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Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers are pushing for the jury to weigh English law in FTX’s terms of service, aiming to dismiss some fraud charges against the exchange founder. Legal representatives for Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, have submitted a new filing in an attempt to persuade the jury to consider the influence of English law on the company’s terms of service. The Oct. 30 filing, which includes a proposed jury instruction, states that according to the Government’s theory, a trust, fiduciary relationship, or similar bond must exist between FTX and its customers for misappropriation to have occurred. The suggested jury instruction informs the 12 jurors determining Bankman-Fried’s outcome that FTX’s customer relations are dictated by its Terms of Service, which are governed by English law. Additional filings offer UK case examples for reference. You might also like: SBF trial day 14: FTX’s Bankman-Fried blame...

Potential plaintiffs in the new lawsuit by ENF may need to opt out of other suits against Block.one to be eligible to participate. The EOS Network Foundation (ENF) is the latest entity to initiate legal action against major investor Block.one (B1) over failure to honor $1 billion investment commitment s. On July 25, ESN founder and CEO Yves La Rose took to Twitter to announce that the ESN is preparing a lawsuit against B1 for “ failure to follow through on its $1B commitment .” The CEO mentioned that Block.one is already working to settle another class action lawsuit for $22 million, after rejection of a proposed $27.5 million settlement with lead plaintiff Crypto Assets Opportunity. “You may need to opt out to be eligible to participate in the ENF’s lawsuit,” he noted. According to La Rose, the United States’ class action lawsuit is still in the process of settling after being initiated back in 2017. The CEO also mentioned that plaintiffs who want to opt out of the lawsuit can con...

In twelve hours preceding the indictment, almost $1.5 billion of crypto left several centralized platforms, according to Thanefield Capital. Right before the exchange platform Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao have been accused of regulatory violations by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), almost a billion dollars in crypto reportedly left the platform’s wallets.  According to the Thanefield Capital data research, a few hours before the Binance CFTC indictment , which occurred at 3 pm UTC on Monday, March 27, an unusually large amount was withdrawn across centralized exchanges. In 12 hours preceding the indictment , almost $1.5 billion left such platforms as Binance, Kraken, Coinbase and Bitfinex. More than half of it, or $850 million, was withdrawn from Binance. Just one hour after the announcement, Binance saw an additional $240 million withdrawn. According to the data from Nansen, in the past 24 hours, more than $400 million were withdrawn only in Ether...

The probe is reportedly looking at certain offerings that Kraken has made to its US customers that could be in breach of securities laws. Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is reportedly being probed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over whether it breached rules around the offering of securities.  According to a Feb. 8 Bloomberg report, the probe relates to certain offerings that Kraken has made to U.S. clients. A person with knowledge of the matter said the probe is at an advanced stage and could reach a settlement in the coming days. However, at this stage, it is not clear which offerings are being scrutinized by the securities regulator. When asked about the alleged probe, an SEC spokesperson told Cointelegraph, "The SEC does not comment on the existence or nonexistence of a possible investigation.” Kraken did not immediately respond to a request for comment. U.S. SEC’s Washington headquarters. Source: Wikipedia Gensler said in Dec. 2022 that his main...