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A lawyer has explained why the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will likely lose if the regulator takes crypto exchange Coinbase to court over alleged securities law violations. “The problem is entirely of Gary Gensler’s own making,” he stressed. Lawyer Expects SEC to Lose Against Coinbase in Court Lawyer James Murphy
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied The discussion around mining and taxing cryptocurrencies is still going strong. White House advisors rekindled the conversation, to which a prominent American environmental lawyer called Robert F. Kennedy Jr. responded. Robert spoke about cryptocurrencies and the possible
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Crypto firms are using the major questions doctrine as a way to fend off regulators, Jason Gottlieb, a partner at Morrison Cohen LLP, said. Source
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A lawyer representing thousands of crypto enthusiasts in the case brought against Ripple by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suggested a verdict could be delivered by May 6, 2023. In an April 5 interview with Thinking Crypto, John Deaton, a cryptocurrency lawyer and XRP supporter, said that Judge Analisa Torres,
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Airbit Club was a global scam in which promoters hosted “lavish expos” and community presentations throughout the U.S., Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, and convinced victims to invest in “memberships” that purported to yield returns generated through bitcoin mining and trading. Victims could view their “balances” on an online
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Ras Al Khaimah’s recently announced free zone for virtual asset firms will explore accepting crypto payments from companies looking into setting up their businesses in the emirate, a lawyer involved in the hub’s development said.Dubai-based crypto lawyer Irina Heaver told Cryptox that once the Ras Al Khaimah Digital Assets Oasis
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Recently, Gary Gensler, the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), expressed his opinion in a detailed interview with New York Magazine’s Intelligencer regarding why he believes crypto assets other than bitcoin are securities. However, Stuart Alderoty, Ripple’s chief legal officer, argues that Gensler must “recuse himself from
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Crypto exchange BTC-e’s alleged operator Alexander Vinnik may be a candidate for prisoner swap between the United States and Russia. That’s according to a statement by one of his lawyers for Russian media. The latest court hearing in Vinnik’s case has been postponed. Russian Accused of Laundering Billions Through Crypto May
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Blockchain Association’s chief legal officer says “it would be absurd” for a United States court to rule that digital assets on private blockchains are securities, following a federal judge's decision to allow a lawsuit against Dapper Labs's NBA Top Shots NFTs to play out. U.S. attorney Jake Chervinsky made the comment
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The staking services offered by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase are “fundamentally different” to what was offered by its peer exchange Kraken — which recently came under fire from the United States securities regulator — according to Coinbase's head lawyer.Paul Grewal, Coinbase’s chief legal officer, made the comments in his response to
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