Genius Group Retains Basile Law Firm to Compel Brokers to Reinstate GNS Share Buy Button
SINGAPORE, Dec. 02, 2025 — (NYSE American: GNS) (“Genius Group” or the “Company”), a prominent AI-powered, Bitcoin-first education organization, announced today its retention of The Basile Law Firm P.C. to initiate legal proceedings. The aim of this action is to compel four brokerage firms—Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”), Fidelity Global Brokerage Group, Inc. (“Fidelity”), The Vanguard Group, Inc. (“Vanguard”), and Robinhood Markets, Inc. (“Robinhood”), collectively referred to as “The Parties”—to restore the “buy button” functionality, allowing investors to purchase the Company’s shares online with the same ease as selling them.
This decision by the Company follows numerous complaints from hundreds of its investors on social media. These investors reported that The Parties are currently making it significantly more difficult to acquire the Company’s shares compared to liquidating them, thereby creating an imbalance favoring sell orders in the trading of GNS shares.
On November 16, 2025, the Company issued Demand Notices to all of The Parties, insisting on the immediate reinstatement of full buy functionality for GNS. As these demands have not been met by any of the brokers, the Company is now moving forward with legal action.
Roger James Hamilton, CEO of Genius Group, stated, “Genius Group and our investors believe that when a broker consistently hinders the ability to buy a stock compared to selling it over an extended period, it establishes a biased market that artificially drives prices down. We contend that brokers making a security more difficult to buy than to sell artificially suppresses legitimate demand, intensifies sell-side pressure, and constructs an environment where prices decline not due to genuine market forces but because of an imposed structural imbalance—potentially causing harm not only to their clients but to all of our investors and the Company itself.”
Mark R. Basile Esq, from The Basile Law Firm P.C., commented, “The SEC and FINRA mandate that broker-dealers uphold principles of fair dealing, best execution, and non-discriminatory access to trading. By blocking or restricting buy orders without transparent and legitimate regulatory justification, a broker can improperly influence price direction, benefiting certain market participants at the expense of others. This practice undermines market integrity and contravenes the spirit of anti-manipulation regulations under Section 9(a) and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act.”
“Broker-dealers are accountable not only for their direct actions but also for the operation and design of their trading platforms, particularly when these systems impede fair market access. In accordance with Regulation NMS Rule 611 (Order Protection Rule), FINRA Rule 5310 (Best Execution), and the Exchange Act’s requirement for brokers to provide non-discriminatory access to trading, a platform architecture that hinders the submission of buy orders—while permitting sell orders to execute freely—can itself constitute a manipulative device under Section 9(a) and Section 10(b).”
“Consequently, any unilateral or unexplained restriction that makes purchasing more challenging than selling is not merely unjust; it could represent active participation in the artificial depression of a security’s price, which precisely defines market manipulation under U.S. securities law. Such selective restriction distorts the natural equilibrium of supply and demand—the bedrock of fair price formation as established by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.”
About Genius Group
Genius Group (NYSE: GNS) is a Bitcoin-first enterprise offering AI-powered education and acceleration solutions designed for the evolving demands of the future workforce. Through its Genius City model and an online digital marketplace featuring AI training, tools, and talent, Genius Group serves 6 million users across more than 100 countries. It delivers personalized, entrepreneurial AI pathways that integrate human capabilities with AI skills and solutions at individual, enterprise, and governmental levels. To discover more, please visit
About The Basile Law Firm P.C.
The Basile Law Firm P.C. is a specialized national boutique firm focusing on intricate securities and RICO litigation. The firm represents public companies and their shareholders in disputes against brokers, dealers, hedge funds, and private equity entities. Notably, The Basile Law Firm P.C. is also currently representing Genius Group in an ongoing arbitration case and a series of other lawsuits initiated to safeguard the Company and its shareholders, including a Federal RICO case.
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