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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rangebound as XRP Plummets After SEC Lawsuit
23.12.2020
Bitcoin continues trading below $24,000 as legal action by the SEC rattles the XRP market
Bitwise dumps XRP investment amid SEC lawsuit against Ripple
23.12.2020
The Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund has liquidated its XRP holdings
Small Exchanges Start Suspending XRP Trading Following the SEC Lawsuit
23.12.2020
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ow the fourth-largest cryptoasset by market capitalization, XRP, has started getting suspended by small exchanges following a lawsuit filed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against major US-based blockchain company Ripple.
Some small exchanges have...
XRP price falls 24% in 24 hours as exchanges begin delisting
23.12.2020
Several exchanges have already halted XRP trading after the SEC's lawsuit against Ripple was revealed
SEC to Sue Ripple Over XRP Cryptocurrency — CEO Insists XRP Is Not a Security
22.12.2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to bring a lawsuit against Ripple over the XRP cryptocurrency which it considers a security, according to Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse. Insisting that XRP is not a security, he calls the SEC’s lawsuit an attack on cryptocurrency that...
Sierra Club leads lawsuit against NY town to prevent expanding Bitcoin mining operations
21.12.2020
The lawsuit alleges Greenidge circumvented state laws by seeking regulatory approval "through two separate but interdependent approval applications."
Crypto-friendly trading app Robinhood faces lawsuit from securities regulators
16.12.2020
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts plans to sue Robinhood for alleged violation of state laws and regulations not related to crypto
FTC sues Facebook in antitrust lawsuit as regulators mount offensive
10.12.2020
Regulators around the globe are increasingly turning hostile to the social media behemoth
Carpe 'Diem': Lawsuit threatened over Facebook’s Libra rebrand plan
8.12.2020
Facebook’s plan to rebrand its stablecoin project from Libra to Diem has been met with legal threats from a small European start-up of the same name
KuCoin inches closer to recovery by reopening deposits and withdrawals
22.11.2020
After a crippling hack, KuCoin looks to return to normalcy — but what's next for the troubled exchange?
Binance files US lawsuit against Forbes and two cryptocurrency journalists
18.11.2020
Cryptocurrency exchange alleges "millions of dollars" in losses as a result of what it describes as a "false and misleading" article
Bitcoin Evangelist Andreas Antonopoulos Plans to Testify in Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Lawsuit
18.11.2020
On Monday evening November 16, the popular bitcoin evangelist Andreas Antonopoulos tweeted about his upcoming role in the high-profile billion-dollar bitcoin lawsuit, Kleiman v. Wright. Antonopoulos said that he will be “testifying at trial” during the month of April 2021, even though...
Ripple Forced To Rebrand PayID Trademark After Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
15.11.2020
Ripple Labs Inc., issuers of the XRP cryptocurrency, has filed for a new trademark called “Paystring” with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The trademark was filed on Nov. 6 and accepted on Friday, according to the USPTO website. Although Ripple did not specify which sort...
US Seizes Previously Undetected Silk Road Bitcoins Worth Over $1 Billion
5.11.2020
The U.S. government has seized over $1 billion in bitcoin from previously undetected transactions associated with the Silk Road marketplace and is now seeking the forfeiture of the cryptocurrency. US Confiscates $1 Billion in Bitcoin From Silk Road The U.S. government has filed a lawsuit seeking...
Justice Department files antitrust lawsuit against Visa's acquisition of Plaid
5.11.2020
Monopolizing a market is legal in some instances, but not others
Telegram to pay $625K in fees after dropping 'GRAM' ticker lawsuit
4.11.2020
Telegram must pay $625,000 to Lantah LLC — a small crypto firm it sued in 2018 over using the ‘GRAM’ trademark and ticker
Court Filing Accuses Bitmex Cofounders of ‘Looting’ $440 Million Before the Fed Crackdown
2.11.2020
A civil lawsuit has been filed against the firm HDR Global Trading Limited, the parent company of the exchange Bitmex, alongside the three cofounders Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, and Samuel Reed. Plaintiffs allege “the defendants’ Hayes, Delo, and Reed looted about $440,308,400 of proceeds...
BitMEX Chiefs Looted More Than $440M From Exchange After Finding Out About Probes, Suit Alleges
31.10.2020
The suit seeks an order of attachment against the parent company of BitMEX
How Investors in Ripple Lawsuit Tripped Themselves
7.10.2020
Brad Garlinghouse. Ripple, a California-based blockchain startup focusing on the banking sector, and its CEO Brad Garlinghouse, seem to have won a battle in court, though the investors can still proceed with one cause of action. However, the judge suggested that the plaintiff contradicted himself...
Ripple Has Mixed Success in Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Alleging Securities Fraud
6.10.2020
The judge threw out some of the claims in the lawsuit but the case can continue based on others relating to allegedly misleading statements by CEO Brad Garlinghouse