Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk has asked a U.S. judge to dismiss a $258 billion lawsuit filed against him by dogecoin investors. They alleged that the billionaire operated a pyramid scheme to promote the meme cryptocurrency dogecoin. “There is nothing unlawful about tweeting words of support for, or funny pictures about, a legitimate cryptocurrency that continues to hold a market cap of nearly $10 billion,” Musk’s lawyer argued.
Elon Musk Wants Court to Dismiss Lawsuit by Dogecoin Investors
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Twitter, asked a U.S. judge on Friday to dismiss a $258 billion lawsuit alleging that he operated a pyramid scheme to promote the meme cryptocurrency dogecoin (DOGE). The lawsuit, Johnson et al v. Musk et al, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges that Musk and his companies, Tesla and Spacex, “falsely and deceptively claim that dogecoin is a legitimate investment when it has no value at all.”
In a formal request filed Friday, Musk’s legal team described the lawsuit brought by dogecoin investors as a “fanciful work of fiction” concerning Musk’s “innocuous and often silly tweets” about the meme cryptocurrency. They argued that the investors failed to clarify how Musk intended to defraud anyone or what risks he concealed. They also argued that the Tesla CEO’s comments — such as “Dogecoin Rulz” and “no highs, no lows, only Doge” — were too ambiguous to support a fraud allegation.
Musk’s lawyers detailed:
There is nothing unlawful about tweeting words of support for, or funny pictures about, a legitimate cryptocurrency that continues to hold a market cap of nearly $10 billion … This court should put a stop to plaintiffs’ fantasy and dismiss the complaint.
Musk’s legal team also disputed the DOGE investors’ assertion that dogecoin met the criteria to be classified as a security. While the chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has said in a few interviews that all crypto tokens, except bitcoin, are securities, many people have argued that his opinion is not the law.
Nonetheless, Evan Spencer, the lawyer representing the dogecoin investors, stated in an email: “We are more confident than ever that our case will be successful.”
According to the investors, Musk intentionally drove up the value of dogecoin by over 36,000% over two years, only to subsequently let it crash. They claimed that this resulted in…
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