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Story: Request Dismissal of Cryptocurrency based Antitrust and Misrepresentation Suit by United…

By Maheen Hernandez

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The anti-trust complaint filed by United American Corp versus Kraken, Bitmain and several other well-known personalities in the cryptocurrency world has been alleged for "scheme…

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United American Corp, the Plaintiff alleged that "Defendants effectively hijacked Bitcoin Cash network, centralized the market, and violated all of the accepted standards,…

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The defendants have lawyered the suit against them, and they have requested dismissal of the suit.

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The court opined that the way the sides have framed their charges will have implications for disputes that are currently behind the screens and which are yet to surface.

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The plaintiffs allege a global capitalization meltdown of more than $4 billion, thereby causing several US Bitcoin holders, which included the plaintiffs themselves to suffer…

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Bitmain has argued that the allegation of "antitrust claim" fails as the lawsuit does not infer or prove any kind of agreement between the plaintiff and defendants.

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Bitmain as well placed their argument contending that the complaint did not please restraint or trade or harm to competition, which they state is important when alleging…

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The defendants in the case stated that none of the allegations have a conclusory assertion concerning the execution of the "Bitcoin Cash ABC upgrade" leading to decline in the…

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The Kraken and Jesse Powell have as well initiated a motion to dismiss the suit, where they contended that the market collapse was due to macroeconomic forces and not due to any…

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The plaintiff; however, alleged facts which they state show that “Defendants have made explicit statements declaring that they coordinated, conspired and agreed with each other.”

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The "misrepresentation" according to the plaintiffs was that "Defendants misrepresented to Plaintiff and the market that they would abide by the [Satoshi] Whitepaper and accepted…

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The plaintiffs claim that they relied on the misrepresentation and bought millions of dollars of equipment to mine "Bitcoin Cash."

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It might be concluded that the damage claims are doubtful; however, at the current stage, the dismissal motions to claim are difficult at this point in time.

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