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Craig Wright sued Hodlonaut in Norway.(Trevor Jones for CoinDesk)
Craig Wright Was Finally Called Out in Court and Hodlonaut Is Celebrating
“It hasn't always been easy, but I'm very happy that I stood my ground,” says Hodlonaut of his long legal fight with Craig Wright, who claimed, falsely, to be Satoshi Nakamoto...
Craig Wright sued Hodlonaut in Norway.(Trevor Jones for CoinDesk)

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UK Publishes Regulations for a Digital Securities Sandbox
The sandbox will let regulators and companies test solutions, including distributed ledger technology, to tokenize securities.
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1 Way to Revive Dead NFT Wallets
Artist and legal scholar Brian Frye says inaccessible crypto tokens cannot be sold, but can be donated — with potentially significant tax benefits.
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Crypto insiders credit California Governor Gavin Newsom's administration as good listeners as they work on their own version of New York's BitLicense. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Crypto World Hopeful as California Chases BitLicense in Absence of U.S. Feds
The BitLicense axis between New York and California may draw in other jurisdictions as the states solidify their position as the only regulatory option for crypto businesses i...
Crypto insiders credit California Governor Gavin Newsom's administration as good listeners as they work on their own version of New York's BitLicense. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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What Will Be the Next Target of the SEC's Enforcement Regime?
Troutman Pepper lawyers predict that crypto wallets and TradFi firms could face the agency's wrath.
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U.K. Move to Digitize Trade Documents Could Rely on Blockchain, Government Says
The Electronic Trade Documents Act, set to take effect later this year, could make use of blockchain tech to improve security and reduce costs.
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Proposed Legal Reforms Aid UK Crypto Dreams – but Offer Scant Hope for Bitcoin Developers Sued by Craig Wright
A new Law Commission report doesn’t address legal concerns beyond token ownership, lawyers told CoinDesk.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis explains state's CBDC "ban." (CoinDesk screen grab from governor's office video)
Florida’s DeSantis Waging Toothless Campaign Against Digital Dollars, Lawyers Say
The political movement to use state commerce rules to stop central bank digital currencies is based in legal nonsense that has no power to ban anything, experts contend.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis explains state's CBDC "ban." (CoinDesk screen grab from governor's office video)

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10 Questions for FTX CEO John J. Ray III From a Securities Lawyer
In his recent media tour, disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried claims he did not commit fraud. Someone that still has access to FTX and Alameda Research’s accounts could prove...
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Crypto Update | What a Securities Lawyer Would Ask FTX’s Bankman-Fried
With bitcoin clinging to its most recent perch comfortably above $17K, plus a look at some of the right questions to ask Sam Bankman-Fried, CoinDesk's “Markets Daily” is back...
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