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Why the World’s Largest Bitcoin Exchange is Fighting a VC Behemoth

Davit Babayan
Davit Babayan
1 year ago
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Changpeng Zhao has filed a claim for compensation against Sequoia Capital (China) for unfairly preventing him from raising funds for Binance, which has since become the biggest crypto exchange in the global market.

The chief executive blamed the venture capital firm for falsely accusing him of breaching exclusivity by initiating parallel discussions with a competition for equity. Zhao said that Sequoia received a December 2017 injunction order in an ex parte procedure without cautioning him, and consequently named him as a claimant in a notice for arbitration filed later in January 2018.

https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1131525123444420613

Three months later, a Deputy High Court Judge said in his judgment that Sequoia “use of the ex parte without notice procedure was an abuse of process,” which allowed Zhao “to seek to set aside the injunction that ground alone.” The judge further ordered Sequoia to compensate Zhao with 25 percent of the legal costs, adding that the Binance CEO could seek a revision in the compensation suggested by the court but within seven days of the ruling.

“Sequoia (China) paid $2,400,000 in legal fees for their part, and lost the case,” revealed Zhao. “I had to front $779,043 for over a year to cover my legal expenses, which eventually was paid by Sequoia because they lost. But I had to front it.”

Loss of Opportunities

Zhao noted that Sequoia took out an injunction order against him at the end of 2017, a period when funding into the crypto/blockchain startups had touched its historic high. The legal conditions eventually discouraged Binance from continuing their deals with other venture capitalists and investors who, according to Zhao, had a “huge interest” in their cryptocurrency exchange.

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Cryptocurrency Market Valuation Established its All-Time High at Approx. $815 Billion in January 2018 | Image Credits: CMC

The Binance CEO also accused Sequoia of harming his reputation, adding that “a loophole in the legal system” did not allow him to make April 2018 rulings public. But the fact he got sued was made known right away.

“I have to countersue to make the results public,” stated Zhao.

Startups against Legal Loopholes

Zhao believes the case shows a broader pattern of bullying practiced by the venture capitalist firms all around the world. Most entrepreneurs or startups will not be able to front additional costs to fight a lawsuit, mainly when they have limited funding to develop their products.

“It is a huge distraction to have a legal case while running a startup,” said Zhao. “Many start-ups would have had no choice but to give in to the unfair terms/practices employed by the VC, a very famous VC at that.”

https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1131525134873899014

The executive thinks that startups can reduce their dependency on venture capital fundings by going through blockchain-based fundraising.

“We don’t just play defense. We fight for our industry,” Zhao said.

The court hearing will begin on June 25 in Hong Kong.

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Davit Babayan is an Armenia-based expat balancing the academic life of a software design engineer with the experiences of a financial technology journalist. He aspires to be a full-time columnist and wants to write a book that would be called, "A Homeless Who Found Bitcoin."

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