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ForkLog 23 24.12.2020

Lawyer sees likely outcome in SEC-Ripple lawsuit

The fintech company Ripple is likely to lose the US SEC case, according to GMT Legal managing partner Andrey Tugarin.

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ForkLog 7 24.12.2020

Expert: Ripple’s prospects worse than in EOS or Kin cases

The SEC's lawsuit against Ripple will take years, but the fintech company's prospects are worse than in similar EOS or Kin token-sale cases. This view was expressed by Cinneamhain Ventures partner Adam Cochran.

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ForkLog 8 24.12.2020

Russian court denies consumer status to owner of mining equipment

A resident of Yekaterinburg could not obtain compensation for the delay in the delivery of mining equipment, as the court held that consumer protection law does not apply to it.

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ForkLog 30 23.12.2020

SEC files suit against Ripple

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a lawsuit against Ripple. The agency alleges that the California blockchain company sold unregistered securities in the form of XRP tokens to retail investors over seven years.

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ForkLog 18 22.12.2020

Greenidge Generation Sued Over Expansion of Bitcoin Mining Capacity

The Torrey town authorities and the Greenidge Generation hybrid power plant, which mines bitcoin, have been named as defendants in a lawsuit filed in the New York State Supreme Court by several environmental organizations.

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ForkLog 18 22.12.2020

Bestchange bitcoin-exchange aggregator removed from Russia’s register of banned websites

On December 22, Roskomnadzor removed the Bestchange.ru online aggregator of cryptocurrency exchangers from the register of banned sites. ForkLog said this was communicated by the service's representatives.

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ForkLog 83 18.12.2020

Arthur Hayes settles with early BitMEX investors for $44 million

Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes reached a global settlement with early investors Frank Amato and Elfio Guido Capone, according to lawyer Pavel Pogodin.

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ForkLog 18 18.12.2020

Alexander Vinnik appeals French court verdict

The defence of Russian Alexander Vinnik, found by a French court to be guilty of money laundering, has filed an appeal. The Kommersant reports this.

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ForkLog 19 17.12.2020

Lawyer seeks to annul Wirecard’s annual financial statements

The administrator handling the Wirecard insolvency case, Michaël Jaffé, has filed a lawsuit seeking to declare the company's 2017 and 2018 financial statements invalid. Handelsblatt reports.

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ForkLog 33 16.12.2020

Centra Tech Co-Founder Sentenced to One Year in Prison

The Southern District of New York sentenced one of Centra Tech's founders, Robert Joseph Farkas, to one year in prison. He was charged with orchestrating a fraudulent ICO that defrauded investors of $25 million.

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ForkLog 9 15.12.2020

Avalanche tokenises litigation-financing market worth $10 billion

On the Avalanche blockchain, led by veteran Bitcoin industry figure Emin Gün Sirer, a new funding vehicle called the Initial Litigation Offering (ILO) will be launched. The new form of financing envisions paying litigation costs in exchange for a share of any payout if the case is won.

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ForkLog 12 14.12.2020

U.S. court orders ICO startup Blockvest to pay $696,000

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) won the case against Blockvest LLC, an ICO startup, and its founder Reginald Buddy Ringold, also known as Rasul Abdul Rahim El. Law360 reports.

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