World Liberty Financial initially declared Florida as its sole citizenship in federal court before amending its disclosure to list 22 entities in its ownership chain, including United Arab Emirates citizenship

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Justin Sun plans to refile his lawsuit against World Liberty Financial in California state court after the pending sanctions motion is resolved

World Liberty Financial countersued Justin Sun in May 2026, describing Justin Sun's legal claims as a meritless public relations stunt

World Liberty Financial filed its amended corporate disclosure on August 26, 2026, six days after an August 20, 2026 hearing regarding private arbitration

Justin Sun filed a lawsuit against World Liberty Financial in April 2026, asserting that World Liberty Financial induced his $45 million investment through fraud and unlawfully froze his tokens

World Liberty Financial froze Justin Sun's digital wallet containing approximately 2.9 billion WLFI tokens, valued at roughly $150 million based on a November 2026 price of $0.05111

A court order on September 29, 2026, paused Justin Sun's federal lawsuit against World Liberty Financial until October 22, 2026, for jurisdictional discovery

Chad Barraford and JP Thor were sued in New York by victims of the ThorFi incident over the protocol's use of two admin keys capable of unilaterally freezing the protocol

Following the Security Council's April 2026 KelpDAO recovery, an ArbitrumDAO vote was delayed when families holding unpaid terrorism judgments against North Korea attempted to claim the ETH recovered from the KelpDAO exploiter in federal court

The Blockchain Association and Crypto Council for Innovation filed lawsuits challenging the Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act over alleged discrimination against digital asset activity and constitutional violations.

Raymond Christian Garcia and Isiah Angelo Garcia of Waller, Texas, pleaded guilty in June 2026 to armed robbery and kidnapping charges stemming from a September 19, 2025 home invasion in Grant, Minnesota

The sentencing of Raymond and Isiah Garcia offers one of the clearest signals yet that U.S. courts treat cryptocurrency wrench attacks as serious violent crimes

Israel's Supreme Court rejected Alexander Block's appeal, ruling that exploiting a software flaw constitutes unlawful computer intrusion even when automated smart contracts technically permit the transaction

The United States formally requested the extradition of Alexander Block from Israel in December 2024 following his federal indictment in California

Israeli Supreme Court President Isaac Amit rejected Alexander Block's request for a further hearing, exhausting Block's legal appeals in Israel

Israel's Supreme Court held that publicly visible blockchain transactions do not reveal wallet ownership or rule out money laundering attempts to conceal fund sources

A federal grand jury in the Northern District of California indicted Alexander Block in August 2023 on eight counts, including computer fraud, transporting stolen property, and money laundering

The Jerusalem District Court approved the extradition of Alexander Block to the United States in July 2025

On June 9, 2023, Delaware Court of Chancery Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster dismissed BitGo's lawsuit seeking a $100 million reverse break fee from Galaxy Digital, ruling Galaxy exercised a valid termination right

New York's $1.37 billion monetary request follows an August 2025 default judgment issued against Cynthia and Eddy Petion and NovaTech after the founders failed to respond to the state's lawsuit

New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a state court on October 22, 2026 to order NovaTech founders Cynthia and Eddy Petion to pay roughly $1.37 billion, comprising $1.13 billion in disgorgement and $232.5 million in interest