A group of OpenSea users has filed a class-action lawsuit in Miami. The lawsuit claims that the popular NFT marketplace sold unregistered securities. This legal action raises significant concerns about the regulatory landscape for NFTs. According to the lawsuit, OpenSea is accused of facilitating transactions that qualify as securities sales.
In a recent post on X, Consensys announced it had filed a lawsuit against the SEC in April 2024 to safeguard the Ethereum ecosystem. The Texas court dismissed the lawsuit on procedural grounds without addressing the substance of the claims against the SEC. Prompting Consensys to express concern over the
Crypto exchange Kraken is escalating its legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by demanding a jury trial. This request, revealed in a recent court filing, comes as a California judge has ruled that the SEC’s lawsuit against Kraken will proceed to trial. The SEC first sued
The SEC has become an integral part of the US crypto regulatory landscape, particularly in the past few months. Amid several lawsuits and reexamination of crypto assets, the regulatory body has hawk-eyed crypto institutions. Recently, on August 22, the SEC raised claims against HEX founder Richard Heart. Notably, the SEC
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a legal dispute between chipmaker Nvidia and a class of its investors. This is a case that could have significant implications for the cryptocurrency industry. The Digital Chamber (TDC), warns that allowing this lawsuit could open the door to “frivolous securities lawsuits”
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis filed an amicus brief supporting Coinbase’s motion to dismiss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit. This filing from the senator strengthens the exchange’s request to dismiss the SEC lawsuit. In the legal battle between Coinbase and the U.S. SEC, the crypto exchange requested that the
Coinbase, a leading crypto exchange platform, succeeded in its effort to submit customer complaints to private arbitration. The U.S. Supreme Court backs the crypto exchange’s request to postpone customer lawsuits. Coinbase has achieved a significant legal victory in its ongoing battle to resolve customer lawsuits through private arbitration. The U.S.
As the crypto industry battles it out with regulatory bodies, Ripple has emerged as a stalwart. Astonishingly, the company’s CLO, Stuart Alderoty, declare the 2020 lawsuit from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a blessing. Besides drawing attention to the broader issues in crypto-regulation, the lawsuit has strategically positioned
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance. The SEC’s ongoing lawsuit against the leading crypto exchange has gained significant attention within the crypto community. On June 17, the crypto exchange shared an update on the ongoing lawsuit. Binance stated that the
Earlier Today, Machi Big Brother (known as Jeffrey Huang), a web3 pseudonym filed a lawsuit against ZachXBT (known for Zachary), an internet on-chain sleuth. The reason for the lawsuit is defamation in an article written by Zachary on June 2022. However, the lawsuit claimed from the U.S. District Court for
