Bitcoin Advocate Roger Ver on OKEX Case: “They Forged My Signature”
In exclusive interview to Cointelegraph, Bitcoin advocate and investor Roger Ver has confirmed dragging OKEX Fintech to a Hong Kong High Court over unpaid revenues. Roger Ver accuses the Financial Technology Firm of forgery and unpaid royalties concerning the use of Bitcoin.com. Cointelegraph: How can you explain the genesis of the case? Roger Ver: They signed a contract to rent Bitcoin.com, and then violated that contract. They then produced a fake contract that they forged my signature on to, and violated the forged contract too. CT: How much money is involved here? RV: A minimum of....
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Whether or not the court will take this matter as seriously as they should, remains to be seen. Any case related to Bitcoin has always been subject to some degree of mockery. Whenever a story appears of a prominent Bitcoin member using a company, things have to be taken with a grain of salt. In the case of Roger Ver and OKEX Fintech Company, there is a legitimate beef between both parties. The person known as Bitcoin Jesus claims OKEX owes him 57 months of revenue payments. This entire debacle dates back to December 2014, a time during with OKEX agreed to manage the Bitcoin.com, website on....
Bitcoin investor and early evangelist Roger Ver is suing a Hong Kong website operator for 4.40 million HKD, approx. 567,000 USD, over an alleged breach of agreement from the operator’s part. Roger Ver, an early bitcoin adopter who is now a fervent proponent and investor in bitcoin and its industry is suing OKEX Fintech, a Hong Kong private company, over alleged lost revenues from Bitcoin.com. Roger Ver is the website’s owner, registrant and administrator. In documents filed to Hong Kong’s High Court on Wednesday that were obtained by the South China Morning Post, Ver claimed that OKEX....
This week in Bitcoin, we saw a straight trend downwards, with no reversals or bounces. The price briefly held at $240, peaking at $242, and then proceeded to slowly depreciate until it hit a floor at $228 — decreasing nearly 5% over the last seven days. Since then, the price has recovered slightly and is hovering at $230. Bitcoin’s depression in price is most likely due to the attention OKCoin has been receiving due to the drama surrounding its management of bitcoin.com. In short, OKCoin abandoned the management of the website and Roger Ver, the domain owner, claimed that the CEO of OKCoin....
In the latest round of a long-standing feud, bitcoin investor Roger Ver has reportedly sued digital currency exchange OKCoin for $570,000. According to the South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong High Court document filed Wednesday shows that Ver alleges that OKCoin violated the terms of a contract for work the website Bitcoin.com. In late 2014, Ver and the bitcoin exchange initially joined forces to work on the website. OKCoin was tasked with a website redesign and SEO. One snippet of the contract specifies a partnership of a minimum of five years. This is the piece that has been the....
OKEx continues a spree of new token additions throughout the year. In just the past few weeks, the crypto spot and derivatives exchange-listed up Mina Protocol MINA, as well as community vote winner meme tokens AKITA and KISHU. OKEx has also been securing global partnerships to strengthen its network. Now, OKEx is announcing its latest […]