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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...
Bitfinex Must Face New York Allegations Over $850M in Lost Funds, Appeals Court Rules
9.7.2020
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex will have to answer claims about hiding lost millions, a New York appeals court ruled on Thursday
US Appeals Court Allows Warrantless Search of Blockchain, Exchange Data
1.7.2020
A federal appeals court ruled public blockchain information and information stored on crypto exchanges do not provide a reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment
Telegram Appeals Court Ruling Barring Gram Token Distribution
25.3.2020
Telegram has appealed a court ruling barring it from distributing its gram cryptocurrency
Singapore Appeals Court Rejects Quoine Appeal in Landmark Crypto Ruling
25.2.2020
In 2017, Quoine reversed seven trades that saw market maker B2C2 sell 309 Ether in exchange for 3,095 Bitcoins
Bitfinex Can Stop Turning Over Documents to NYAG, Appeals Court Rules
24.9.2019
The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court has ruled that Bitfinex can stop turning over documents to state investigators – for now, at least