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Republican State AGs and DeFi Lobby Sue SEC Over Crypto Enforcement Actions

The suit wants a court to block the SEC from suing crypto exchanges moving forward.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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FTX Sues Binance, Former CEO CZ for $1.8B

The filing alleges that FTX was already insolvent and the FTT tokens used in a share repurchase transaction were worthless, and therefore the transfer should be classed as fraudulent

Binance's former CEO, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao (Photos from Smorshedi/Wikimedia Commons and CoinDesk/Flickr, modified by CoinDesk)

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Humpy the Whale Cost FTX, Alameda $1 Billion in Losses, Lawsuit Alleges

The suit also links him to organized crime in Eastern Europe and terrorist groups.

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SEC Seeks to Dismiss Three of Kraken’s Key Defenses in U.S. Lawsuit

A motion filed earlier this week rejected several of Kraken’s defenses and complained that the exchange was "trying to re-litigate the same issues repeatedly."

Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell (CoinDesk)

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Bitnomial Exchange Sues U.S. SEC, Alleging Regulatory Overreach

Bitnomial's action follows a similar suit filed by Crypto.com on Tuesday.

(Tingey Injury Law Firm / Unsplash)

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Former FTX Customer Sues Hedge Fund, Says It Reneged on Bankruptcy Payout Deal

Alexander Nikolas Gierczyk of California says the hedge fund he sold his FTX bankruptcy claim to isn't paying out what it promised.

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SEC Places Heavier Scrutiny on Binance's Token Listing, Trading Process in Proposed Amended Complaint

The SEC filed its proposed amended complaint against Binance on Thursday with a greater emphasis on the exchange's token listing process.

(Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Elon Musk, Tesla Win Dismissal of Lawsuit Alleging Dogecoin Market Manipulation

A group of investors in 2022 alleged that Elon Musk and his company had manipulated the price of dogecoin using their X (then Twitter) accounts.

(Dogecoin)

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Jailed Binance Exec's Nigeria Case to Be Heard a Month Early

The trial is set to resume next week after Tigran Gambaryan's defense lawyers requested that the case be heard sooner than the planned date in October.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

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Gambaryan Family Says Binance Executive Is Being Denied Access to Lawyers, Health Is Deteriorating

Gambaryan was pushed into a Abuja, Nigeria courtroom on July 16th in a wheelchair for his last hearing.

Tigran Gambaryan, Binance's head of crime compliance, is one of two executives detained in Nigeria. (Shutterstock/Consensus)

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