Topic: Cryptocurrency

A Singapore-based currency trader has filed a US$2.4 billion ICDR claim seeking to recover loans issued to a crypto hedge fund that it says suffered an “unprecedented implosion” following market volatility.

21 July 2022

A cryptocurrency exchange has launched an US$84 million HKIAC claim against a prominent investor known as “Bitcoin Jesus” after he allegedly failed to pay back money owed on his account.

11 July 2022

A US blockchain technology company has asked a New York court to enforce an ICDR award rendered in a US$300 million dispute with a South Korean counterparty over a failed stock purchase.

24 May 2022

Crypto investors are being asked to fund a US$13 billion ICSID claim against Slovakia that will be refiled “imminently” by a US mining company – five years after the original case was thrown out.

22 March 2022

A Europe-based individual has reportedly brought a US$140 million ICC claim against Binance, as more claimants sign up to a prospective HKIAC claim against the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

29 October 2021

A recently launched Swiss disputes funder is backing a “landmark” HKIAC claim that a group of traders are preparing against cryptocurrency exchange Binance for losses they incurred when its platform crashed.

19 August 2021

Two years after addressing the impact of artificial intelligence on international arbitration in an article entitled ‘March of the Robots’, Paul Cohen and Sophie Nappert explain blockchain, augmented reality and quantum computing and predict their future impact on the arbitral process.

03 September 2019