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A Montenegro court has extended the custody of Terra founder Do Kwon by two more months, while South Korea and the U.S. remain seeking his extradition. Marija Rakovic, a spokesperson for the country’s Higher Court in the capital Podgorica, confirmed in a commentary to AFP that Kwon Do-hyung‘s extradition custody has been “expanded by two months,” Barron’s reports. It is still unclear to which country the disgraced crypto entrepreneur would be deported to. The United States requested the extradition of Do Kwon from Montenegro in early December 2023, accusing him of fraud and market manipulation in connection with the collapse of TerraUSD, an algorithmic stablecoin which lost its peg to the U.S. dollar in 2022. South Korean authorities also allege that Kwon engaged in fraudulent and manipulative activities in connection with the collapse of TerraUSD. They claim that he misled investors about the stability of the stablecoin and that he orchestrated its...

Justin Sun and his company Rainberry (formerly BitTorrent) have delayed an appearance they were due to make in court on September 20 to face charges of fraud and market manipulation. The judge granted the last minute delay, giving Sun an extension until December 8 to prepare for court. However, buried within the court document was an interesting fact: on April 6, the Singaporean entity known as the TRON Foundation was dissolved. Supposedly, the TRON Foundation had transitioned to a DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) in 2021, but the Foundation continued to exist. Compounding the confusion though is the fact that, at least according to court documents, the TRON Foundation will be reincorporated in Singapore so that it can be served by the SEC. This implies that either the dissolution of the TRON Foundation was done in error or was on purpose to avoid legal service. Either way, it appears as though what was once hailed as a transition from a centralized entity to a decentr...

It is understood that BlockFi wants to get bids in quickly as possible to make the most of the current market conditions. Bankrupt crypto lender BlockFi has been granted court approval to sell off its crypto mining equipment as part of ongoing efforts to  repay its creditors. A court document filed on Jan. 30 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey stated that the approval for BlockFi to sell its assets was on the grounds that it was “fair, reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances.” The court acknowledged the sale of the assets is “designed” to maximize the recovery and “realizable value” of the company. With the court giving BlockFi the green light, more bids are now expected to roll in for the crypto lender's crypto mining assets. The document stated “all qualified bids” must be sent to the parties specified in the bidding procedures by the Feb. 20 deadline. The bids must be filed with the court by Mar. 2 and the creditor's representat...

The lawsuit escalates a months-long dispute between the crypto miner and one of its energy suppliers in Canada. Canada-based Bitcoin (BTC) miner Hut 8 Mining Corporation has ramped up its ongoing fight with its power supplier for one of its mining sites, filing a lawsuit in a Canadian court. Hut 8 said on Jan. 26 it filed a Statement of Claim in the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario against Validus Power, an energy supplier for a Hut 8 mining facility in North Bay, Ontario. The firms have been in an ongoing dispute since early November 2022 due to what Hut 8 alleges is a failure by Validus to “meet its contractual obligations” for the power purchase agreement (PPA). In its new lawsuit, Hut 8 is seeking “monetary damages incurred as a result of the dispute” and enforcement of certain provisions as per the agreement signed by the two companies. Hut 8 and Validus started working together in late 2021 with Validus initially providing 35 megawatts (MW) of power to North Bay, but was sl...