On January 27, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning presided over a regular press conference. Mao Ning said that as a principle, the Chinese government firmly opposes any form of illegal immigration activities, and we have also carried out practical cooperation with the immigration law enforcement departments of relevant countries, including the United States, which has achieved positive results. Regarding repatriation, China's principle is to verify first and then repatriate. We will accept C...
On January 26, according to China's Legal Daily, in order to implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and give full play to the role of the rule of law in the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity, on January 19, the Law of Renmin University of China...
On January 26th, Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal said on social media that Coinbase has invested millions of dollars to defend SOL (Solana) against the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit accusing it of being a security. He stressed that his team works every day to defeat this unfair accusation and firmly supports the future development of SOL. He bluntly stated that if supporting SOL is seen as "hate", then he is willing to accept such a label.
Bill McGinley, the chief counsel of the Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE) under Musk, announced his resignation just days after Trump returned to the White House.
Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer of Coinbase, posted on the X platform: "Last month, we successfully rejected an unreasonable request for a court to force us to continue listing a token that no longer meets our listing criteria. Today, Coinbase has decided to completely dismiss BiT Global's unreasonable lawsuit. There is no legal requirement that Coinbase must custody assets that have an unacceptable level of risk due to their association with Justin Sun et al. We have every right and responsibi...
According to CoinDesk, Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, who was kidnapped and illegally imprisoned in Nigeria for eight months, has been recommended for several positions in the Trump administration, such as the head of cryptoassets at the SEC or the leadership of the FBI's cyber division. According to people familiar with the matter, the proposal to the Trump transition team came from people associated with Trump's participation in the Bitcoin 2024 Nashville conference, including event organ...
Jake Chervinsky, chief legal officer at Variant Fund, a cryptocurrency venture capital firm, said in a social media post: "Today marks the beginning of a major shift in U.S. crypto policy. The goal is to achieve good regulation and a hundred flowers. The approach for the past four years has been to destroy entire meadows. The risk now is that a thousand scams will emerge: weeds kill flowers."
On January 19, Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer of Coinbase, wrote in X: "We have asked the Second Circuit to hear our provisional appeal. Decades of appellate precedent confirm that'investment contracts' require content of a contractual nature. The Circuit Court can provide...
Coinbase's chief legal officer, Paulgrewal.eth, said in a post on the X platform that bitcoin could become the foundation of the global economy like gold, and will become the core of national security, because bitcoin holdings can change the balance of power between countries. Now is the time to build a strategic reserve of BTC.
White House: TikTok should remain available to Americans, TikTok enforcement of the law must be carried out by the next administration.
On January 17, the Central Political and Legal Committee Chang An Jian issued a document on the WeChat official account, saying that the 2025 Central Political and Legal Work Conference pointed out that the Ministry of Justice should take the initiative to study and propose legislative proposals, and study new issues such as unmanned driving, low-altitude economy, artificial intelligence, virtual currency, and data ownership. It is reported that Chang'an Jian of the Central Political and Legal C...
The Central Political and Legal Work Conference was held in Beijing from the 12th to the 13th. The meeting made arrangements for promoting comprehensive rule of law and striving to build a higher level of rule of law China. The meeting called for the Ministry of Justice to take the initiative to study and propose legislative proposals for key areas, emerging areas, and foreign-related fields. For example, new issues such as unmanned driving, low-altitude economy, artificial intelligence, virtual...
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis says stablecoins will still dominate illegal transactions in 2024. Chainalysis' Crypto Crime 2025 report claims that stablecoins accounted for 63% of all crypto transactions related to illegal activities last year. Since 2022, stablecoins have surpassed bitcoin as the most used cryptocurrency in such activities. The report states: "This new reality is part of a broader ecosystem trend in which stablecoins also account for a sizeable proportion of all crypto ...
Hong Kong courts can now serve legal notices of tokenization via blockchain to owners who anonymously hold illegal wallet addresses. Two wallet addresses on Tron received legal notices of tokenization to freeze their assets, according to a court injunction.
Coinbase's chief legal officer, Paulgrewal.eth, said in a post on the X platform that Coinbase has just won a petition for a writ of mandamus in the Third Circuit. The court rejected the Securities Exchange Commission's (SEC) order to dismiss its rulemaking petition, which means the SEC must reconsider Coinbase's request and provide a stronger reason why they refused to develop clear rules regarding cryptocurrencies. The judge held that "the SEC's order is conclusive, ill-founded, and therefore ...