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The legal fallout from the collapse of crypto exchange FTX continues, with some high-profile names opting to settle while others are dismissed entirely. Crypto influencer Ben “BitBoy” Armstrong is no longer facing a lawsuit related to his promotion of FTX. Lawyers recently filed notice that they are voluntarily dismissing claims against
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Celsius' Mashinsky motion to dismiss deniedThe former chief executive of crypto lending platform Celsius Network, Alex Mashinsky is back on track to face a civil fraud lawsuit after a Supreme Court judge denied his motion to dismiss the case.A court order issued on Aug. 4 by New York County Supreme
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The estate argues that any court orders while FTX Dubai was part of the proceedings should stand, but that the dismissal requested "is necessary" to protect the debtors and authorize them to, for instance, pay pre-bankruptcy wages and salaries, along with other compensation, benefits and expenses to Dubai employees. Source
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In the civil action brought against Kwon, the regulator failed to prove "personal jurisdiction" as products referenced by the SEC were "available to the world and not directed at U.S. persons," a 47-page supporting document for a motion to dismiss the charges said. It also says that a digital asset
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But Peter Johnson, the lead plaintiff, claimed that Maker advertised the over-collateralization policy as a safeguard that caps losses at 13% and that the collateral would return to users. When ETH’s price sharply dropped in March 2020 during a market-wide crash, his position and that of many others on the
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A New York judge on Friday rejected an attempt by iFinex and related companies, which include include cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether, to block CryptoX's request for information about the financial reserves backing the USDT token. Source
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A federal judge in California has dismissed a class action lawsuit against reality TV star Kim Kardashian, boxing champ Floyd Mayweather and the founders of EthereumMax, explaining that the submissions failed to meet the “heightened pleading standards” for fraud claims.The judge has, however, left room for the plaintiffs to refile
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A U.S. District Judge has dismissed amended racketeering allegations brought by traders against the parent company of derivatives exchange BitMEX, HDR Global trading, noting that many of the plaintiff’s accusations had been copy and pasted from a different lawsuit filed against the platform.On Sept. 7, Judge William Orrick dismissed the
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During a virtual conference hosted by the Brookings Institute, Andrew Bailey, Bank of England’s (BoE) governor, stressed that crypto assets are just “unsuited to the world of payments.” In prepared remarks on the future of cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, Bailey qualified Bitcoin (BTC) as an asset that has “no connection at all
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On March 3, District Judge Charles Pannell dismissed a lawsuit claiming securities fraud charges against rapper ‘T.I.’ for selling FLiK tokens for his company’s initial coin offering (ICO) during August 2017.The judge failed to find concrete evidence of securities violations or negligent misrepresentation as T.I. made no claims regarding
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