Nobody Claimed These 39,069 Bitcoin Wallets For Six Years — Now A Court Will ...
A New York man identified in court documents only as Noah Doe has filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York seeking legal ownership of 39,069 abandoned Bitcoin wallets — assets he discovered using a self-developed algorithm, reported to the NYPD in compliance with lost and found property law, and spent over a year attempting to return to their rightful owners before filing suit. Related Reading: American Mega Bank Is Dumping Its Ethereum Holdings, Here’s What It’s Buying The First Amended Complaint, filed May 1, 2026, under index number 153119/2026 and filed through....
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In the SEC v. Ripple case, the court has denied the request by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for personal financial records of Ripple’s executives that are not connected to XRP. The court says that it “is not convinced” that personal banking records would show the violations as claimed by the SEC. Another Win for XRP in SEC v Ripple Case In the lawsuit brought by the U.S. SEC against Ripple Labs, CEO Brad Garlinghouse, and co-founder Christian Larsen over the sale of XRP tokens, the court has denied the SEC’s request to obtain personal financial....
HashFast issued a response to the Temporary Restraining Order via its blog, claiming that the plaintiff in question has never purchased any products from the company. The plaintiff, Cypher Enterprises, has in turn denied this and posted response to the bitcointalk forums here and here. Obviously this is a matter for lawyers to negotiate and possibly a judge to decide, so CoinDesk will not be updating this page any further. Feel free to read the backgrounds from both sides' perspectives, and remember that honesty, transparency, and open communications channels are always the best way to....
A Chinese court has awarded damages against China’s popular bitcoin exchange, OKCoin, after it was alleged that the company was aiding criminal money laundering and wasn’t properly registered. The court decision only affects OKCoin’s China-based bitcoin exchange, OKCoin.cn, and not its international exchange, OKCoin.com; however, it’s the first significant ruling by a court against a bitcoin exchange. OKCoin’s parent company is Lekuda. According to court documents, Huachen Commercial and Trading Co. Ltd., the defendant, claimed that an individual had defrauded it of 12 million Chinese yuan....
Months before the digital currency exchange Cryptsy declared its insolvency and claimed it was the target of a debilitating hack and theft, CEO Paul Vernon's estranged wife claimed in a court filing that she was afraid her husband would flee the country with funds taken from businesses he owns, including Cryptsy. Court documents obtained by CoinDesk offer new details about an ongoing legal battle between Vernon and his wife, Lorie Ann Nettles, who filed for divorce last fall. The motion for injunctive relief sought a court order freezing the assets of Cryptsy and other entities owned by....
Another ICO case comes to a close. After years of legal action from United States governing bodies, Blockvest, a 2018 initial coin offering, or ICO, has received its final orders. “The SEC, as a government agency, seeks a permanent injunction, disgorgement of funds received from Defendants’ illegal conduct, and civil penalties,” said a court document filed on Thursday. The court case takes aim at both Blockvest, and its founder, Reginald Buddy Ringgold III, also known as Rasool Abdul Rahim El. The Securities and Exchange Commission put the brakes on Blockvest in October 2018. The following....