California Judge’s Crypto Ruling: DAO Members Could Face Liability Under Partnership Laws - judge, crypto

California Judge’s Crypto Ruling: DAO Members Could Face Liability Under Partnership Laws

As crypto continues to evolve rapidly with increased adoption and regulation, legal decisions surrounding it are also keeping pace. Just recently, a United States federal judge has decided that participants in decentralized autonomous organizations (

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Judge rejects Kraken’s bid to challenge decision in SEC case - judge, sec

Judge rejects Kraken’s bid to challenge decision in SEC case

Kraken won’t get the chance to appeal a California District Court judge’s decision that found the SEC had adequately alleged it sold unregistered securities.

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Judge denies ex-Celsius CEO’s bid to dismiss fraud, manipulation charges - judge

Judge denies ex-Celsius CEO’s bid to dismiss fraud, manipulation charges

A federal judge ruled that Alex Mashinsky’s legal team’s arguments to dismiss two of his seven criminal charges were “either moot or without merit.”

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Judge Grants More Time For US Government To Negotiate FTX Donation Return - ftx, judge, time

Judge Grants More Time For US Government To Negotiate FTX Donation Return

A U.S. federal judge has granted the government additional time to negotiate the return of up to $13.25 million in political donations made by former FTX executives Sam Bankman-Fried and Nishad Singh. Judge Lewis Kaplan, presiding over the case, appr

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Judge Spares Former FTX Head Nishad Singh From Prison Time - time, judge

Judge Spares Former FTX Head Nishad Singh From Prison Time

Nishad Singh, former FTX Head of Engineering, has received no prison time due to his cooperation, with Judge Kaplan calling it "remarkable"

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Judge grants leniency to Nishad Singh in FTX scandal for crucial cooperation - ftx, six, judge

Judge grants leniency to Nishad Singh in FTX scandal for crucial cooperation

Nishad Singh, former engineering director at defunct exchange FTX, was sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release on Oct. 30 for his role in misappropriating user funds and violating campaign finance laws. The decision, handed dow

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Jailed Binance Employee’s Bail Application Denied Despite Medical Needs - judge

Jailed Binance Employee’s Bail Application Denied Despite Medical Needs

The judge in Abuja denied bail to Tigran Gambaryan, the jailed Binance employee and a U.S. citizen unlawfully detained in Nigeria. Despite meeting all the medical requirements for bail, the judge’s decision contradicts established Nigerian legal prec

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Crypto whales buying memecoins like NEIRO, FWOG as judge approves FTX bankruptcy plan - smart, crypto, judge, ftx

Crypto whales buying memecoins like NEIRO, FWOG as judge approves FTX bankruptcy plan

Smart money is buying memecoins after a U.S. judge approved the FTX repayment plan, boosting liquidity and driving interest in Flockerz presale, the first Vote-to-Earn DAO. #partnercontent

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US bankruptcy judge approves FTX reorganization plan, two years after the exchange’s collapse - judge, ftx

US bankruptcy judge approves FTX reorganization plan, two years after the exchange’s collapse

A U.S. judge has approved FTX's bankruptcy plan, two years after the crypto exchange collapsed following allegations of fraud and misconduct.

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Breaking: US Judge Approves FTX Bankruptcy Plans Paving Way For Repayment - judge, ftx

Breaking: US Judge Approves FTX Bankruptcy Plans Paving Way For Repayment

Judge John Dorsey of the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has finally approved the FTX Bankruptcy plan. This official approval comes about two years after the trading platform collapsed and John Ray III took over. FTX Bankruptcy Plan

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US Judge Denies Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm’s Motion To Dismiss, Trial Set for December: Report - judge, motion, cash, tornado cash, storm

US Judge Denies Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm’s Motion To Dismiss, Trial Set for December: Report

Judge Katherine Polk Failla of the Southern District of New York has reportedly denied the motion to dismiss the charges against Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm. Storm’s legal woes stem from allegations that Tornado Cash developers aided the Nort

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Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm's Case Proceeds to Trial as Judge Denies Dismissal - cash, judge, storm

Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm's Case Proceeds to Trial as Judge Denies Dismissal

Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm failed to convince the judge that being arrested for coding is akin to being arrested for speech

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Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm to face trial as US judge rejects dismissal - cash, judge, storm

Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm to face trial as US judge rejects dismissal

The judge denied Storm’s previous argument that his programming of the software should be protected by the U.S. constitution.

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New York Judge Rules Tornado Cash Co-Founder Roman Storm Must Face Trial in Money Laundering Case - judge, storm

New York Judge Rules Tornado Cash Co-Founder Roman Storm Must Face Trial in Money Laundering Case

U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla appeared skeptical of Roman Storm’s free speech arguments.

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US Federal Judge Dismisses Consensys Lawsuit against US SEC - sec, judge

US Federal Judge Dismisses Consensys Lawsuit against US SEC

Coinspeaker US Federal Judge Dismisses Consensys Lawsuit against US SEC Consensys said that the Texas court today dismissed our lawsuit on procedural grounds without looking at the merits. US Federal Judge Dismisses Consensys Lawsuit against US SEC

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Ripple SEC Case: Judge Torres Issues Order To Hold $125M Penalty On Appeal - sec, judge

Ripple SEC Case: Judge Torres Issues Order To Hold $125M Penalty On Appeal

Ripple SEC Case: New York District Court Judge Torres has approved a proposed order by Ripple to hold a $125 million penalty as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) mulls appeal. The move comes as the company remains uncertain about paying

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Former FTX Executive Withdraws Filing, Alleges US Government Broke Its Promises – Judge Sets Hearing Anyway - judge, ftx

Former FTX Executive Withdraws Filing, Alleges US Government Broke Its Promises – Judge Sets Hearing Anyway

Former FTX executive Ryan Salame has withdrawn a previous court filing accusing the US government of walking back its promise not to prosecute his partner, but a judge has scheduled a hearing on the matter anyway. Salame is the former co-CEO of FTX D

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Kraken's Lawsuit From SEC Greenlit By US Judge - sec, judge

Kraken's Lawsuit From SEC Greenlit By US Judge

Kraken's motion to dismiss the SEC's case has been overruled by US District Court Judge William H. Orrick

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Kraken says court rejected SEC’s claim that tokens are securities - sec, judge

Kraken says court rejected SEC’s claim that tokens are securities

Judge William H. Orrick, a federal court judge in the U.S., recently shot down Kraken’s attempt to toss out the SEC’s claims. The SEC had been trying to argue that some of the crypto transactions on Kraken were investment contracts, which would make

Shaquille O’Neal may still be in hot water over Astral NFTs, says judge - water, nfts, judge

Shaquille O’Neal may still be in hot water over Astral NFTs, says judge

A Miami judge didn’t dismiss a claim that basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal was a “seller” of Astrals NFTs and found they could be securities under US law.

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