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SEC files opening brief in its appeal against Ripple over XRP

DIGIT — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 05:41:44 +0000

The Securities and Exchange Commission is asking an appeals court to rule that XRP tokens sold to retail investors were unregistered securities as it continues its years-long case against Ripple Labs.

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Green United promotor asks to appeal SEC’s $18M crypto mining fraud case

DIGIT — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 06:05:06 +0000

Kristoffer Krohn claims the SEC got its application of securities laws wrong, which a federal court agreed with — now he’s asking for an appeals court to decide who is right.

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Homeowner fails to sue insurer over $170K crypto theft in appeals court

DIGIT — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 06:06:14 +0000

A United States appeals court said a federal court was right to toss Ali Sedaghatpour’s lawsuit claiming that his insurer, Lemonade Insurance, should cover him for a crypto scam loss.

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Judges quiz CFTC, Kalshi over US election markets offering

DIGIT — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 06:33:00 +0000

US appeals court judges peppered the CFTC and betting platform Kalshi’s lawyers with questions as the regulator bids to overturn a lower court’s decision allowing election markets.

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Crypto law firm loses appeal to force SEC’s hand on Ether classification

DIGIT — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 05:59:30 +0000

Hodl Law sued the SEC in 2022, claiming it could face the regulator’s ire for using Ethereum and wanted a court to force it to decide if ETH is a security.

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US appeals court says SEC exceeded authority with fund rule

DIGIT — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 05:44:37 +0000

The Fifth Circuit found that the regulator overstepped its authority in its new rules affecting hedge funds. Could this ruling be a good sign for crypto?

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Appeals court rejects Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid for release

DIGIT — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 00:01:12 +0000

The court cited Sam Bankman-Fried’s alleged witness tampering as the main grounds for rejecting his release bid.

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Blockchain Association files support in suit to lift Tornado Cash sanctions

DIGIT — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 01:00:15 +0000

The crypto advocacy group said OFAC must act within its statutory authority by sanctioning bad actors, not open-source software tools.

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Coinbase blasts SEC for ‘no straight answers’ following court order

DIGIT — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 05:45:12 +0000

The comment from the crypto exchange came after the SEC asked for more time to respond to Coinbase’s rulemaking petition.

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Apple’s outside payments ban upheld as unlawful in likely win for NFTs and crypto

DIGIT — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 02:03:25 +0000

Unless Apple appeals the decision and has the ruling overturned, developers are free to direct app users to their own systems to make purchases.

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