Legal News

Legal developments, lawsuits, and compliance updates impacting the blockchain industry.

Stories 1,646 in this category

Coverage footprint 6.6% of all CryptoSlate stories

Regulation

The SEC finally admits what caused the mess US crypto was in before Trump took power

U.S. crypto companies were being regulated twice — now regulators say they’ll try to fix it.

3 weeks ago

Hacks

FTX hacker identity discovered by Kraken Exchange team

Kraken Exchange CSO, Nick Percoco, just announced via a tweet reply that the hackers identity has been discovered

3 years ago

Hacks

Was FTX hacked? Deep dive reveals “backdoor” built into accounting software

In the latter hours of Friday evening, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried secretly moved $10 billion in funds to Alameda trading firm via software "backdoor."

3 years ago

Bear Market

Silvergate Capital says FTX reflects less than 10% of its total deposits from digital asset customers

In response to the recent FTX and FTT developments, Silvergate followed suite in providing the public with an update on its FTX exposure.

3 years ago

Legal

Pantera Capital swiftly implements precautionary measures following FTX, Alameda fallout

Pantera Director of Portfolio Development, Franklin Bi, announces early-stage portfolio risk assessment, and preventative actions taken.

3 years ago

Legal

SEC victory over LBRY has ramifications for Ripple and wider crypto market

LBRY's "fair notice" and utility token defense" was dismissed by New Hampshire District Court, leading to concern from the Ripple community.

3 years ago

Legal

LBRY tanks 35% as US court declares it security

LBRY founder says the judgment sets a precedent that could see almost every cryptocurrency, including Ethereum and Dogecoin, termed a security.

3 years ago

Crime

Over 50K BTC from Silk Road worth officially seized by DOJ after 10 year investigation

50,676BTC has been taken into U.S. custody following the conviction of Silk Road attacker James Zhong who pleaded guilty on Nov. 4

3 years ago

Regulation

Web3 Foundation claims Polkadot’s native token DOT is software, not a security

Web3 Foundation's chief legal officer Daniel Schoenberger claims Polkadot's native token DOT is a software, not security and should not be subject to federal securities law.

3 years ago