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As a virtual commodity, Bitcoin (BTC) cannot be protected by the Chinese law, a court in Fujian province reportedly ruled on May 13.Fujian court dismisses a Bitcoin-related lawsuitAccording to Fujian Rule of Law News, the court was considering a dispute involving an investment to a “Bitcoin-themed club”. The plaintiff, named
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Telegram founder Pavel Durov wrote in his public channel Tuesday that the Telegram Open Network (TON) project would be discontinued due to the company's ongoing legal fight with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). "Today is a sad day for us here at Telegram. We are announcing the discontinuation
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A court in Shanghai, China, has reportedly ruled that bitcoin is an asset protected by Chinese law in a case that has dragged on for years. The case involves a theft of two different cryptocurrencies, one being bitcoin, from an American. The defendants argued that bitcoin was not recognized
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The Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court publicly announced an appeal for a Bitcoin foreign property damage compensation dispute on May 6, according to Baidu news. The second Court trial’s findings indicated that Bitcoin is a digital asset and should be protected by the law. All Bitcoin obtained through illegal means
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A New Jersey judge ruled last week that Riot Blockchain's decision to change its name was not, by itself, tantamount to securities fraud. U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson of the District Court of New Jersey dismissed a lawsuit Thursday which tried to argue that the Colorado-based firm had changed its
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KuCoin.com, the primary web domain of cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin, has been locked since the end of March by order of the High Court of Singapore.The court issued a temporary injunction on March 24 barring KuCoin from moving its assets, including its website, from the country. A March 30 email
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Lawyers for Satoshi claimant Craig Wright have strongly criticised a magistrate's order as wrong in law and “based in significant part on personal attacks” against Wright and his Kenyan attorney.Wright‘s team was objecting to the Order on Discovery filed April 8 in the U.S. District Court in the Southern
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Hacked cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia today informed its users that the High Court of New Zealand has delivered its judgment on the status of their compromised assets.In a tweet thread published on April 8, the exchange shared the 74-page court document detailing the judgment, summarizing:“Today, 8 April 2020, Justice Gendall
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Sentencing for the co-founder of the major crypto scam OneCoin has been postponed for a further three months at the request of the United States government.On April 7, the New York Southern District Court approved a motion to adjourn the sentencing control date for Konstantin Ignatov, brother and accomplice
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The trustee of now-defunct Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox has extended the deadline for the submission of rehabilitation plans. According to an official announcement published on the company’s website on March 30, Mt. Gox Rehabilitation Trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi filed a motion with the Tokyo District Court to extend the submission
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