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- Written by: Tareq Sikder
- Wed, 05 Jun 2024
- Israel
Crypto exchange Binance today (Wednesday) sought to dismissa large portion of a London lawsuit, valued at up to 10 billion pounds ($12.8billion), over allegations of collusion to "delist" the BitcoinSatoshi Vision (BSV) cryptocurrency.London Lawsuit Targets Binance and KrakenThe lawsuit, brought to London's Competition Appeal Tribunal(CAT) on behalf of over 200,000 BSV owners, targets Binance and other exchangesincluding Kraken. The suit, filed by BSV Claims, accuses the exchanges ofanti-competitive behaviour in delisting BSV in 2019. The plaintiffs argue thatthis action caused the value of BSV to drop significantly and hindered itspotential to become a leading cryptocurrency, estimating this aspect of theclaim at up to 9 billion pounds.BSV Claims' legal team stated that the exchanges did notoppose the case being certified under the UK's collective proceedings regime,which is similar to the US class action system. This certification would markthe initial step in the lawsuit.Exchanges Face ScrutinyBinance has requested the CAT to dismiss the part of thecase concerning BSV's alleged potential to become a major cryptocurrency, whichpertains to those who retained BSV after its delisting. Binance's lawyer, BrianKennelly, argued that those who kept BSV made a "voluntary decision"and had the option to sell it and reinvest in a comparable cryptocurrency..@Binance asked the @CATribunal to throw out most of the claims against it and other exchanges in a UK lawsuit seeking more than 10 billion pounds for anticompetitive behavior relating to the delisting of the $BSV token in 2019. @sheldonreback reports. https://t.co/BBZhY0NKZB CoinDesk (@CoinDesk) June 5, 2024BSV Claims' lawyers contended in court documents that thisissue should be allowed to proceed to trial along with the rest of the case. Binancedid not provide a comment on the ongoing legal proceedings. Meanwhile, a Krakenspokesperson labelled the lawsuit as "baseless."In 2019, Binance, Kraken, and other exchanges delisted BSV.This decision was partly influenced by claims from Australian computerscientist Craig Wright, associated with BSV, who asserted that he was thepseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, known as "Satoshi Nakamoto".This article was written by Tareq Sikder at www.financemagnates.com.
