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Securities Fraud Rule 10b-5 Cryptocurrency

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

AI- and Cryptocurrency-Related Securities Class Action Filings in 2025 H1

Cornerstone Research recently published its 2025 midyear assessment of securities class action filings. Compared to the second half of 2024, securities class action filings in the first half of 2025 decreased slightly from...more

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Northern District of California Dismisses Traders’ Suit Against Bitmex Crypto Exchange with Prejudice

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Northern District of California Dismisses Traders’ Suit Against Bitmex Crypto Exchange with Prejudice; Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Chancery Court Ruling That Stockholder Appraisal Rights Can Be Waived by Contract;...more

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Charles Ponzi Fans Abound - SEC Charges Maryland Cyrptocurrency Ponzi Scheme

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently charged two Maryland companies and their executives in a scheme that allegedly defrauded approximately 1,200 investors of more than $27 million.  ...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

Warning Shot: Charges Against OneCoin Include Securities Fraud

In early March, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney unsealed indictments against the leaders of the Bulgarian-based “purported” cryptocurrency “OneCoin” on wire fraud, money laundering and federal securities fraud charges relating to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York Federal Court’s View on Cryptocurrency as Securities

On September 11, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York denied a motion to dismiss an indictment of a Brooklyn real estate entrepreneur in relation to two virtual currency investment schemes and...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

Federal Judge Rules Securities Laws May Cover ICOs

U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie of the Eastern District of New York has ruled that initial coin offerings (ICOs) may be subject to securities law. The ruling came in the court’s denial of defendant Maksim Zaslavkiy’s...more

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