Legal News

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

Stories 1,647 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

Legal

Canada’s “frozen” Bitcoin on the move despite draconian measures

Available data shows that the protesters frozen Bitcoin ended up in crypto exchanges like Coinbase and Crypto.com.

4 years ago

Legal

Crypto wallet tells court it will ‘be there to serve’ when the Canadian dollar ‘becomes worthless’

Crypto wallet provider Nunchuk tweeted that it had been ordered to release information and freeze assets but cannot comply with the court order as it is unable to do so "by design."

4 years ago

NFTs

User sues OpenSea for $1M+ after losing his Bored Ape NFT in phishing attack

The plaintiff has accused the NFT marketplace of "negligence" and "breach of fiduciary duty."

4 years ago

Opinion

The U.S. already have a CBDC, just skip the “CB”

Let the private sector come up with a solution to the CBDC dilemma. Maybe you heard it before, but the U.S. already has a, or rather several, digital dollars. They’re called stablecoins, and all the U.S. government basically has to do, to leapfrog China, is to say okay.

4 years ago

Exchanges

Alliance of 18 crypto firms rolls out the industry standard for Travel Rule compliance

The compliance solution is expected to add more participants and grow internationally, according to the announcement.

4 years ago

Exchanges

Canadian Police to block cryptocurrency transactions amid truckers protest

In an attempt to block funding of the Freedom Convoy protest in Canada, the Canadian police RCMP have sent letters to crypto exchanges effectively ordering them to stop donations to the protesters.

4 years ago

Regulation

Canada expands AML rules to include crypto amid ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests

The Canadian government has invoked the Emergencies Act to expands its anti-money laundering and terrorist financing rules to cover cryptocurrencies and crowdfuding as a counter measure against the "Freedom Convoy" protests.

4 years ago