The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has unsealed charges against two Russian nationals, Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner, in connection with the 2011 hacking incident involving Mt. Gox, a prominent bitcoin exchange at the time. The charges accuse Bilyuchenko and Verner of engaging...
Coinbase chief legal officer faces congressional committee following SEC charges against the company
Coinbase Chief Legal Officer, Paul Grewal, wasted no time addressing concerns related to his employer’s recent charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Just hours after the SEC’s allegations of securities law violations against Coinbase, Grewal appeared before the House Agriculture Committee...
Prosecutors have requested a Manhattan federal court judge to deny FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s motion to dismiss criminal charges brought against him. SBF is accused of embezzling billions of dollars from clients to cover losses at his hedge fund. He filed pretrial motions...
Terra co-founder Do Kwon enlisted the services of global law firm Dentons following a passport forgery case, and extradition requests in Montenegro. Denton has been a highly ranked global law firm, and will help Do Kwon in his legal struggles. Addressing legal challenges...
Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil enforcement action against five individuals, accusing them of running a fraudulent digital asset trading scheme. The defendants, David...
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), who previously served as CEO and co-founder of FTX, is seeking to have most of the criminal charges against him dropped by federal prosecutors prior to his trial. In a last-minute legal move, SBF’s defense team filed seven motions to...
Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied The legal representatives of Terra’s Do Kwon have asked the court to dismiss the SEC’s charges against Terraform Labs and its founders. The motion states that the collapsed Terra...
Betterment LLC has accepted the $9 million penalty U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued for misstatements, poor record-keeping, and disclosure practices. Betterment LLC is a cash management and robo-advising establishment holding over $34 billion in assets in management and servicing over 770,000 customers. It has...
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has alleged that Bittrex and its former CEO ran afoul of securities laws shortly after serving the company a Wells notice. SEC lists ALGO and five other tokens as securities in Bittrex lawsuit The SEC has...
Mark Scott, the legal head of the controversial cryptocurrency project OneCoin, has been extradited to the United States to face charges of fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, marking the latest development in the ongoing investigation into the multi-billion-dollar Ponzi...