Chainalysis beats most Celsius claims, but ‘audit’ lawsuit survives

LEGAL MATTERChainalysis beats most Celsiusclaims, but ‘audit’ lawsuitsurvives41IMPORTANCECLOSED3NEWS MEDIA3PIECESOct 1, 2026 09:16blockboard.net
In Regulation Hacks and security Courts and crime

A judge kept one aiding-and-abetting claim alive in Celsius’s case over a disputed $3.3 billion audit after tossing the rest of the complaint. The surviving claim means Chainalysis still has to defend that part of the lawsuit, while the other dismissed claims are no longer in play unless amended where allowed.

Share on X Share on Telegram Share on Reddit Share on WhatsApp

What this rests on

Claim by claim, with its source
✓
A judge dismissed 15 Celsius claims against Chainalysis while leaving one aiding-and-abetting claim tied to the disputed $3.3 billion audit in place.
Chainalysis beats most Celsius claims, but ‘audit’ lawsuit survives
✓
The court dismissed 12 claims with prejudice and gave the plaintiffs until Oct. 20 to amend three consumer-protection claims.
Chainalysis Must Defend One Claim in Celsius Audit Lawsuit
✓
Chainalysis remained in the case on the surviving aiding-and-abetting claim after the judge threw out the other claims.
Chainalysis still faces Celsius case over $3.3B ‘audit’
✓
Most of Celsius’s lawsuit against Chainalysis was dismissed, with the audit-related claim the only one that survived judicial review.
Chainalysis Wins Dismissal Of Most Celsius Lawsuit Claims Except Audit Case

Market reaction

BT Bitcoin market event: it is read against the reference from 2 h before to 4 h after the line marks the first headline
published
-0.70 % before publication
+0.40 % after
$83,442price at publication
13series points

The move was larger before the first headline than after. That is an observation, not an explanation: the market also moves on things nobody publishes.

How the story was built

Every piece in order, with the time its news medium declares — if it is not believable we use ours and say so — and what it added to what was already known at that point. Arriving first is not the same as adding something.

first
Oct 1 09:09
+2 h 16 m
Oct 1 11:25
crypto.news echo
No new facts: defeated, alive, asset; with quotes
+5 h 45 m
Oct 1 14:54
Crypto Economy context
Its angle: irregularities, administrator, liabilities

Has this happened before?

Nothing comparable yet.