FTX Recovery Trust Sues Genesis Digital Assets, Seeks $1.15B Clawback

FTX Recovery Trust filed a Delaware adversary complaint seeking to claw back $1.15 billion from Genesis Digital Assets and affiliates, alleging Alameda-funded investments were fraudulent transfers financed with commingled customer money. FTX Estate Sues Genesis Digital Assets The complaint, lodged Sept. 22, 2025, targets Genesis Digital Assets (GDA) entities and co-founders Rashit Makhat and Marco … Read more

Coinbase Sues Firm Over 2FA Patent Claims

Coinbase has filed a lawsuit against Dynapass Inc., seeking a declaratory judgment that it did not infringe a patent tied to two-factor authentication and that the firm’s claims are invalid. Coinbase Seeks Court Ruling Against Dynapass Patent Claims Coinbase Inc. filed a complaint on Sept. 3, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the Central … Read more

Roman Storm’s Tornado Cash Verdict: What It Means for Crypto

On August 6, 2025, a federal jury issued a mixed verdict in the case brought against Roman Storm, co‑founder of Tornado Cash. Jurors deadlocked on the most serious allegations—conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to violate sanctions—and returned a conviction only on a lesser charge: conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. This … Read more

Rodriguez, Hill Plead Guilty in Samourai Wallet Case, Laundering Charges Wiped

Keonne Rodriguez and William Lonergan Hill, developers of the Bitcoin privacy wallet Samourai Wallet, pleaded guilty to conspiring to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business in New York federal court on July 30, 2025. According to a report from The Rage, as part of their plea agreements, prosecutors dropped more serious money laundering conspiracy charges, … Read more

Ethereum Foundation Backs Roman Storm With $500K Ahead of Trial  

The Ethereum Foundation has donated $500,000 to support Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm’s legal defense ahead of his July trial on money laundering and sanctions charges. Storm, arrested in August 2023, faces accusations of enabling criminals—including North Korea’s Lazarus Group—to launder over $1 billion through the ethereum ( ETH) privacy tool. Privacy advocates argue that … Read more

WBTC Delisting Fight Ends: Bit Global Drops Case Against Coinbase

Bit Global has officially dropped its $1 billion lawsuit against Coinbase, with both firms agreeing to dismiss the case with prejudice, according to a joint court filing submitted Friday. Antitrust Accusation Dropped The joint stipulation, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, confirms that the dispute between Bit Global Digital … Read more

Coinbase Hit With Class Action Over Alleged Disclosure Failures and Data Breach

Coinbase Global, Inc. and its executives face a class action lawsuit alleging they concealed compliance failures and data security risks that caused shareholder losses, according to a complaint filed Thursday in Pennsylvania federal court. Class Action Claims Coinbase Misled Investors Investor Brady Nessler filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District … Read more