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ForkLog 55 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 16 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 14 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 16 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 8 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 7 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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ForkLog 14 11.12.2020

New York attorney general secures documents from Bitfinex and Tether

The New York attorney general's office will obtain documents regarding mutual financial dealings between the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and Tether, according to a letter from the office to Judge Joel Cohen.

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ForkLog 7 10.12.2020

US charges Oyster Protocol founder with multimillion-dollar tax evasion

U.S. authorities charged the founder of the now-defunct Oyster Protocol cryptocurrency project Amir Bruno Elmāni, known as Bruno Block, with multimillion-dollar tax evasion, the Department of Justice said.

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ForkLog 14 08.12.2020

Facebook threatened with lawsuit over Libra rebrand

Chris Adelsbach, co-founder of fintech startup Diem, threatened to sue Facebook over using a similar name in renaming the Libra Association. This was reported by Sifted.

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ForkLog 20 07.12.2020

Alexander Vinnik sentenced to five years in prison and a €100,000 fine

The Paris court sentenced Russian Alexander Vinnik, suspected of laundering at least $4 billion through the BTC-e cryptocurrency exchange, to five years in prison and a €100,000 fine, according to RIA Novosti.

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ForkLog 6 06.12.2020

Bitsonar pyramid founder, suspected of murder, released from pre-trial detention under house arrest

On 3 December, the Bitsonar pyramid founder Alexander Tovstenko, suspected of organizing the murder-for-hire of his former colleague, was released from pre-trial detention under house arrest. The Kyiv District Court of Odessa made the decision, according to former company technician Yaroslav Stadchenko.

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ForkLog 10 19.11.2020

Binance sues Forbes over defamatory statements

Binance, the cryptocurrency exchange, filed a lawsuit against Forbes Media and two of its journalists — Michael del Castillo and Jason Brett. The suit concerns a publication about serving American clients of the platform in circumventing regulators.

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