Eisenberg seeks to have Mango Markets fraud convictions thrown out

Eisenberg has insisted all along that his actions on Mango Markets were legal trading and not fraud or market manipulation.

View Details

Tornado Cash dev Alexey Pertsev seeks more funding for legal appeal

Pertsevs case is a pivotal moment for the crypto community and advocates of digital privacy.

View Details

AssangeDAO member Silke Noa says $37M spent to rescue Assange

Silke Noa calls for detailed accounting from the Wau Holland Foundation on the $37 million spent on Assanges legal defense.

View Details

Bitcoin Privacy On Trial: Samourai Developers' First Court Hearing Recap

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) says it plans to bring "substantial" evidence against the developers while US senators argue that they did nothing wrong.

View Details

Kraken counters SECs legal interpretation in dismissal motion

Kraken argues that the SECs efforts to refute unaddressed arguments indicate a misunderstanding of the cases central points.

View Details

FTX’s Bankman-Fried Is Allegedly Using Alameda Funds to Pay for Legal Defense

According to two sources close to FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced co-founder, gave his father, Stanford Law professor Joseph Bankman, millions of dollars. The funds are reportedly being used to pay for legal costs. The sources said that Bankman-Fried allegedly gave “at least $10 million” from the now-defunct quantitative trading firm Alameda Research to his [...]

The post FTX’s Bankman-Fried Is Allegedly Using Alameda Funds to Pay for Legal Defense appeared first on Crypto Breaking News.

View Details

Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund Prepares For Case That Could Have Wide Ramifications For Open-Source Developers

A court case initiated by Craig Wright against 13 Bitcoin Core developers could change the way the law views open-source development.

View Details

Sushi DAO to Set up Defense Legal Defense Fund; Project Receives Unspecified US SEC Subpoena

Sushi, the Web3 exchange that pivoted into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), is seeking to organize a legal defense fund. If approved, the proposal, which already is available for voting, will put $3 million USDT as part of a fund to defend itself from legal actions against the organization and its members. The organization disclosed [...]

The post Sushi DAO to Set up Defense Legal Defense Fund; Project Receives Unspecified US SEC Subpoena appeared first on Crypto Breaking News.

View Details

Jack Dorsey To Launch A Legal Defense Fund For Bitcoin Developers

The initiative seeks to minimize legal headaches that discourage software developers from actively contributing to Bitcoin.

View Details

Jack Dorsey Is Setting Up a Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund 

View Details

Jack Dorsey announces Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund

The fund will help provide a legal defense for Bitcoin developers and will include a team of volunteers and part-time lawyers.

View Details

Jack Dorsey Starts Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund

Chief Executive Officer of the newly minted Block (formerly known as Square) Jack Dorsey can’t stop making Bitcoin-related moves since leaving Twitter, the social media giant he founded. Shoutout to @jack, Alex Morcos and Martin White for stepping up to protect Bitcoin developers from getting bogged down by lawsuits so they can focus on what […]

The post Jack Dorsey Starts Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund appeared first on CryptosRus.

View Details

Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky’s Bail Set at $40 Million, Travel Restricted Amid Fraud Charges

Just before the now-defunct crypto lender Celsius was charged by three U.S. federal regulators — the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) — its former CEO, Alexander Mashinsky, was arrested on fraud charges Thursday. A U.S. judge has set Mashinsky’s bail at $40 million and restricted [...]

The post Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky’s Bail Set at $40 Million, Travel Restricted Amid Fraud Charges appeared first on Crypto Breaking News.

View Details

Jack Dorsey-Backed Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund Supports Open Source Developers in Lawsuit With Craig Wright

Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund (BLDF) recently delivered on its promise to fund the legal costs of 11 Bitcoin developers that are the target of the self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright’s lawsuit. According to Alex Morcos, the “mission [of BLDF] is to safeguard innovation by shielding developers from legal intimidation.” The Future of Open-Source Software Development [...]

The post Jack Dorsey-Backed Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund Supports Open Source Developers in Lawsuit With Craig Wright appeared first on Crypto Breaking News.

View Details