Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have settled their lawsuit against fellow early bitcoin entrepreneur Charlie Shrem, whom they previously claimed owed them $26 million worth of the cryptocurrency.
In an April 5 , Judge Jed Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed the case, explaining that the parties had informed the court they had reached a settlement.
However, both parties have the right to reopen the cause and proceed to trial within 30 days, or by May 5, “if the settlement is not fully effectuated,” the judge wrote.
The terms of the settlement are confidential, Brian Klein, Shrem’s lawyer, told CoinDesk.
According to a separate filing by the attorney for the twins’ Winklevoss Capital Fund (WCF), the plaintiff in the case, “WCF and Shrem will each bear their own attorneys’ fees and costs. The case will not be reopened.”
The Winklevoss brothers had alleged, in their filed in September of last year, that back in 2012 Shrem had accepted a total of $1 million to buy bitcoin on their behalf and later realized that Shrem had not given them the full value of the amount in bitcoin.
They claimed to be short by roughly 5,000 bitcoin, worth about $26 million at today’s . At the time of the deal in 2012, one bitcoin was worth approximately $12.50.
Before the settlement was reached, Shrem had sought to depose the Winklevosses’ attorney, Tyler Meade.
CoinDesk will update this article as more details are obtained.
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Published at Wed, 17 Apr 2019 15:50:01 +0000
