Lewis Barber has filed a £20m High Court claim against BitMEX's operator, arguing UK crypto derivatives sold without FCA approval are void. His lawyers say thousands of non-professional UK investors may have lost money the same way, but the claim has not been served.
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Sam Bankman-Fried's Supreme Court petition now waits on a government reply due Nov. 16 instead of Oct. 15. Cointelegraph reports the justices could decide whether to hear the case in late 2026 or early 2027.
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Two DWF Labs-linked firms are suing BitGo for $141 million, alleging it sold tokens it had bought before their agreed lock-ups ended. The claim treats BitGo as a buyer of discounted tokens, so the exposure sits with sellers who relied on its promise to wait.
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Conduit sued Tether in New York federal court over $2.76 million in USDT it says Tether's own crime unit froze 376 days before filing. Until a judge rules on whether Tether may do that, firms keeping working capital in USDT have to plan for a lock lasting more than a year.
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Arkham Intelligence says wallets tied to LIBRA's Kelsier Ventures now hold about $2 million, down from nearly $300 million in February 2025. Because about $100 million of that was USDC and SOL, a falling LIBRA price cannot explain the drop on its own.
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buildOne report1 publisher Kelp DAO sues LayerZero in British Columbia over the $292M rsETH bridge exploit
Kelp DAO has sued LayerZero Labs and co-founder Bryan Pellegrino for negligence and misrepresentation over April's $292 million rsETH bridge exploit. The forged message cleared a bridge that trusted one LayerZero-run verifier, so the case tests who answers for that setup.
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Justin Sun says he won a California hearing; World Liberty Financial says nothing was decided. The public docket settles neither, and the freeze power is what matters.
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Evercrest, the company behind KelpDAO, is suing LayerZero and CEO Bryan Pellegrino in British Columbia over the $292 million rsETH bridge exploit. Its negligence case rests on written 2024 assurances about a single verifier and on a risk warning it says LayerZero gave another customer.
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