UK trader sues BitMEX for return of $27M in bitcoin over unlicensed derivatives

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$27.2M

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A British software engineer, Lewis Barber, is suing BitMEX operator HDR Global Trading in London for the return of 324.8 bitcoin, worth roughly $27.2 million. The software engineer alleges that the shuttered exchange sold him derivatives…