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Sam Bankman-Fried Found Guilty: Is Do Kwon Next?
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the former FTX CEO, has been found guilty of all seven charges in the FTX trial. Shortly after the judgment, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
SEC Neglects Actual Scams for Bank-Regulated Assets: Ex-Paxos Exec
Pro-XRP lawyer John Deaton recently expressed his opinion on the inevitable wounds that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will obtain from the U.S. Supreme Court. Deaton shared the...
Ripple Chief Legal Stuart Alderoty on SEC Chair’s “Troubling Pattern”
Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty pointed out some “troubling patterns” of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler on Wednesday. For context, Alderoty’s remark is in...
SEC Charges SafeMoon and Executives for Unregistered Sale of Crypto
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged crypto and blockchain company SafeMoon, its founder Kyle Nagy, CEO John Karony, and Chief Technology Officer Thomas Smith for offering the...
Bittrex’s Bankruptcy Filing Approved By US Courts
Judge Brendan Shannon approved the liquidation of crypto exchange Bittrex at a hearing in Delaware on Monday, October 30, permitting the company to proceed with its bankruptcy plans. The approval...
Bitcoin Miner Files Form S-3 to SEC; Plans To Raise $750 Million
Last week, Bitcoin surged beyond $34,000, marking a 106% increase for the year, following a challenging crypto winter in 2022. Simultaneously, Bitcoin miner Marathon Digital, trading as “MARA” on the...
Crypto Lawyers Predict Prolonged Fight in Ripple-SEC Case
The long-running legal case between Ripple Labs and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to ramp up, not wind down, according to analysis by crypto lawyers. In a...
Injective (INJ) Soars Past $12 Resistance, Will Bull Rally Persist?
Injective (INJ) has catapulted to a significant milestone, breaching the $12 mark, as bullish momentum continues sweeping the crypto markets. Over the past ten days, this digital asset has been...
SEC Could File Another Charge on Ripple Execs if Appeal Succeeds
U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres has formally endorsed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission‘s (SEC) dismissal of the case against Ripple executives Brad Garlinghouse and Chris Larsen. However, legal experts...
SEC Criticized for Initiating Indiscriminate Court Cases
Multiple experts have criticized former SEC Chair Jay Clayton and his successor, Gary Gensler, for indiscriminately going after establishments. Clayton came under fire after a crypto expert dug up an...
What’s SEC’s Chance of Success in Appealing XRP Ruling? 3% or 14%?
Prominent legal figures in the crypto community are now speculating about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s limited chances of winning on appeal in the case with Ripple Labs....
Insiders: SEC Still Bent on Fighting Ripple, XRP Despite Waiving Trial
The U.S. SEC remains committed to contesting XRP’s regulatory status. Insiders in the SEC confirmed the development amid the regulator’s dismissal of charges against Ripple executives. The charge dismissal implies...
Here Are The Four Factors Behind Crypto Market’s Latest Surge
Santiment has identified the four trends driving the crypto market in one of its best weeks in 2023. The trends include $30K BTC, XRP and Ripple lawsuit, Reddit’s MOON and...
Crypto Investigator Accuses Ethereum Co-Founder For Bribing SEC
Over 20 former employees of ConsenSys filed a lawsuit against the blockchain company’s co-founder, Joseph Lubin, according to the latest report by Bloomberg. The staff claimed that they were deprived...
SEC vs. LBRY Case Should Be Taught in Law Schools, Says Legal Expert
The winding down of LBRY, a prominent blockchain firm targeted by the U.S. regulator for unregistered security offerings, has attracted the attention of John Deaton, a prominent crypto lawyer. Deaton...
Ripple CEO Does Victory Lap as SEC Waves White Flag
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse took to X (formerly Twitter) to express his jubilation after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dropped all charges against him and Chris Larsen, the...
Crypto Regulation: Is the SEC Acting for Investors or Wall Street?
Forbes contributor and long-time crypto advocate Sam Lyman, in a recent interview, accused the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of not protecting retail investors’ interests in its regulation of crypto...
Gary Gensler Accused of Alleged Role in 2008 Financial Crisis
Gary Gensler, the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has come under criticism again following a recent post he made on X – formerly Twitter. Gensler, who has...
Messari CEO Calls SEC “Corrupt Regulator,” SEC Cautions About Fake News
Recently, there has been a lot of debate over the origin of fake news regarding the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approval of the first Bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund (ETF)...
Charles Hoskinson Calls for Caution in Allegations of SEC Favoritism
In a recent live on X, Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder of Cardano, addressed lingering speculation about whether Ethereum received preferential treatment from the SEC compared to other cryptocurrencies like XRP....
Paradigm Backs Binance, Asks Court to Dismiss SEC Ongoing Lawsuit
A recent court filing revealed Crypto investment firm Paradigm filed an amicus brief to challenge the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against cryptocurrency Exchange Binance. Paradigm’s move follows a...
Grayscale Stands Ready for ETF Conversion Post-SEC’s No Appeal
Following the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent decision not to seek a rehearing, Grayscale has released a statement reaffirming its readiness for the potential conversion of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust...
Coinbase Slams SEC for Unilluminating Update on Rule-Making Petition
Coinbase recently filed a motion in the Third Circuit Court, requesting the court to urge the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to respond immediately to the long, unsettled rule-making petition...
Circle Joins as a “Friend of the Court” in the Binance vs. SEC Case
Circle, the issuer of the USD Coin stablecoin, has been granted by the court as the amicus curiae in the ongoing legal dispute between the world’s largest exchange, Binance, and...
US Rep. Challenges SEC’s Transparency in Letter to Chairman Gensler
Eleanor Terrett, a journalist, shared a letter sent from United States Representative James Comer to Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), addressing Gensler’s actions of...
