Mate Tokay, Bitcoin.com’s former CEO, is taking authorized motion towards a small-cap crypto he suggested for reportedly failing to pay him 37.5 million BRG tokens price $525,000.

Tokay claims that he was by no means paid for his companies, regardless of the venture utilizing his identify for recognition to draw funding for Bridge.hyperlink’s $8 million preliminary change providing three months in the past. He provides that Bridge’s founder Sina Estavi provided to compensate Tokay with “a far decrease sum” than what was agreed of their contract, including that different advisors have allegedly obtained comparable remedy.

At present costs, the reportedly promised stash of 37.5 million BRG could be price $525,000 in whole.

Tokay additional alleges that the circulating provide for BRG claimed by Bridge.hyperlink is inaccurate, noting he has knowledgeable “different crypto business market leaders, worth aggregations websites, and related exchanges” of the “large” discrepancy between BRG’s purported and precise and circulating provide.

Tokay warned that the discrepancy may depart BRG buyers susceptible to a “traditional pump and dump,” describing Bridge.hyperlink’s actions as “market manipulation.”

Whereas crypto market knowledge aggregator CoinGecko at the moment doesn’t checklist knowledge for BRG’s circulating provide or market cap, CoinMarketCap ranks BRG because the 231st-largest crypto asset with a capitalization of $141 million.

Bridge Oracle 180-day worth chart. Supply: CoinGecko

BRG has slumped from $0.019 to $0.017 over the previous 24 hours, suggesting that some buyers are dumping amid Tokay’s lawsuit — with greater than 97% of quantity originating from a single change.

Regardless of the authorized motion, the worth of BRG is up greater than 200% over the previous 30 days.

Bridge.hyperlink didn’t instantly reply to Cointelegraph’s request for remark.