Lawsuit

CME Group plans to sue the CFTC over its approval of bitcoin perpetual futures, arguing the contracts are swaps — not futures — under Dodd-Frank.

A pseudonymous claimant, “Noah Doe,” alongside two Wyoming LLCs, has filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court seeking recognition as the rightful owner of 39,069 dormant Bitcoin addresses containing roughly 3.8 million BTC—valued at about $293 billion.

Binance has filed a defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over a February article that tied Binance to Iranian networks.

Tether has agreed to pay nearly $300 million to the Celsius Network bankruptcy estate, settling years of litigation tied its 2022 collapse. 

The FTX Bankruptcy Trust filed a $1.15 billion lawsuit against Bitcoin mining firm Genesis Digital Assets.

Third party taking service sues Chainalysis for classifying them as a scam project in annual report.

This victory however does not mean GBTC is automatically being converted to a spot Bitcoin ETF.

Grayscale faces a lawsuit for allegedly mismanaging their Grayscale Bitcoin Trust as well as conflicts of interest. Shareholders are invited to join the case.

BitGo failed to provide documents that were required for the merger to be completed, effectively voiding the deal, court documents said.

Coinbase is now facing regulatory action similar to the lawsuit brought against Binance yesterday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.