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Blockchain Association files support in suit to lift Tornado Cash sanctions

The Blockchain Association has thrown fresh support behind six plaintiffs suing the United States Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) over its sanctions on the crypto mixer Tornado Cash.In a Nov. 20 amicus curiae brief to a U.S. appellate court, the crypto advocacy group argued OFAC’s decision to sanction

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Robinhood meme stock punters denied class suit certification

Investors pursuing legal action against Robinhood over trading restrictions imposed in early 2021 have faced another setback after the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida rejected a request for class certification by the plaintiffs on Nov. 13, 2023. Chief Judge Cecilia Altonaga said that after thoroughly considering

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Binance used ‘tortured’ interpretation of law in bid to toss suit, says SEC

Binance’s arguments used in its motion to dismiss a lawsuit from the United States securities regulator relies on an incorrect legal analysis and have no basis in law, the regulator has argued.In a Nov. 7 court filing the SEC rebuffed Binance’s earlier bid to toss the regulator’s suit saying no

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Crypto Exchange Binance Has No Real Argument for Dismissing SEC Suit, Regulator Says

The SEC pushed back against Binance and Binance.US's motion to dismiss the suit it brought earlier this summer, saying the motion relies on "distorted" and "tortured" interpretations of both federal law and precedents. The SEC first sued Binance in June, a day before suing Coinbase, arguing both companies offered unregistered

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Coinbase disputes SEC’s crypto authority in final bid to toss regulator’s suit

The Securities and Exchange Commission overstepped its authority when it classified Coinbase-listed cryptocurrencies as securities, the exchange has argued in its final bid to dismiss a lawsuit by the securities regulator.In an Oct. 24 filing in a New York District Court, Coinbase chastised the SEC claiming its definition for what

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EMAX investors given third and final chance at celeb promo suit

The plaintiffs of the EthereumMax (EMAX) investor class action lawsuit have been given a final chance to amend their claims against the celebrities they accuse of promoting the now-defunct cryptocurrency. In an Oct. 3 court order, United States District Court Judge Michael Fitzgerald said he’s giving the EMAX investors a third

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