On November 19th, the US Federal Court for the Northern District of California ruled that Lido DAO can be considered a general partnership incorporated under state law. The court rejected Lido's claim that it was not a legal entity, classifying it as a general partnership, setting a precedent for the way profit-driven decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are handled. The court also ruled that Lido DAO's identifiable participants are managing the DAO's operations and therefore cannot go ...
The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a motion in the Northern District of California court seeking to dismiss Kraken's key defense in the ongoing legal dispute between the two parties. According to the motion filed on Tuesday, the regulator argued that Kraken had received prior fair notice when it alleged that it violated securities laws by offering cryptoassets as "investment contracts." The timing of the SEC's filing of the motion on Election Day drew criticism from Kraken's lega...
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio announced Friday that the U.S. has filed a civil forfeiture indictment seeking the forfeiture of $200,000 worth of USDT. The action stems from an incident that occurred in February 2024 when $340,000 worth of bitcoin was fraudulently transferred from the wallet of an Ohio victim.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Judge William H. Orrick has ruled that the Securities Exchange Commission's (SEC) lawsuit against the Kraken crypto exchange will proceed to trial. The SEC alleges that Kraken is not registered as a broker, exchange, or clearing house, and claims that some cryptocurrency transactions on its platform constitute investment contracts and fall under the category of securities. Although Kraken tried to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming that cryp...