United States Supreme Court Grants Certiorari to Decide Coinbase’s Arbitration Dispute

 

On November 3, 2023, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari and agreed to hear the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Coinbase Inc. v. Suski. The Supreme Court is expected to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision ruling that Coinbase’s dispute with its cryptocurrency users is to be resolved by the Court and not via arbitration.

Coinbase’s User Agreement provides that any dispute between one of the largest cryptocurrency exchange platforms and its users will be resolved through arbitration and not through the courts. A delegation clause in the User Agreement also stated that all issues surrounding the enforceability […]