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Bankrupt Crypto Firm BlockFi Sues FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried For $580 Million
29.11.2022
Bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi is suing FTX's founder Sam Bankman-Fried to seize shares in the US trading platform Robinhood, allegedly pledged as collateral by the former FTX CEO just days before the exchange notoriously imploded....
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El Salvador Establishes National Bitcoin Office to Manage ‘All Projects Related to the Cryptocurrency’
26.11.2022
After the Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele revealed the country would buy a single bitcoin every day, a report published by Torres Legal details that the government of El Salvador has created a National Bitcoin Office (ONBTC). The report says the entity was created via Decree No. 49, which...
Bitcoin.org's 'Cøbra' Must Unmask to Challenge Craig Wright's Legal Costs, UK Court Rules
25.11.2022
Wright, the self-proclaimed inventor of Bitcoin, was granted permission to serve papers on Cobra as he sought a declaration of his ownership of the copyright to the Bitcoin white paper
Today in Crypto: FTX Miniseries on Prime Video, Hodlnaut Under Police Investigation, Cardano-Based Ardana Stops Development
24.11.2022
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IMF Blog: Better Regulation of Africa’s Growing Crypto Market Urgently Needed
24.11.2022
A well-regulated African cryptocurrency market is needed in order to protect users as well as help countries stop bad actors from using digital assets to circumvent capital controls, the latest post on the IMF blog has said. The blog post reiterated the IMF’s belief that risks to a country...
Today in Crypto: Australia Sues Block Earner, Hacker Steals $42M from Fenbushi Founding Partner, DBS Completes Repurchase Transaction on a Blockchain-based Network
23.11.2022
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Read More: Today in Crypto: Australia Sues Block Earner, Hacker Steals $42M from Fenbushi Founding Partner, DBS Completes Repurchase...
ETH Hacker Gets 10 Year Jail Term, But BTC Theft ‘May Not Be Criminal’ in China
23.11.2022
Tokens such as ethereum (ETH) and bitcoin (BTC) continue to rest on uneasy legal ground in China – where an ETH hacker who struck in 2018 was recently sentenced to 10 and a half years behind bars. But prosecutors in the country have explained that it could be tricky to convict BTC thieves who have...
A 'Substantial Amount' of Money is Missing Says FTX Lawyer – Is it Missing or Has it Been Stolen?
23.11.2022
A “substantial amount” of the failed crypto exchange FTX’s assets are either missing or have been stolen, said the exchange’s lawyer in court.
According to the Wall Street Journal, this statement was made by said James Bromley, counsel to FTX’s new management, during a bankruptcy hearing...
CFTC Bypassed Legal Requirement in Trying to Serve Ooki DAO, Crypto Supporters Claim
22.11.2022
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is trying to “create [a] novel precedent” for itself in trying to serve a lawsuit to the entirety of a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), rather than the DAO’s members, one of three filings pushing back against the agency’s lawsuit said
News Summary: Indian CBDC Pilot to Launch Within a Month, Three Arrested for Major Crypto-related Crimes, EQONEX Files for Debt Restructuring
22.11.2022
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News Summary: Nexo Sued in UK, FTX Japan to Resume Withdrawals by Year End, ConsenSys Partners with Celo
21.11.2022
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UK Law Commission Seeks Evidence on DAOs — Expert Says ‘New Legal Forms Are Required’
19.11.2022
The United Kingdom Law Commission recently asked experts and users to participate in a ten-week exercise whose objective is to help the commission better understand how decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) operate. A blockchain expert says the commission’s call shows that the U.K....
Russian bill would legalize crypto mining, sales under ‘experimental legal regime’
18.11.2022
The bill provides a legal definition of mining and mining pools and would create a domestic cryptocurrency market in Russia’s latest step to integrate digital assets into its economy
News Summary: FINRA Launches Crypto Comms Probe, Genesis Block Stops OTC Trading, Thodex Founder to Be Extradited to Turkey
18.11.2022
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Brazil Based FTX Customers Organizing to File Class-Action Lawsuit
18.11.2022
A group of customers of the recently collapsed crypto exchange FTX, is organizing to take legal action against the company. The suit would be led by Ray Nasser, CEO of Arthur Mining, and will be brought by customers who had more than $100,000 on the exchange by the time of its bankruptcy. Brazilian...
Sam Bankman-Fried Switches Legal Counsel as Investigations Into FTX Collapse Mount: Report
18.11.2022
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried will no longer be represented by his legal counsel at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, a white-shoe law firm, less than a week after retaining the firm to represent him
El Salvador to Buy Bitcoin Every Day Starting Tomorrow, President Says
18.11.2022
El Salvador will start buying bitcoin every day, according to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. Since adopting the cryptocurrency as legal tender, El Salvador has bought about 2,381 bitcoins for its treasury. El Salvador to Buy Bitcoin Every Day The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele...
Esports team TSM suspends $210M sponsorship deal with FTX
17.11.2022
TSM confirmed that it remains “strong, profitable and stable” despite its decision to suspend the sponsorship with FTX
DAO Legal Reforms in Spotlight as UK Law Commission Seeks Views
16.11.2022
A consultation published today looks at issues like governance, structure, money laundering and taxes
News Summary: Liquid Suspends Withdrawals, Coinbase Submits Amicus Brief to Support Ripple, Ark Invest Buys 315,259 Shares of GBTC
15.11.2022
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