Judge Dismisses Defamation Lawsuit Against XRP Influencer Critic
A federal judge in Washington has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against content creator Zach Rector filed by XRP-focused influencer Jake Claver.
The ruling comes after Claver claimed that Rector's 2025 videos about his Digital Ascension Group and Digital Wealth Partners contained false statements, but the court found no actionably false statements in the videos.
The court relied on Claver's own admissions in a separate New York lawsuit filed by payments processor Verivend Inc., in which he acknowledged fabricating emails, wire transfer confirmations, and a screenshot of a 'Verivend wallet dashboard' showing a false balance of over $1 million.
Claver also admitted to impersonating Verivend employees on multiple occasions to generate fake email threads. The court dismissed all of Claver's claims under Washington's Uniform Public Expression Protection Act, the state's anti-SLAPP law designed to protect speech on matters of public concern.