Court Cases
Dutch Prosecutors Seek 64-Month Jail Sentence for Tornado Cash Dev Alexey Pertsev
The judge will deliver the verdict on May 14, the court said.
SEC Seeks $1.95B Fine in Final Judgment Against Ripple
Stuart Alderoty, Ripple Labs’ chief legal officer, criticized the SEC and wrote that the company will file its response to the SEC’s motion next month.
Nigeria Charges Binance With Tax Evasion After Detained Exec Escapes: Reports
One of two senior Binance executives in government custody has escaped, local media reported over the weekend.
Guilty Verdict for Woman Accused of Laundering Bitcoin Tied to Alleged $6B China Fraud: Bloomberg
Police in the U.K. seized over 1.7 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) worth of related bitcoin in 2018.
Coinbase's Allies Join Crypto Firm's Case Against SEC
Paradigm, the Crypto Council for Innovation and others weighed in to support Coinbase's effort to push the U.S. securities regulator for crypto rules.
Coinbase Accuses U.S. SEC of Breaking the Law in Rejecting Crypto Rulemaking
The crypto exchange had petitioned for clear rules on digital assets, and the agency rejected the petition in December. Coinbase isn't taking no for an answer.
Fantom Seeks Money Back From Multichain’s $200M Exploit
The move aims to enable victims to “partially recover” assets lost in one of the biggest exploits in 2023.
U.S. Judge Enters Default Ruling Against Ex-Coinbase Insider, Says Secondary Market Sales Are Securities Transactions
In May 2023, the SEC settled charges with Ishan Wahi and Nikhil Wahi in what it has called the "first-ever insider trading case involving cryptocurrency markets."
Sam Bankman-Fried Asks for 6.5 Year Prison Term After Conviction in FTX Collapse
Bankman-Fried's lawyers objected to the Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) which recommends a sentence of 100 years in prison calling it "grotesque."
Texas Blockchain Council, Riot Platforms Sue Dept. of Energy, OMB Over 'Emergency' Survey
If the court does not intervene, the companies will be "immediately and irreparably harmed," the filing said.
