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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear First Crypto Case Tuesday

Coinbase is asking the high court to pause a pair of class-action lawsuits as the exchange attempts to force the plaintiffs into arbitration.

U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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NY Attorney General Sues Crypto Exchange CoinEx, Alleges AMP, LBC, LUNA and RLY Tokens Are Securities

The petition alleged that CoinEx listed various tokens and services that qualify as securities and/or commodities under state law.

New York Attorney General Letitia James (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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SEC Sues Former NBA Star Paul Pierce Over EthereumMax Promos

The Hall of Famer will pay $1.4 million in penalties and disgorgement to settle charges that he did not disclose payments to promote the token.

Paul Pierce attends the 2022 Harold and Carole Pump Foundation Gala (Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

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CFTC Calls for Default Judgment Against Ooki DAO in Ongoing Lawsuit

A judge ruled last month the agency had properly served the DAO after two token holders were served with the lawsuit.

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Bahamas-FTX Dispute Heats Up as Bankman-Fried Prepares for Trial

U.S. and Bahamian liquidators continue to sling mud as they fight for jurisdiction over the disgraced CEO’s company.

FTX CEO John Ray III (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Finance

FTX Users Sue for Priority Repayment and Damages in Bankruptcy Proceedings

The class-action lawsuit accuses the bankrupt crypto exchange's executives of intentionally misappropriating customer funds to fund risky strategies and their lavish lifestyles.

FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Gemini Sued by Investors Over Interest-Earning Program

The platform abruptly halted its Gemini Earn program in November, "effectively wiping out" investors who still had holdings, according to a court filing.

Tyler y Cameron Winklevoss, de Gemini, en el evento TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015. (TechCrunch/Wikimedia)

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Craig Wright Signals He's Given Up Convincing Courts He Invented Bitcoin

On Wednesday, the infamous Australian computer scientist tweeted, “I have been too angry for too long, as I cared for external validation. That ends.”

Craig Wright at CoinGeek Conference New York (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CoinGeek)

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Kleiman v. Wright: Craig Wright Takes Stand Again in Final Day of Testimony

On cross-examination, plaintiffs’ lawyers showed that some of Wright’s testimony Monday contradicted what he’d said last week.

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Kleiman v. Wright: Defense’s Autism Expert Explains His Diagnosis of Craig Wright

The third week of testimony ended with a lengthy description of how Craig Wright is affected by autism spectrum disorder.

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