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FTX Bankruptcy Judge Says U.S. Courts Should Have Full Control Over Exchange’s $7.3B in Assets

While liquidators based in the Bahamas argued that a Bahamian judge should preside over part of the bankruptcy case, FTX’s restructuring advisors, who took over the exchange after the company’s founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested on fraud charges last December, argued against the request. Source

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Researchers propose new scheme to help courts test deanonymized blockchain data

A team of researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg recently published a paper detailing methods investigators and courts can use to determine the validity of deanonymized data on the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain.The team’s preprint paper, “Argumentation Schemes for Blockchain Deanonymization,” lays out a blueprint for conducting, verifying and presenting investigations into crimes involving

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Disgraced Terra Founder Do Kwon to Appeal against Court’s Decision

Usually, Montenegro authorities typically allot detention for up to 72 hours. However, Kwon’s 30-day extension has been approved after authorities highlighted the greater possibility of an escape. Last week, the disgraced Terra founder Do Kwon was arrested in Montenegro while trying to fly to Dubai using fake documents. The latest development

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Do Kwon to reportedly appeal against court’s decision to extend detention

Following his arrest in Montenegro while attempting to fly using fake documents, Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon will reportedly appeal the court’s decision to extend detention time for up to 30 days.A legal representative of Kwon confirmed the appeal against the Montenegrin court’s decision to detain the entrepreneur for longer

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Paxos Courts MakerDAO With Paying Yield for Holding Up to $1.5B USDP Stablecoin

USDP is a dollar-pegged stablecoin one-to-one backed by cash and cash-equivalent U.S. government debt instruments, according to independent attestations. Both Paxos and USDP are regulated by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), the state’s leading financial regulatory agency. Effectively, Paxos would pass a part of the revenue earned

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Iranian Courts Order Return of Thousands of Seized Crypto Mining Machines: Reports

In 2021, Iranian authorities banned mining and seized related equipment to deal with power shortages. Last year, the power utility, Tavanir, also clamped down on illegal crypto mining farms as power demand climbed during the summer, according to the reports. The utility has closed 7,200 illegal crypto mining centers and

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The crypto industry fights regulators in the courts: Law Decoded, Oct. 10–17

Perhaps one of the most captivating signs of the industry’s maturity is the increasing amount of court cases in which crypto companies fight back against perceived regulatory abuses. Last week saw some major advancements in that direction. Digital asset manager Grayscale has filed its opening brief against the United States Securities

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