Last week, an article alleging Ava Labs formed a “secret pact” with the U.S. law firm Roche Freedman to employ the American legal system in a “gangster style” on crypto firms, started to surface. All of this is in exchange for AVAX tokens. While the platform was busy defending itself, other crypto businesses like Ripple and Binance were dragged into the mess.
The CryptoLeaks article pointed out that Kyle Roche of Roche Freedman LLP had managed to tap Garlinghouse as an angel investor. Roche suggested that Ripple’s CEO funded a law firm to take down its competition. In addition to this, it should be noted that Roche was previously part of Boies Schiller Flexner, the firm currently representing Ripple in its ongoing case with the SEC.
Furthermore, Roche even claimed that Garlinghouse decided to give his proposal a green signal. The article further pointed out that even if the Ripple CEO decided to invest in Roche, it certainly did not save the firm from the wrath of the SEC.
While the community continued to wonder why Garlinghouse would have been a part of such a scheme, he went on to deny all claims. Earlier today, The Ripple CEO took to Twitter and noted how he never met or spoken to Roche.
AVAX plummets to $18
Right after these rumors surfaced, the CEO of Ava Labs Emin Gün Sirer went on to deny it all. He took to Twitter and dismissed the claims labeling the “conspiracy theory nonsense.” Despite pouring water on these rumors, the price of AVAX took a major hit.
At press time, AVAX was trading for $18.21 with a 9 percent drop over the last 24 hours. It should be noted that the altcoin dipped to a low of $17.56.
With similar rumors taking the front stage, several speculate that AVAX could be dropping even low.
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