U.S. court temporarily halts Coinbase's biometric data lawsuit. Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman of the Northern District of Illinois Federal Court approved Coinbase's motion to pause the lawsuit until the appellate court rules on a similar case. The case accuses Coinbase of 'bulk collecting' users' facial information during KYC audits without informing users and sharing their biometric data with third-party verification agencies, allegedly violating the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act. (Cointelegraph)