Onchain, in court: What happened in crypto legal news this week
Cointelegraph· Cointelegraph by Turner Wright· Aug 1, 2026 · 9:14 PM
A case tied to defunct crypto exchange FTX moves forward, a soldier seeks to dismiss over a Polymarket bet and a former congressman was ordered to pay $35,000 for manipulative trading.
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