Lawsuit


Финансы

Former Bithumb Chairman Acquitted in $100M Fraud Case

Prosecutors in South Korea were seeking an eight-year prison sentence for Lee Jung-Hoon, who was acquitted in the first court hearing.

Bithumb is one of South Korea's largest crypto exchanges (Shutterstock)

Рынки

First Mover Americas: Gemini Sued Over Interest-Earning Product

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Dec. 29, 2022.

Gemini faces an investor lawsuit over its interest-earning product. (RapidEye/Getty Images)

Финансы

Blockware Solutions Customer Accuses Bitcoin Mining Firm of Fraud

The lawsuit seeks at least $250,000 of damages.

Bitcoin Corporate Treasury Adoption (Shutterstock)

Web3

Mythical Games Sues Former Executives for Secretly Raising $150M for New Firm

The Web3 gaming studio alleges that the former executives, who departed the firm in November, used knowledge gained from raising funds for Mythical to acquire capital for their new firm, Fenix Games.

(mythicalgames.com)

Политика

Craig Wright Can Appeal Satoshi Defamation Finding, Norwegian Court Rules

An Oslo judge in October ruled Twitter user Hodlonaut had been within his rights to post 2019 tweets calling Wright a "fraud" and "scammer."

Craig Wright (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CoinGeek)

Политика

Craig Wright v. Peter McCormack: Judge Rules McCormack Should Pay Around $1.1M in Costs

Wright had argued that McCormack should pay the majority of costs for the legal proceedings, but then accepted to pay all McCormack's costs save for those ruled in Wright's favor.

(Shutterstock)

Финансы

Former BitMEX CEO Sues Crypto Derivatives Exchange for Breach of Contract and Wrongful Termination

It was previously reported Hoeptner left the company in October.

BitMEX CEO Alexander Hoeptner speaks at Token2049 in Singapore last month. (Token2049)

Политика

BZeroX Founders Are No Longer Part of Ooki DAO, Lawyer Says

A federal judge this week ruled the CFTC should serve the Ooki DAO lawsuit to Tom Bean and Kyle Kistner.

(Jan Huber/Unsplash)

Финансы

US Judge in Ooki DAO Trial Orders CFTC to Serve Original Founders With Lawsuit

Federal Judge William Orrick said he did not previously know that Tom Bean and Kyle Kistner were current token holders at Ooki DAO.

(Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock)

Политика

Class-Action Lawsuit Against Sam Bankman-Fried and Celebrity FTX Promoters Gets a New Judge in Miami

The lawsuit is one of many class-action suits filed against FTX in the month since its collapse.

Sam Bankman-Fried and Tom Brady at Crypto Bahamas conference in Nassau in April 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)