Crypto News

Citadel Securities’ Trade Secrets Suit Proceeds Against Portofino

Citadel Securities’ lawsuit accusing Portofino Technologies AG of trade-secrets thefts can largely move forward against the high-frequency crypto-trading startup but not a seed investor in the firm. US District Judge Gregory Woods in Manhattan ruled last week that he lacked …

FTX Cleared to Repay Billions in Settlements After Bankruptcy Plan OK

FTX received court approval of its bankruptcy plan on Monday, which will allow it to fully repay customers using up to $16.5 billion in assets recovered since the once-leading crypto exchange collapsed. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John Dorsey approved the wind-down …

Investors in $1 Billion Crypto ‘Skyscraper’ Scheme to Get Repaid in Settlement

Texas and four other states have reached a settlement with operators of an alleged $1 billion illegal cryptocurrency investment scheme highlighted by tokenized partial ownership of a skyscraper, according to the Texas State Securities Board. The regulators are hoping to …

Musk and Tesla Beat Suit Over Promoting Dogecoin ‘Pyramid Scheme’

Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. won dismissal of a lawsuit claiming they pumped up the price of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin into a $258 billion “pyramid scheme.” Investors who lost tens of thousands of dollars investing in the token faulted Musk …

Kraken Must Face SEC Suit Over Crypto Exchange Registration

Cryptocurrency platform Kraken must face a US Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing it of operating an unregistered securities exchange, a judge ruled. “The SEC has plausibly alleged that at least some of the cryptocurrency transactions that Kraken facilitates on …

U.S. SEC Sues Over Alleged $650M Global Crypto Fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday sued the cryptocurrency company NovaTech and its married co-founders, saying they fraudulently raised over $650 million from more than 200,000 investors worldwide, including many Haitian-Americans. NovaTech and co-founders Cynthia and Eddy Petion …

Crypto Exchange FTX Ordered to Pay $12.7B to Customers

A U.S. court has ordered bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX to pay $12.7 billion in relief to its customers, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said on Thursday. FTX drew customers in with “an illusion that it was a safe and secure …

Silvergate Fined $63 Million by Fed, State Regulator

Silvergate Bank, the California lender done in by the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, has been fined $63 million by two regulators for allegedly failing to monitor transactions. The Federal Reserve on Monday announced the penalties against the bank, owned …

Crypto Exchange Gemini to Pay $50 Million in NY Fraud Suit

A crypto exchange that was accused of lying to hundreds of thousands of customers about the risks tied to a failed investment program agreed to return $50 million of digital assets to resolve a suit by New York Attorney General …

Bankruptcy Judge OKs Genesis Global Plan to Refund $3B to Creditors, Crypto Customers

A bankruptcy court judge has approved a plan by the cryptocurrency lender Genesis Global to return about $3 billion to its creditors and investors, including thousands of people who New York regulators say were defrauded by the company. The plan …