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Another place where #bitcoin tends to show up in litigation is in divorce, when married couples divvy up assets. In DeSouza v. DeSouza, a spouse was held to violate his fiduciary duty to his spouse by concealing #bitcoin. /1 
Here, the divorcing spouse had some #bitcoin tied up in #MtGox and some held on private wallets. One spouse did not disclose the holdings until after the divorce, and the other spouse immediately sought an award of 1/2 and attorney's fees. Court agreed, noting that divorcing /2
Spouses owe statutory fiduciary duties, & failure to disclose the existence of the #bitcoin, payments to Mt. Gox, some bitcoin's ties to #MtGox & the forks of #bitcoincash and #bitcoingold amounted to breaches of duty; Court disagreed that capital appreciation mitigated /3
#California appellate court affirms summary judgment in favor of @coinbase as to claims for #conversion #breach of contract & negligence; related to #coinbase not supporting #bitcoingold fork for its users; since it's precedent in CA, let's dive in /1
Court ruled that there was no agreement to give Plaintiff #Bitcoingold; there was no "contractual obligation to support or provide services for any particular cryptocurrency." Merger clause barred parol evidence & there was no contractual duty. That's breach of contract /2
Conversion of crypto is a pet issue of mine because it requires the Court to determine that the thing that is allegedly converted (i.e. the civil version of theft) is legally recognized property. Fun Fact- property rights are mostly created by state law. Only 1 state (Wyoming)/3
