Binance-linked entities have taken the founders of Hong Kong stablecoin payments firm RedotPay to court, alleging they breached a partnership agreement and diverted hundreds of thousands of paying users to a rival product, according to a petition dated this week and reviewed by Bloomberg, which obtained the court document on Tuesday, August 4.
The three affiliates behind the filing, Nest Trading Ltd., DistributedTechnologies Ltd. and Chaintecs Consulting Singapore Pte, name RedotPay co-founders Gao Zhangpeng, Chan Wa Choi, and Yao Chao as defendants, as per the report.
The petition, filed in Hong Kong, claims the trio permitted Binance Pay funds to be routed into RedotPay card top-ups without segregation, an activity Binance says fell squarely outside the terms of their commercial arrangement.
Under the original March 2025 agreement, RedotPay was granted access to Binance’s user base while Binance’s payment services were meant to reach a wider retail footprint. Binance customers could use RedotPay only for crypto-to-fiat conversion, in-app transfers, or the purchase of RedotPay-branded goods. According to the filing, Binance discovered in March 2026 that “the RedotPay Group had been allowing and encouraging Binance Pay funds to be used, without segregation, for the prohibited use within RedotPay, including card top-ups for RedotPay Card.”
The exchange puts the number of migrated users at more than 470,000 and, valuing each at $925 in lifetime revenue, is asking the court for $472.8 million. Binance also alleges the same tie-up funnelled roughly $304 million in user funds from Binance Pay into RedotPay’s ecosystem.
A Second Chance That Backfired
This is not the first time the two firms have clashed over the same issue. Their initial November 2023 agreement fell apart within six months on nearly identical allegations that Binance Pay funds were being used to load RedotPay prepaid cards.
The March 2025 deal was struck with fresh assurances that customer money would stay in its own lane. Binance now says those assurances were ignored.
RedotPay pushed back on the claims. “RedotPay is aware of legal proceedings initiated by Binance and will vigorously defend all claims,” a spokesperson said, adding that the case will have “no impact on RedotPay’s day-to-day operations” and that the company will “respond through the appropriate legal process.”
Timing Cuts Close to a Blockbuster IPO
The lawsuit lands at a delicate moment for the payments firm. RedotPay has been preparing a US initial public offering that could raise more than $1 billion and value the company at over $4 billion, with JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Jefferies engaged on the potential listing. The firm has also been in talks to raise a further $150 million while navigating executive turnover in its senior ranks.
Binance argues that the diverted user cohort was itself a contributing factor to RedotPay’s valuation, an assertion that could complicate diligence for prospective IPO investors. RedotPay’s own 2024 Series A pitch materials cited the Binance partnership as a way to “accelerate user adoption,” and specifically flagged direct deposits from Binance Pay to RedotPay Card as a feature.
RedotPay says it currently processes $14 billion in annualized payment volume, generates $180 million in annualized revenue, and serves more than 8 million users. Its Visa-network stablecoin cards can be loaded with USDT, USDC and other tokens, and the firm recently expanded its merchant reach through the launch of its Connect payment gateway and set up a local entity in Bhutan’s GMC to serve regulated stablecoin flows.
Binance’s Chaintecs affiliate has filed a parallel suit against RedotPay entities in Singapore, with a hearing scheduled for Friday, August 7, 2026.
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