Cryptocurrency Law News
SEC Shake-Up: Lawyers Resign After Judge Slams Agency for ‘Gross Abuse’ in Crypto Case
Well, well well. If it isn’t another questionable SEC case against a crypto company. This time two Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC...
ASIC Files Appeal Against Federal Court’s Finder Wallet Decision
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has taken a leaf out of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) book. Th...
CoinList Reaches Settlement with US Regulators on Alleged Sanction Violations
CoinList has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regarding potential v...
Duo Charged for Exploiting AI Craze with False Crypto Gain Promises
An Australian and a Californian are facing charges in connection with an alleged fraudulent cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, amassing over $25 m...
Senator Warren Strengthens Senate Backing for Crypto Money Laundering Bill
Five more United States Senators have backed Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act to curb crypto’s illicit...
More US senators back Elizabeth Warren’s AML bill targeting crypto
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, an outspoken critic of digital assets in the United States government, has announced that five more ...
US gov’t removes two crypto AML rules from national defense bill
The United States government has eliminated two provisions from the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that were designed to address ...
US senators target crypto in bill enforcing sanctions on terrorist groups
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the United States Senate introduced legislation aimed at countering cryptocurrency’s role in financing ...
America Has a New Threat and It’s Crypto, Claims Elizabeth Warren
Anti-crypto senator Elizabeth Warren has unleashed another tirade against crypto, claiming it represents a new threat to America. The commen...
New Jersey bill would make securities of crypto sold to institutional investors
The New Jersey General Assembly may consider a bill that would decide when a digital asset or virtual currency is a security under state law...
Crypto-friendly US lawmaker Patrick McHenry won’t seek re-election in 2024
North Carolina Representative Patrick McHenry, chair of the United States House Financial Services Committee and a proponent of many pieces ...
Sam Bankman-Fried Won’t Pursue Post-Trial Motions After Fraud Conviction: Lawyers
Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried are not filing any post-trial motions after the disgraced FTX founder was convicted on seven criminal counts r...