For over a year, Coinbase has been fighting a lawsuit from the SEC, which claimed that the exchange was selling digital assets that should be considered securities.
FTX’s repayment plan was approved by a US court in October 2024. Under this plan, 98% of creditors will receive at least 118% of the amount they lost, but the repayments are being made in US dollars, not cryptocurrency.
The scandal took a serious turn on 17 February when a group of Argentine lawyers filed a criminal complaint with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).