Chase Williams

Chase Williams et al v. Block.one et al: Motion to Approve $27.5M Settlement

June 11, 2021

Motion to Approve $27.5 Million Class Action Settlement regarding the alleged sale of cryptocurrency tokens that were not registered with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Chase Williams, William Zhang, Crypto Assets Opportunity Fund LLC, and Johnny Hong v. Block.one, of the Cayman Islands; Brendan Blumer, Daniel Larimer, Ian Grigg, and Brock Pierce at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Editor's Note: Research by OffshoreAlert in the Cayman Islands General Registry showed that the directors of Block.one are Andrew Christopher Bliss, Brendan Francis Blumer, and Kokuei Yuan.

Chase Williams et al v. Block.one et al: Amended Class Action Complaint

September 18, 2020

Amended Class Action Complaint "on behalf of all investors who purchased securities issued by Block.one called 'EOS Tokens' in or traceable to the initial coin offering" in Chase Williams and William Zhang v. Block.one, of the Cayman Islands; Brendan Blumer, described as a resident of Hong Kong; and Daniel Larimer, described as a resident of Virginia, and Crypto Assets Opportunity Fund LLC, of Illinois, and Johnny Hong v. Block.one, Brendan Blumer, Daniel Larimer, Ian Grigg, described as a resident of Hong Kong, and Brock Pierce, described as a resident of Puerto Rico, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chase Williams et al v. HDR Global Trading Ltd. et al: Class Action Complaint

April 3, 2020

Class Action Complaint alleging market manipulation and the sale of unregistered securities involving BitMEX, described as "one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world" that "acts like a casino with loaded dice", in Chase Williams and William Zhang v. HDR Global Trading Limited, described as "the owner of the trading platform called BitMEX, of the Seychelles; ABS Global Trading Limited, described as a Delaware company based in Hong Kong; Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, and Samuel Reed, all described as residents of Hong Kong, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chase Williams v. KuCoin et al: Class Action Complaint

April 3, 2020

Class Action Complaint alleging the sale of unregistered securities involving a Singapore cryptocurrency exchange known as KuCoin in Chase Williams v. KuCoin, described as a Seychelles company that was based in Hong Kong before moving to Singapore; Michael Gan, Johnny Lyu, and Eric Don, all described as residents of Singapore, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Alexander Clifford et al v. TRON Foundation et al: Class Action Complaint

April 3, 2020

Class Action Complaint alleging the sale of unregistered securities in the form of digital tokens knowns as TRX in Alexander Clifford and Chase Williams v. TRON Foundation, described as a Singapore-domiciled "blockchain-focused software development company ... with offices in California, Singapore, and Beijing"; Justin Sun, and Zhiqiang (Lucien) Chen, described as residents of San Francisco, California, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chase Williams v. Quantstamp Inc. et al: Class Action Complaint

April 3, 2020

Class Action Complaint alleging the sale of unregistered securities involving digital tokens known as QSP in Chase Williams v. Quantstamp Inc., described as a Delaware-domiciled "blockchain-focused software development company ... with offices in San Francisco, Toronto, Taipei, and Tokyo"; Richard Ma, described as a resident of San Francisco, California, and Steven Stewart, described as a resident of Toronto, Canada, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Chase Williams et al v. Block.one et al: Class Action Complaint

April 3, 2020

Class Action Complaint alleging the sale of unregistered securities involving digital tokens known as EOS in Chase Williams and William Zhang v. Block.one, described as a Cayman Islands-domiciled "blockchain-focused software development company" with operations in New York, California, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Hong Kong; Brendan Blumer, described as "an American entrepreneur and investor" residing in Hong Kong, and Dan Larimer, described as "a software programmer and cryptocurrency entrepreneur" residing in Christiansburg, Virginia, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Eric Lee et al v. Binance et al: Class Action Complaint

April 3, 2020

Class Action Complaint alleging the sale of unregistered securities involving digital tokens known as EOS, BNT, SNT, QSP, KNC, TRX, FUN, ICX, OMG, LEND, ELF, and CVC in Eric Lee and Chase Williams v. Binance, described as the Malta-domiciled "largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, with a market capitalization of $1.3 billion"; Changpeng Zhao, described as a resident of Taiwan; Yi He, described as a resident of Malta, and Roger Wang, described as a resident of Malta, at the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.