Kiwi judge keeps crypto battle alive

Kiwi judge keeps crypto battle alive
David Yu's Ecomi is being sued in NZ. (Image: Supplied)
Victoria Young
Billions in cryptocurrency tokens are at stake in a legal battle between a kiwi non-fungible token (NFT) entrepreneur and a crypto influencer.The fight between entrepreneur David Yu’s Ecomi and Orbis Blockchain Technologies with MB Technology’s Benn Godenzi launched in a Singapore court had been settled, but now has resurfaced, with a judge keeping the New Zealand proceedings alive.Orbis Blockchain Technologies is an NFT, or non-fungible token company, which produces digital collectables. It launched a digital collectable platform V...

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