Floyd Mayweather left the ring with an impeccable and peerless fifty wins and no loss. But he makes it a point to win battles outside the ring too. In January, Mayweather, reality television celebrity Kim Kardashian and Boston Celtics’ Paul Pierce found themselves slapped with a case for distorting information they needed to share with cryptocurrency investors.
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In January this year, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California received a class action lawsuit, which by way of explanation, means a legal case filed by a group of people sharing a typical grievance.
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Cryptocurrency EthereumMax and its celebrity facilitators received square blame for overplaying token-price employing “false or deceptive assertions” on social media platforms.
Non mea culpa
Finally, after months, a federal judge pushed the case aside. While expressing genuine concern and understanding over the financial loss suffered by the plaintiff, Judge Michael Fitzgerald highlighted that it is reasonable for an investor to check thoroughly where his money might end up. He said, “But, while the law certainly places limits on those advertisers, it also expects investors to act reasonably before basing their bets on the zeitgeist of the moment.”
Further, ruling that in light of the “given the heightened pleading standards” for fraud claims across the U.S., the assertions of the grieving party lacked adequate support.
The news soon grabbed hold of social media platforms. Twitterati just exclaimed what they felt meant being powerful.
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"Floyd Mayweather and Kim Kardashian #crypto lawsuits have been dismissed"
That's the power of having power. (and being good looking people) 🥲
— Satoshi Stacker (@StackerSatoshi) December 8, 2022
Cheeky responses from the fans were aplenty. Many consider the win an outcome of the power celebrities wield.
Power literraly means just that. Having privilege…
— Bars (@Bars0Bars) December 8, 2022
Good lawyers.
— MAGACrypto (@hereforcrypto16) December 8, 2022
Floyd and Kim should hit it together.
— The Crypto Dude (@TheCryptoDude5) December 8, 2022
You think Kim and Floyd are good looking?
💀
— TigerSlam.og 🤭 (@tiger_slam) December 8, 2022
Sounds familiar to verdict?
no one cares.
Its the people fault for buying something cause it have kardashian name on it. DYOR ffs— Franckisted (@franckisted) December 8, 2022
It was not the first instance when both Mayweather and Kardashian got into trouble for promoting cryptocurrency schemes.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused Mayweather of encouraging a controversial crowdfunding method in cryptocurrency. Namely, initial coin offering or initial currency offering. Mayweather settled the case with the SEC by paying almost $600,000. Albeit without admission or denial of the regulator’s charges.
Floyd Mayweather and Kim Kardashian promote a risky endeavour
The head of the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority expressed uncertainty about whether EthereumMax could be termed a fraud. He highlighted Kim Kardashian’s commercial for the cryptocurrency on Instagram. He shared that “social media influencers are often paid by scammers to assist them pump and dump new currencies on the strength of sheer speculation.”
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In 2021, Kardashian put a message on her Instagram handle, “Are you guys into crypto??? This is not financial advice but sharing what my friends told me about the Ethereum Max token.” The “#ad” at the end of her post indicated a sponsorship. However, it did not reveal the $250,000 she received from EthereumMax.
Likewise, Mayweather reportedly pushed for EMAX in June 2021 at a boxing match and a big bitcoin conference.
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It should be worth noting that by January, the value of the cryptocurrency went down by 97%.
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