On Tuesday, May 5, 2026, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania issued an order affirming a lower court’s decision in the divorce case of Chih-Hui Green and Stephen Randolph Green, addressing several contested points, including the distribution of cryptocurrency assets.
The Greens’ divorce, initiated in April 2019,
On Wednesday, May 6, 2026, Decrypt reported that an anonymous “crypto whale” initiated legal action against Coinbase, alleging the exchange failed to return funds stolen in a 2024 cyberattack.
The lawsuit was filed in a San Francisco federal court. The plaintiff,
On Friday, May 1, 2026, Law360 reported that a California federal judge ordered a 26-year-old Indian man accused of helping manipulate cryptocurrency markets through “wash trading” to self-deport back to India, after finding he played a “relatively minor role” in the scheme and sentencing him to time already served.
On Thursday, April 30, 2026, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino, seeking information regarding a reported loan from Tether to a trust benefiting Lutnick’s four children. The senators’ letter raises concerns about potential conflicts of interest and the influence of Tether on Secretary Lutnick’s policy decisions.
On Thursday, April 30, 2026, David Wyly and Useless Crypto, LLC filed a trademark infringement complaint in the US District Court for the District of Utah against Lucky Dog Holding Ltd., Bonk Live Ltd., Bonk Inc., Mitchell Rudy, and 50 John Does, alleging unauthorized use of the USELESS trademark and logo.
On Thursday, April 30, 2026, Maxwell Roux, John Duff III, Henry Smith, and Bruno Nispel filed a second amended complaint in the US District Court for the District of Delaware against Krishna Okhandiar and two Delaware LLCs, Remilia Corporation LLC and Remilia Industries LLC, concerning control of the Remilia DAO.
On Monday, May 4, 2026, the Office of Public Affairs (OPA) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Deniss Zolotarjovs, a 35-year-old Latvian national residing in Moscow, Russia, was sentenced to 102 months in prison for his involvement in a major Russian ransomware organization.
On Thursday, April 30, 2026, Vivian Liu filed an amended complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Fred Jin and multiple defendants, alleging a cryptocurrency fraud scheme involving the Cere Network and Cere Token. Liu, who served as an advisor under a July 2019 agreement,
On Thursday, April 30, 2026, Law360 reported that Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked the IRS to investigate two attorneys for allegedly providing inaccurate advice to wealthy individuals seeking to avoid taxes on capital gains earned in the U.S. before establishing residency in Puerto Rico.
On Friday, May 1, 2026, Law360 reported that the general counsel at fintech company Bakkt Holdings Inc., Marc D’Annunzio, received a compensation package of approximately $3.5 million in 2025. According to the company’s annual proxy statement, D’Annunzio’s compensation included a base salary of $430,000 and roughly $360,000 in stock awards.
