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Crypto Firm LBRY to Challenge Ruling It Violated U.S. Securities Law
Crypto startup LBRY filed its intent to appeal a New Hampshire court’s decision that it failed to register with the U.S. Securities an...

Friend.tech | The Legal and Tax Ins and Outs of This Year’s Hottest Crypto App
Friend.tech, a decentralized social media platform in which you can buy and sell “keys” in your friends on X (formerly known as Twitter)...

‘Ethereum Supreme Court’ Mooted by Blockchain Executive as Alternative to ‘Code Is Law’
A proposal from Matter Labs co-founder Alex Gluchowski would see a “hierarchical system of on-chain courts” arbitrate on-chain disputes....

Navigating the significance of legal opinions in the crypto sphere
The need for legal clarity has become paramount in the ever-evolving landscape of cryptocurrency, where innovation meets regulation. The rec...

China’s courts recognize virtual assets as legal property
The report affirms that existing Chinese law legally recognizes virtual assets as property. This recognition is particularly noteworthy cons...

SEC Hasn’t Met Requirements to Argue for an Appeal, Ripple Says
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hasn’t made enough of a case to warrant an appeals court intervention in its ongoing...

Uniswap Ruling Creates Regulatory ‘Anomaly’ for DeFi: Legal Scholar
As the crypto industry weathers what advocates say are oceans of regulatory uncertainty in the United States, a district judge’s ruling ea...

FTX Co-Founder’s Trial To Feature High-Priced Expert Witnesses Earning $1,200 An Hour
Per a Bloomberg Law report, in an upcoming fraud trial scheduled for October, FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried is preparing to call seven ex...

Strengthening Security in the Crypto Landscape: Best Practices
The surging popularity of cryptocurrencies has undoubtedly given rise to a plethora of exciting new opportunities in the fields of finance a...

Uniswap Cleared of Legal Liability as U.S. Judge Tosses Out Scam Token Class-Action Lawsuit
A U.S. District Judge has thrown out a class-action lawsuit targeting Uniswap, ruling that the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform bears n...

Opinion
How Worldcoin is undermining crypto’s original ethos The new crypto from OpenAI’s founder requires users to supply biometric data. What ...

MiCA: The good, the bad and the ugly of the EU’s crypto rules
While United States regulators such as Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler make bad-faith claims that “there’s been cl...