Tag: founder
CipherBlade Founder Says Blockchain Sleuthing Firm ‘Hijacked’
The Pennsylvania firm claims that a group of employees executed a “hostile takeover” of the company earlier this year while founder Richard Sanders wa [...]
Uniswap founder burns $650B HayCoin against speculation
Uniswap founder Hayden Adams burned 99% of the HayCoin (HAY) supply on Oct. 20, according to an announcement on X (formerly Twitter). The majority of [...]
ConsenSys AG Ex-Employees Take Equity Fight Against Ethereum co-Founder to U.S. Court
The filing alleges Lubin, a co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain, stripped ConsenSys AG, also known as Mesh, of its main assets – including crypto wa [...]
SEC wins default judgment against Thor Technologies and founder
Thor Technologies, under the leadership of its founder David Chin, has faced a legal setback in an ongoing dispute with the U.S. Securities and Exchan [...]
U.S. Court Awards Default Win to SEC Against Thor Token Company and Founder David Chin
The court has barred Thor and Chin from participating in any crypto asset securities offering and ordered a disgorgement of $744,555 with prejudgment [...]
‘He broke his word’ — Ex-ConsenSys staff sue founder over employee equity deal
Over two dozen former employees of Ethereum infrastructure firm ConsenSys have filed a fresh lawsuit against the firm’s founder and CEO, Joseph Lubin, [...]
Sam Bankman-Fried just like Bernie Madoff, Cardano founder says
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has likened former FTX CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried to infamous American fraudster Bernie Madoff and accused the medi [...]
On Eve of FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial, Defense Team Scopes Out Possible Arguments
The defense wants clarity about whether it can argue that FTX, a big crypto exchange that collapsed last year, was not regulated in the U.S., though F [...]
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Closest Friends Will Testify Against Him. Here’s Who Else We’ll Hear From
Brian Kim, a data analytics and forensics expert, may speak to internal messaging between Bankman-Fried and his employees at FTX and its sister compan [...]
Silk Road founder marks 10 years into his double life sentence in prison
The founder of the former online black market Silk Road, Ross Ulbricht, marked 10 years behind bars after he was given a double life sentence by Unite [...]
FTX founder mulled giving Trump $5B not to run for president, says author
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried once looked into paying Donald Trump not to run for United States president, according to Michael Lewis, the author o [...]
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Cannot Blame Lawyers in Opening Statement, but Can Raise Defense Later: Judge
In his ruling, the judge said the phrasing of the various filings raise questions about "what would constitute 'undue' focus on attorney involvement," [...]
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried criminal trial schedule revealed
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried will spend at least 21 days in court as part of his criminal trial, which will begin in earnest on Oct. 4 and last un [...]
Here’s FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Trial Schedule
During a hearing earlier Thursday, Judge Lewis Kaplan, who is overseeing the trial, asked the prosecution and defense to estimate how long they expect [...]
FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Can Use an ‘Air-Gapped’ Laptop in Court, Judge Rules
The defense team has already lost two bids to have Bankman-Fried temporarily released since he was remanded, but has made another attempt, offering to [...]