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A federal judge, Victor Marrero, ruled on Wednesday that the NBA Top Shot non-fungible tokens (NFTs) issued by Dapper Labs may meet the requirements to be considered an unregistered security. The case arose in 2021 when an NBA Top Shot collector sued Dapper Labs, claiming that the NBA Top Shot
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NBA Top Shot Moments nonfungible tokens (NFTs) may be considered a security, as it meets the requirements under the United States security laws, according to court filings on Feb 22. The decision comes as federal judge Victor Marreo denied a motion from Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou to dismiss a class
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Dapper Labs’ NBA-branded “Top Shot” non-fungible tokens are securities, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.This is a developing story and will be updated. Source
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Attorneys working on behalf of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried have agreed to pay for a security expert to assist the federal judge overseeing his fraud case in navigating modern encryption technology to aid in possibly modifying Bankman-Fried's bail terms.Bankman-Fried’s lawyers Christian Everdell and Mark Cohen sent a letter to
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Sam Bankman-Fried could “conceivably” have his bail revoked after a federal judge said there was “probable cause” to believe the former FTX CEO may have engaged in attempted witness tampering. During a Feb. 16 hearing on Bankman-Fried’s bail conditions, Judge Lewis Kaplan said there was “probable cause to believe that he
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Judge Lewis Kaplan reportedly targeted Sam Bankman-Fried’s internet usage in a hearing aimed at reviewing the former FTX chief executive officer use of a virtual private network, or VPN.According to a Feb. 16 tweet from NPR correspondent David Gura, Judge Kaplan may have suggested that Bankman-Fried be denied access to
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Federal prosecutors sent a letter to the court earlier this week claiming that Bankman-Fried had violated a previous court order against using encrypted technology when he used a virtual private network (VPN) to watch the Super Bowl, and urged the court to consider stricter measures, including blocking Bankman-Fried from using
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Compute North filed for bankruptcy in September as it was unable to meet its debt obligations. The mining firm has closed 13 asset sales, four of them major, which have “satisfied” all of its secured debt, which was $250 million, said Compute North’s attorney at a Thursday hearing. Source
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Debtors for crypto lender Celsius Network have the authority to sell coupons for mining firm Bitmain coupons worth roughly $7.4 million following a ruling from a bankruptcy judge.In a Feb. 16 court filing, United States Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn said it was in the “best interests of the Debtors’ estates,
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The assets, which offer a discount of 10%-30% on Bitmain purchases for a limited period, can be sold to any bona fide third party, but with with the consent of a Committee representing Celsius’ unsecured creditors, bankruptcy judge Martin Glenn said. Source
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