River Exchange sues Canadian Bitcoin miner for $6.7M over unpaid refunds
River Financial filed a federal lawsuit on Sept. 11 against Blockstream Services Canada in the Northern District of California, and the case includes a jury demand. Separate coverage puts the dispute at $6.7 million and frames it as a cross-border dispute involving a Canadian bitcoin miner.
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For River Financial and Blockstream Services Canada, the lawsuit is now in federal court and includes a jury demand, so both sides are facing a formal legal process that is already set in motion. Anyone following the company relationship tomorrow morning will see the dispute as active rather than informal, with the filing date and venue already fixed. (per tokenpost.com)
Before this filing, the dispute is presented as one involving unpaid refunds; after the filing, it moves into a federal contract case in the Northern District of California. What remains in place is the underlying commercial disagreement, while the forum and procedure are now different from an out-of-court business dispute. (per cryptobriefing.com)
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