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The attorneys general of 14 US states have filed a lawsuit challenging that the "broad powers" of Mr. Musk and his Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE) violate the US Constitution. According to the relevant lawsuit documents, the state attorneys general believe that the president cannot grant such vast powers to an unelected individual who has not been confirmed by the Senate. Under the US Constitution, generally speaking, any official considered important in the US government needs to ...
Law firm Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP has announced its intention to represent the firm in a class action lawsuit against Block, known as Gonsalves v. Block, Inc., Case No. 25-00642 (ND Cal.), which alleges that Block and certain of its executives violated U.S. securities laws, including by imposing minimal obligations on clients seeking to open accounts, trade, and access funds, encouraging the use of Bitcoin and pressuring Block's banking partners to abandon their KYC due diligence activit...
According to Assistant US Attorney Jared Lenow in the Do Kwon case, devices related to the case have been seized, with a capacity of up to 6 terabytes and a huge amount of data, including email, Slack, Terraform, and cryptocurrency trading data, some from exchanges, some from the SEC, CFTC, as well as social media, blog posts, Do Kwon's video statement, some of which have not been made public.
Teresa Goody Guillén, a former litigation advisor to the Securities Exchange Commission and a partner at law firm BakerHostetler, said that the Securities Exchange Commission is expected to bring fewer cases against cryptocurrency companies in the new year, and in the future, the Securities Exchange Commission will only be able to file lawsuits in cases involving securities. Therefore, if the lawsuit does not involve securities, the agency will refer these bad actors to the Department of Justic...
On Thursday afternoon, 18 states led by Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, in partnership with cryptocurrency advocacy group DeFi Education Fund, jointly sued the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and five of its commissioners in Kentucky District Court. They charged that the SEC, under the leadership of Chairperson Gary Gensler,...
Attorney Fred Rispoli said Ripple's appeal against the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) relies primarily on paperwork, rather than new evidence or a trial. He noted that the parties will file three core documents, oral arguments are expected to take place in September or October 2025, and preliminary opinions could influence the outcome of the case. Rispoli also emphasized that third-party submissions (amicus briefs) will play an important role in this appeal, providing new perspectives. Add...
Lawyer and Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Deaton said the SEC's excessive intervention in the cryptocurrency industry caused retail investors to lose more than $15 billion. It is reported that Deaton's statement comes two weeks after the pro-XRP lawyer won the U.S. Senate nomination in the Massachusetts primary and will face Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren in November.
The U.S. District Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut recently announced that Missouri resident Lyell Champagne Jr. has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for fraud and tax crimes involving cryptocurrencies. The case was investigated by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). According to court documents, the Justice Department explained that between March 2021 and April 2022, the man and co-conspirator Kristian Gupta...
According to an internal communication about the New York Attorney General's subpoena seen by Coindesk and two people familiar with the matter, New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined the regulatory offensive against cryptocurrency trading platform Uniswap. Last month, Letitia James' office issued subpoenas to a number of venture capital firms that had invested in Uniswap, including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Union Square Ventures, two sources said. A person who has seen the subpo...
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the Department of Consumer Affairs, and the New Jersey Securities Authority announced Monday that investors in the state should immediately withdraw funds from crypto trading and lending platform Abra. The move follows investigations in multiple US states into the company's sale of interest-bearing accounts, which allegedly violated state securities laws. Cari Fais, acting director of the Department of Consumer Affairs, said: "The agreement announc...
Lawyers for the SEC objected to Coinbase's subpoena request, which sought to search "essentially all crypto-related documents," which the SEC called breathtakingly broad. The court filing on Monday is the latest development in an ongoing legal battle between the SEC and Coinbase. Coinbase seeks to subpoena the SEC and its employees, including Chairperson Gary Gensler, for communications and other records that could help Coinbase defend itself in an upcoming trial against the SEC. It is reported ...
Lawyers representing former FTX executive Ryan Salame have asked a New York court to extend his jail time to undergo emergency surgery after he was bitten by a German shepherd while visiting a friend's house on June 29. " Salame later went to the hospital on July 3 and was examined for "a dog bite on the face," according to an attachment to a doctor's letter submitted to the court on Friday. Salame, a former co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison last ye...
A seven-state coalition led by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird filed an amicus brief on July 10 opposing the Securities Exchange Commission's attempts to regulate cryptocurrencies. The coalition includes Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska and Oklahoma. The alliance pointed out that the SEC's "expansion of power" will hinder innovation, hurt the cryptocurrency industry, and...
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has issued a warning against Bitcoin ATM scams after receiving numerous complaints. The warning outlines tips to avoid such scams, emphasizing caution with unsolicited cryptocurrency payment requests, shifting online relationships to finance, verifying investment advice, and avoiding get-rich-quick scams. Victims are urged to report scams to local law enforcement and consumer protection.
