Lawsuit

CFTC

CFTC Sues Obscure Crypto Scheme ‘My Big Coin’ for Fraud

The Commodity Future Exchange Commission (CFTC) has charged two individuals and a Las Vegas-based business in connection with a cryptocurrency scam.

Markets  ·  24 January 2018
Crime

CFTC Files Suits Against Crypto Investment Schemes for Alleged Fraud

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission brought two lawsuits against allegedly fraudulent cryptocurrency investment schemes yesterday.

Policy & regulation  ·  19 January 2018
Bitcoin

Mississippi Doctors Sued Mt. Gox for Bitcoin Loss Now Worth $133 Million

Two former users of the defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox have brought a lawsuit against the company over the loss of 9,500 bitcoins.

Policy & regulation  ·  15 January 2018
Exchanges

Former Customers Sue Crypto Exchange Vircurex Over Frozen Funds

Former Vircurex customers are suing the exchange, four years after it first froze their funds and allegedly failed to repay them.

Policy & regulation  ·  12 January 2018
NYDFS

Judge Dismisses Long-Shot Bid to Overturn New York Bitcoin Regulation

The New York State Court granted a motion to dismiss a two-year one-man lawsuit that tried to overturn the existing New York bitcoin law.

Policy & regulation  ·  3 January 2018
Bitcoin

Singapore Court Dismisses Summary Judgment for $43 Million Bitcoin Dispute

The Singapore court dismisses B2C2's application for summary judgment for B2C2's lawsuit against Singapore cryptocurrency exchange Quoine.

Policy & regulation  ·  28 December 2017
ICOs

Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Hit With Class Action Lawsuit

A company seeking to create the world's first decentralized hedge fund has been hit with a class action alleging a fraudulent issuance of securities.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 December 2017
Tezos

New Class-Action Suit Filed Against Tezos Founders

The Tezos organization is being sued for a fourth time, in this case to freeze the funds raised during its ICO.

Policy & regulation  ·  18 December 2017
ICO

Class-Action Suit Targets ICO Promoted By Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

An initial coin offering (ICO) promoted by boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr., is at the center of a newly filed class-action complaint.

Policy & regulation  ·  15 December 2017
Tezos

Tezos Founders Sued for Securities Fraud in Potential Class Action

A lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in California against the founders and promoters of the controversial Tezos blockchain project.

Policy & regulation  ·  3 November 2017
Ripple

Blockchain Firms Ripple, R3 File Dueling Lawsuits Over Crypto Contract Dispute

Distributed ledger startups Ripple and R3 have become embroiled in a new legal battle over a cryptocurrency options contract dispute.

Policy & regulation  ·  8 September 2017
IRS

Think Tank Attacks IRS Subpoena in Coinbase Tax Dispute

Opposition to the IRS effort to obtain user information from cryptocurrency exchange startup Coinbase is growing.

Policy & regulation  ·  3 August 2017
Exchanges

Quoine Exchange Sued Over Multimillion-Dollar Bitcoin Trade Reversal

Cryptocurrency market maker B2C2 is reportedly suing the exchange over major bitcoin trades it alleges were unfairly reversed.

Policy & regulation  ·  2 August 2017
IRS

14,000 Coinbase Customers Could Be Affected by IRS Tax Summons

Digital currency exchange startup Coinbase is pushing back against a renewed court effort by the Internal Revenue Service to obtain information on some of its customers. Earlier this month, the IRS sought to narrow the scope of its investigation of the startup’s customers after running into opposition from both Coinbase itself as well as several […]

Policy & regulation  ·  31 July 2017
Exchanges

$8.2 Million: Court Orders Default Judgment Against Cryptsy CEO

A U.S. district judge has handed down a default judgment worth $8.2 million against the CEO of the collapsed Cryptsy exchange.

Policy & regulation  ·  28 July 2017