Why has X sued Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) influencers?

X has sued Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) influencers over an alleged scheme that generated at least £207,384 in Creator Revenue Sharing payouts through coordinated engagement activity.

What are the alleged losses in the X lawsuit?

X has alleged that its Creator Revenue Sharing programme paid at least £207,384 to accounts involved in the alleged Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) influencer scheme.

How is X alleging the accounts manipulated engagement?

X has alleged that Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) influencer accounts coordinated activity through similar posts, reciprocal interactions and related account activity to increase Creator Revenue Sharing payouts.

What does X want from the Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) influencers?

X is seeking repayment of alleged Creator Revenue Sharing payouts, damages, interest and legal costs from the defendants linked to the Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) influencer case.

What are the legal claims against the defendants?

X has brought claims including deceit, breach of contract, unjust enrichment and unlawful-means conspiracy against defendants linked to the alleged Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) engagement scheme.

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X sues Bitcoin influencers over £207,384 scheme

Written by Mahathir BayenaPublished Sep 21, 2026, 6:30 AM

X has sued two named defendants over an alleged £207,384 creator-revenue scheme.
The company alleges six primary accounts formed a network that manipulated engagement to increase payouts.
X is seeking repayment, damages and at least £75,000 in additional costs.

X has sued two named defendants and unidentified account operators over an alleged £207,384 creator-revenue scheme.

The company has alleged that six Bitcoin-focused accounts operated together to manipulate engagement and increase Creator Revenue Sharing payouts.

X has claimed that the accounts generated at least £207,384 in payouts through coordinated activity before the platform suspended them on August 18.

The lawsuit names Vivek Kumar Sen and Zamyang Sherpa alongside unidentified people who allegedly controlled related accounts.

X has alleged that the accounts posted similar content, interacted with each other and used overlapping technical and financial details.

The company has estimated at least £75,000 in additional costs for investigation, analysis, remediation and prevention.

X has brought claims including deceit, breach of contract, unjust enrichment and unlawful-means conspiracy, but the allegations have not been adjudicated.

X has also replaced Creator Revenue Sharing with its Original Content Rewards programme, which excludes fraudulent and artificially generated engagement from eligible payouts.