lawsuits


Policy

Ripple 'Tried' to Settle With SEC Ahead of XRP Suit, CEO Says

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says his firm tried to settle with the SEC before the regulator sued on unregistered securities sale allegations.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse

Finance

Coinbase, Other Big Exchanges 'Between Rock and a Hard Place' on Delisting XRP

The question of whether or not to delist XRP isn’t a black-and-white one for crypto exchanges.

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Markets

Binance Sues Forbes for Defamation Over ‘Tai Chi’ Document Leak

Binance sued Forbes for defamation Wednesday over a story last month that purported to reveal regulatory evasion tactics.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

Policy

US Bitcoin Mining Firm Layer1 in Legal Tussle Over Power Facility Ownership

Layer1 Technologies is facing a lawsuit from a co-founder who claims he invested millions of dollars and was then forced out of the firm.

Máquinas de minería de bitcoin (Shutterstock)

Policy

$28M MakerDAO 'Black Thursday' Lawsuit Moves to Arbitration

The class-action alleged the Maker Foundation and others knowingly misrepresented the risks of investment in MakerDAO.

MakerDAO CEO Rune Christensen

Policy

OneCoin Investors Allege BNY Mellon Aided $4B Fraud

Following the publication of the FinCEN Files on Monday, investors suing OneCoin have now added allegations against BNY Mellon to their lawsuit.

BNY Mellon, Bank

Policy

Stripe to Pay $120,000 in PlexCoin ICO Settlement With Massachusetts Attorney General

The payments processor facilitated millions of dollars of PlexCoin investments before shuttering accounts in September 2017.

Suffolk County Superior Court in Boston.

Markets

Bitcoin News Roundup for Sept. 10, 2020

With bitcoin lawsuits in the news and SushiSwap's migration completed, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!

Markets Daily Front Page Adam Lyllah

Policy

Court Denies Bitmain $30M in Damages From Co-Founders of Rival Poolin

A court in China has denied an appeal by bitcoin mining giant Bitmain seeking $30 million in damages from the three co-founders of mining pool rival Poolin.

Poolin co-founder Zhibiao Kevin Pan (CoinDesk archives)

Policy

Australian Payments Firm Sues Ripple for Use of PayID Trademark

NPPA, a major Australian financial services firm, is suing Ripple Labs over allegations of trademark infringement.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse