SEC’s Last Major Legal Official Exits, Leaving Clean Slate for Trump Era
With the general counsel stepping down, some of the main characters in the crypto industry’s recent clashes with the Securities and Exchange Commission are out.
Court Cases
U.S. Regulator Told Banks to Avoid Crypto, Letters Obtained by Coinbase Reveal
Coinbase’s Paul Grewal says this is hard evidence proving the industry hasn’t been spouting conspiracy theories about being shoved out of U.S. banking.
U.S. SEC Loses Crypto Lawsuit Over ‘Dealer’ Definition That Pushed Into Crypto
A Texas federal court has rejected the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent rule expanding the definition of a securities dealer to include a wider swath of firms — including some in the cryptocurrency sector. This adds a significant legal loss to the crypto legacy of SEC Chair Gary Gensler on the same day he announced his January departure.
Coinbase Escalates SEC Fight Over the Agency’s Inside Chatter on ETH
An intermediary for the biggest U.S. crypto exchange, Coinbase Inc. (COIN), is cranking up its legal fight over the Securities and Exchange Commission’s unwillingness to produce documents revealing the regulator’s internal thinking on whether to pursue Ethereum’s ether {{ETH}} and other tokens as illegal securities.
English High Court Rules Tether’s USDT Stablecoin Counts as Property
USDT attracts property rights as it can be the subject of tracing and can constitute trust property in the same way as other property, a judge in England declared.
Kraken Seeks Jury Trial in SEC Lawsuit, Presents Defense Arguments
Crypto exchange Kraken has demanded a jury trial in the case brought against it by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a court filing Thursday showed.
Nigerian Court Postpones Decision on Gambaryan Bail Application
The next bail hearing has been scheduled for Oct. 9.
CEO of South Korean Crypto Firm Haru Invest Stabbed During Trial: Reuters
The executive was taken to hospital; his injuries were not life threatening.
Jailed Binance Exec’s Nigeria Case to Be Heard a Month Early
The trial was expected to resume on Oct. 11 but is now set to resume next week after defence lawyers requested that the case be heard sooner.
Crypto Promoter and Failed Politician Michelle Bond Accused of Illegally Taking FTX Cash
Michelle Bond, who once ran a Washington-based crypto advocacy group and had served as a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer, was indicted in federal court for taking illegal campaign contributions during her 2022 run for Congress, and court documents detail how a river of cash came through her former FTX executive boyfriend.