Odaily News Matter Labs, the company behind the Layer 2 blockchain ZKSync, has been sued by the defunct digital asset banking platform BANKEX for intellectual property theft. It is reported that in a complaint filed with the New York State Supreme Court on March 19, BANKEX CEO Igor Khmel and the BANKEX Foundation accused former BANKEX employees Alexandr Vlasov and Petr Korolev of stealing the companys technology to start Matter Labs, which has received more than $450 million in venture capital and has become a major player in the blockchain industry. (CoinDesk)