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Bitcoin Miner Riot Sues Peer Rhodium Enterprises for Alleged $26M in Unpaid Fees
Participation in demand response programs in Texas are at the core of a disagreement between the two mining firms.
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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Ripple's Tussle With SEC to Cost the Firm $200M, CEO Garlinghouse Says: Report
The U.S. puts politics ahead of policy, Brad Garlinghouse has said at the 2023 Dubai Fintech Summit.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Judge Upholds Freeze on SpartacusDAO's $35M in Lawsuit Served Via Discord, NFT
The leader of SpartacusDAO is barred from touching $35 million in investor funds until he starts working with the court.
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Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon in a 2021 photo. (Terra)
Terra's Do Kwon Wants SEC Charges Dismissed, Court Filings Show
The SEC cannot regulate digital assets involved in the case because the UST stablecoin is a currency, not a security, lawyers for Kwon have said.
Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon in a 2021 photo. (Terra)

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Judge Rules Bored Ape Yacht Club Ripoff NFTs Violated Yuga Trademarks
Use of BAYC intellectual property by Ripps’ RR/BAYC was intended to confuse consumers, a U.S. judge in California has ruled.
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Crypto Exchange Bittrex Violated Federal Laws, SEC Charges in Lawsuit
The agency said Bittrex failed to register as an exchange, broker or clearing agency.
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Wyoming Defends ‘Legitimacy’ of Its Crypto Charter Framework in Custodia Lawsuit
The state's attorney general claims the Kansas City Fed’s decision to deny Custodia’s master account rests partly on “perceived inadequacies in Wyoming’s laws and regulations....
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Paxful CEO Ray Youssef (left) and COO Artur Schaback, in a September 2016 photo taken in Las Vegas, according to a tweet from the company. (Paxful)
Drugs, Erratic Dismissals and Feuding Founders: Behind Bitcoin Marketplace Paxful’s Unraveling
Founded in 2015, Paxful became one of the most popular places to buy bitcoin in Africa and other emerging markets, and it had more than 200 employees. Behind the scenes, thoug...
Paxful CEO Ray Youssef (left) and COO Artur Schaback, in a September 2016 photo taken in Las Vegas, according to a tweet from the company. (Paxful)

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Bitcoin Miner Sphere 3D Sues Partner Gryphon Digital
Gryphon sent $500,000 worth of its business partner's bitcoin to a hacker pretending to be Sphere 3D's CFO, the lawsuit claims.
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The SEC's Beaxy Suit Looks Like a Coinbase Case Preview
The SEC took pains to note the Beaxy exchange did a lot of illegal trading. Is this a preview of its action against Coinbase?
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