In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrencies, a Chinese court has rejected an appeal from a trader disputing a previous decision that mandated he repay the value of 5 BTC accidentally credited to his Coinnice account, the CEO of Binance has demonstrated the company’s upcoming decentralized exchange (DEX), and Okex’s head of operations has discussed the company’s recent “socialized clawback”.
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Chinese Court Backs Exchange in Dispute Over 5 BTC Accidentally Credited to Trader
A Chinese court has rejected an appeal made by a bitcoin trader who was recently mandated to repay the fiat value of 5 BTC accidentally credited to him by an exchange operated by Beijing Grape Technology Co. The 5 BTC had been credited to Li Jianfeng’s account as the result of a system bug on the then-operating Coinnice exchange on the 10th of March 2017.
The court had previously ruled that Mr. Jianfeng had no legal claim to the 5 BTC, and mandated that he return the fiat value corresponding to the BTC at the time of their liquidation. Mr. Jianfeng appealed on the basis of the exchange’s operations being illegal according to China’s “Notice of the People’s Bank of China and other departments on preventing the risk of bitcoin,” however, the court rejected the case due to said notice not being in effect at the time of the incidents in question.
Ultimately, the court ruled that Mr. Jianfeng must adhere to the contractual policies enforced by the platform, determining: “In this case, whether or not Coinnice’s establishment as a bitcoin trading platform has violated relevant rules, does not have any impact on Li’s liability to return the profits he received with no legal basis….As such, the court denies
