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Crypto exchange Coinbase is facing a $1 billion lawsuit from BiT Global Digital for delisting Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) and allegedly trying to promote its own Bitcoin token, Coinbase BTC (cbBTC). BiT Global claims Coinbase made false statements about WBTC’s compliance to undermine it and create dominance for cbBTC, essentially monopolizing the market. Meanwhile, Coinbase maintains it committed to high listing standards and will remove tokens not meeting these standards. The suit follows accusations from the crypto community, questioning Coinbase’s impartiality in listing practices.

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Coinbase, a popular crypto exchange, is facing a $1 billion lawsuit from BiT Global Digital after the removal of Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) from its list in November. BiT Global accused Coinbase of trying to harm the crypto market and push forward its own Bitcoin-based token, Coinbase BTC (cbBTC).

The day after the lawsuit was announced, Paul Grewal, Coinbase’s top lawyer, stood his ground. He said the company is committed to keeping its listing standards high, and will cut any tokens that don’t meet these standards.

The lawsuit was filed four months after Coinbase first started talking about their cbBTC token. This was seen as a way of boosting the use of Bitcoin in decentralized finance (DeFi), or BTCFi.

But this announcement didn’t go down well with everyone. Some people in the crypto world, including Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, didn’t agree with what Coinbase was doing. They challenged the company’s honesty, questioning if it really was as neutral as it claimed to be.

The suit says that what Coinbase did is basically a monopoly of the wrapped Bitcoin market. It accuses Coinbase of undermining wBTC’s position in the market by making false statements about its compliance. BiT Global argues that this was done to make cbBTC more dominant in the market.

In response to these accusations, a spokesperson for Coinbase reminded everyone of their commitment to keeping their listing standards high. If any token fails to meet these standards, they will remove it from their list.

The lawsuit was filed by a law firm named Kneupper & Covey. They claimed that Coinbase has been adding meme coins for trading while challenging the compliance of wBTC shortly after releasing a similar product.