---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-090778"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ABTC"
cik: "0001755953"
company_name: "American Bitcoin Corp."
filed_at: "2024-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T10:06:27.457992+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gryphon Digital Mining sued by former CEO Robby Chang for wrongful termination

## Summary
- Former CEO Robby Chang filed a wrongful termination complaint against Gryphon and its subsidiary Ivy Crypto in Ontario Superior Court on Oct 21, 2024.
- Company intends to defend vigorously; Board created a special committee (Gutterman, Vaiopoulos, Tolhurst, Billingsley) to oversee the Claim.
- Board updated committee memberships as of Oct 25, 2024: Audit, Compensation, and Nominating committees were reconstituted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-090778
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ABTC
- cik: 0001755953
- company_name: American Bitcoin Corp.
- filed_at: 2024-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755953/000121390024090778/0001213900-24-090778-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755953/000121390024090778/ea0218572-8k_gryphon.htm

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