Nigeria Court Freezes $38M of Crypto Allegedly Sent to Support Protests in the Country: Reports
Nigerian authorities have traced $50 million of cryptocurrency sent to support recent protests, local media reported.
Court Cases
SEC Asks NY Court to Deny Coinbase’s ‘Breathtakingly Broad’ Subpoena Request
Lawyers for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are pushing back against what they describe as Coinbase’s “breathtakingly broad” subpoena requests searching for “essentially all documents that in any way relate to crypto.”
Coinbase Narrows Demand for SEC Chair Gensler’s Crypto Messages
Coinbase Inc. (COIN) is going after internal chatter at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that may shed light on its pursuit of cryptocurrency exchanges as illegal enterprises – including Chair Gary Gensler’s own communications – but the scope of its latest request filed on Tuesday has been dialed back after resistance from a federal judge.
Binance Executive’s Health Deteriorates in Jail as Nigeria Money-Laundering Trial Proceeds
On Tuesday the cross-examination of the first witness from Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission was completed.
FTX Victims View Bankruptcy Process as ‘Second Act of Theft,’ File to Recover $8B in Forfeited Assets
FTX’s victims are seeking a court hearing to rule on their claim that all the failed crypto exchange’s forfeited assets, about $8 billion, belong to its customers, not the bankruptcy estate.
Nigeria Drops Tax Charges Against Binance Executives
The executives, Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, are still named in a money-laundering case.
Australian Regulator Scolded Over ‘Misleading’ Release, Must Pay Costs as Block Earner Avoids Penalty
Block Earner doesn’t need to pay a penalty because it acted honestly in seeking to engage with government over regulation of crypto-related products and services.
Terraform, Do Kwon Agree in Principle to Settle Fraud Case With SEC: Court Filing
Terraform Labs and co-founder Do Kwon have tentatively agreed to settle a fraud case with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to a court filing Thursday.
BitGo’s $100M Suit Against Galaxy Digital Can Proceed, Delaware Supreme Court Rules
Cryptocurrency custodian BitGo will get a fresh chance to sue financial services firm Galaxy Digital over the two companies’ failed $1.2 billion merger agreement after Delaware’s Supreme Court reversed an earlier ruling to dismiss BitGo’s lawsuit.
Coinbase Slugs It Out With U.S. SEC in Effort to Get Key Crypto Question Answered
Coinbase Inc. (COIN) took another step in its back-and-forth argument with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on whether the cryptocurrency exchange should be allowed to raise a single, core legal point for consideration by a higher court.