Jump Crypto Sues 79 Year Old Dick - The Weekly FUD
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Jump Crypto Picks on Old Man
Jeff John Roberts
Dude, he asked for $50k, team said yes and signed a binding offer. Then he said nah, too easy, $100k. Still said yes to avoid drama. Then he said nah, $200k
— Kanav Kariya (@KanavKariya) May 4, 2022
Very seriously, what would you have liked the team to do?
Jump Crypto is a massive firm that once bailed out Wormhole (the bridge) for $320,000,000 in a matter of a few hours. Recently they decided it was time for them to own wormhole.com. So they had a domain broker reach out to 79 year old Dick Merryman who bought it in 1994 so that he could have a Carl Sagan themed domain for his and his wife's emails. The domain broker offered $2,500 for the domain, to which Dick responded that he needed $50k to part with it.
Jump quickly agreed to pay $50k and at this point Dick changes his mind. Unfortunately for Dick, there is a good chance that the email he sent could be considered a binding offer. The president of Jump Crypto Kanav Kariya claims that eventually there was an additional offer of $100k and a counter-offer of $200k before Jump Crypto decided to sue.
Jump Crypto filed a lawsuit and Dick's lawyer was not willing to take on the case so Dick ended up setting for $50k.
So to summarize: Jump Crypto had $320,000,000 to bail out Wormhole, and sued a man because he did not sell them wormhole.com for $50,000. Even if the laws are on the side of Jump, it still seems like a dick move.