The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced four hires for prominent roles, including a new director of trading and markets who has ties to the crypto industry.

Circle Internet Group Inc.’s Jeremy Allaire pointed out that a report that Walmart Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. are exploring the use of stablecoins is the type of fresh market opportunities available for the largest US issuer of the digital tokens.

A LastPass US LP customer said in a federal lawsuit that because of the password manager’s negligence leading to a data breach incident, robbers stole $200,000 of his cryptocurrency.

Apple Inc. tricks customers into believing the apps available in its App Store are safe and vetted while allowing cryptocurrency trading scams to flourish, a proposed class action alleged.

Ripple Labs Inc. and the SEC asked a federal judge to indicate she would modify a judgment barring certain token sales and imposing a $125 million penalty, so that they can proceed toward settlement.

Indian tax authorities are investigating tax evasion and money laundering by “high-risk persons” through cryptocurrency, a government official said Friday.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission announced four hires for prominent roles, including a new director of trading and markets who has ties to the crypto industry.

A Mississippi facility that raised $22 million in securities to help convert poultry waste into biodiesel has defaulted. That marks at least the second green bond default to hit the muni market this month.

Ripple Labs Inc. and the SEC asked a federal judge to indicate she would modify a judgment barring certain token sales and imposing a $125 million penalty, so that they can proceed toward settlement.

Emily Siegel’s inaugural Litigation Finance newsletter digs into a fight between prominent litigation funders and their insurer, Sen. Tillis’ proposed 41% tax on the industry, and more.

Tempus AI Inc. misled investors about the worth of its deals and artificial intelligence abilities, obscuring weaknesses with its operations and revenue prospects, a proposed class action said.

Danielle Reyes joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its financial services team in Austin, the firm announced Thursday.

Lee Enterprises Inc. is facing a new lawsuit alleging it failed to protect employees’ personal information from a data breach that occurred on or around Feb. 1.

A LastPass US LP customer said in a federal lawsuit that because of the password manager’s negligence leading to a data breach incident, robbers stole $200,000 of his cryptocurrency.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Corp. used a brain implant to enable a monkey to see something that wasn’t physically there, according to an engineer, as it moves toward its goal of helping blind people see.

The Trump administration is taking steps that would make it easier for automakers to deploy-self driving cars without driver controls, a potential boon to the ambitions of Tesla Inc. and rivals looking to put robotaxis on US roads in the near future.

Microsoft has promoted 18-year veteran Cari Benn to take over as chief privacy officer, she said in a LinkedIn post Friday.

Fincantieri Marine Group, which works with the US Navy and builds medium-sized ships, is stuck with a data breach suit filed on behalf of employees and benefits recipients.

Florida workers suing employers over mental anguish stemming from traumatic job experiences can’t sue in open court without first going through the workers compensation process, a state appeals court ruled Friday in a case of first impression for the state.

The Bureau of Land Management’s approval of the Willow oil project in Alaska was largely upheld by an appeals court Friday after the panel ruled the agency adequately studied impacts on greenhouse gas emissions and endangered species.

A federal appeals court rejected a plea to reconsider its ruling affirming approval of the Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy reorganization plan and $2.46 billion child sex abuse settlement.

“Cases and Controversies” hosts Kimberly Robinson and Lydia Wheeler talk about the court’s recent rulings, a software malfunction at the court that could have been problematic, and the emergency requests from the Trump administration that could keep the justices busy well into the summer months.

Sig Sauer Inc. isn’t liable to an Oklahoma man who shot himself with his pistol while trying on a new holster, the Tenth Circuit said Friday.

A former Washington, D.C. police officer convicted of pandemic loan fraud was properly granted a new trial after the district court failed to provide a no-adverse-inference instruction to the jury, a federal appeals court said Friday.