of “My Big Coin” fraud founder Russell Crater. Crater will serve over 8 years and pay $7.6 million for orchestrating a fraud from 2013 to 2017, facing charges including wire fraud, unlawful transactions, and running an unlicensed money...
Legal Twist Keeps Terraform Labs’ Co-Founder Do Kwon in Montenegro, Appeals Court Questions Extradition Grounds
8.2.2024
Following the Montenegro Appeals Court’s decision to reject the extradition requests for Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, the panel from the Appeals Court has nullified the latest decision by Podgorica’s High Court to extradite Kwon to either South Korea or the United States. This...
FTX to Face Independent Investigation, Federal Appeals Court Rules
22.1.2024
An independent bankruptcy examiner must complete an investigation into the collapse of FTX, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. In violation of U.S. bankruptcy code The ruling, delivered by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, argues that to not appoint an independent examiner...
US Court Finalizes Forfeiture of 69,370 Bitcoin from Silk Road
21.12.2023
Source: DALL·E A U.S. appeals court has completed a legal process finalizing the seizure of 69,370 Bitcoin from the Silk Road, the now defunct dark web marketplace. According to a court filing, the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit confirmed the transfer of the Bitcoin to federal...
Montenegro Appeals Court Overturns Extradition of Terraform Labs Co-Founder Do Kwon
19.12.2023
On Tuesday, Montenegro’s appeals court overturned the extradition request for Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon. This reversal follows reports that Justice Minister Andrej Milovic had informally agreed to the extradition. Kwon to Remain in Montenegro, Decision Lies With Justice Minister...
Appeals court rejects Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid for release
23.11.2023
The court cited Sam Bankman-Fried’s alleged witness tampering as the main grounds for rejecting his release bid
Blockchain Association files support in suit to lift Tornado Cash sanctions
21.11.2023
The crypto advocacy group said OFAC must act within its statutory authority by sanctioning bad actors, not open-source software tools
Crypto advocates file amicus brief to address users' Fourth Amendment privacy rights
22.10.2023
The amicus brief was filed to support an appeal against the Internal Revenue Service in relation to a 2017 court order where Coinbase was forced to hand over data from more than 14,300 of its users to the IRS
‘I’m still not seeing it’ — Judges skeptical of Ryder Ripps’ BAYC appeal
17.10.2023
The lawyer representing Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen struggled to convince a panel of judges that Yuga Labs’ case against his clients should be thrown out under California’s anti-SLAPP statute
SEC Must Review Grayscale's ETF Bid After Previous Rejection, Appeals Court Rules
29.8.2023
A federal appeals court ordered the SEC to "vacate" its rejection of the trust issuer's bid to convert the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into an exchange-traded fund
XRP Ruling Needs Appeals Court Review, SEC Says
18.8.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asked for permission to appeal a federal judge's ruling that XRP sales through exchanges didn't violate securities law, a day after the judge said the SEC could present its argument
Coinbase blasts SEC for ‘no straight answers’ following court order
19.6.2023
The comment from the crypto exchange came after the SEC asked for more time to respond to Coinbase's rulemaking petition
Apple's outside payments ban upheld as unlawful in likely win for NFTs and crypto
26.4.2023
Unless Apple appeals the decision and has the ruling overturned, developers are free to direct app users to their own systems to make purchases
Appeals court rules Do Kwon, Terraform Labs must heed SEC subpoena served in September
9.6.2022
The U.S. regulator is investigating whether Terraform used its Mirror Protocol to sell unregistered securities in a case unrelated to the Terra collapse
US Appeals Court Orders SEC to Bring Enforcement Actions to Jury Trials
19.5.2022
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in the U.S. found that the target of an SEC enforcement action's constitutional rights were violated by the use of an in-house SEC judge, rather than a jury trial
US Federal Court Rules NSA Mass Surveillance Illegal, Credits Edward Snowden
3.9.2020
A federal appeals court has ruled that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) mass surveillance program that collected data on billions of Americans’ telephone calls was illegal and possibly unconstitutional. The program was exposed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. A Victory...
Appeals Court Backs Coinbase in Bitcoin Gold Fork ‘Breach of Contract’ Lawsuit
12.8.2020
A California appeals court has backed a prior judgement that the cryptocurrency exchange wasn't obliged to to support the Bitcoin Gold hard fork in 2017
Bitfinex Must Face New York’s Accusations Over the Loss of $850M in Co-Mingled Funds
10.7.2020
The popular digital currency trading platform, Bitfinex must deal with the New York Office of the Attorney General (NYAG) over the alleged hiding of over $800 million in client and corporate funds. The NY state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division overruled an appeal on Thursday, after...