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Do Kwon extradition delayed again by Montenegro Constitutional Court

Do Kwon extradition delayed again by Montenegro Constitutional Court Montenegro’s Constitutional Court has delayed the extradition of Do Kwon yet again following an appeal from Kwon, suspending the Supreme Court’s ruling that left the Minister of Justice with the final say. According to the Constitutional Court of Montenegro website, the court has approved a request to defer the execution of his extradition process, “until the final decision of the Constitutional Court.” Montenegrin daily newspaper Dan reports that Kwon’s legal team made this request after filing an appeal on September 25 against the Supreme Court’s ruling. The Ministry of Justice was reportedly only made aware of this appeal on Friday. It claims to have suspended the Supreme Court’s September 19 ruling and in turn suspended the final decision of his extradition permit , to either South Korea or the US, which was to be made by the Minister of Justice Bojan Božović. CHART: Every Do Kwon extradition t...

SEC appeal a bust? Judge’s ruling will favor XRP, crypto attorney predicts

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Judge Analisa Torres will likely reject the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) interlocutory appeal , according to attorney John Deaton. Speaking at the first annual onXDC Live blockchain conference held in Texas, Deaton — founder of Crypto-Law.us and managing partner of the Deaton Law Firm — claimed the SEC had not actually appealed against the ruling that favored Ripple’s XRP. According to Deaton, Torres, who ruled that XRP is not a security if sold on secondary markets, has only allowed the regulator to file a motion for an interlocutory appeal . He further added that there was a likelihood the judge would deny the SEC’s motion, forcing the regulator to file a complete appeal, which won’t happen until late 2024 at the earliest, after the main case has been dispensed with. I predict she denies it, and then when she denies it, they have to wait for a full appeal , which, after the case, would be sometime in late 2024, which would take another 1...