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Some of the Bitcoin community’s most prominent voices (and also Facebook subsidiary Novi) are now hosting the Bitcoin white paper. The move follows legal threats from nChain Chief Scientist Craig Wright levied against the nonprofit that has long hosted crypto’s foundational document. “Yesterday both Bitcoin.org and Bitcoincore.org received allegations of copyright infringement of the Bitcoin […]
Continue Reading“We will continue hosting the Bitcoin whitepaper and won’t be silenced or intimidated. Others hosting the whitepaper should follow our lead in resisting these false allegations.” So said Bitcoin.org, an an independent open-source project that aims to support bitcoin development, in a response on Thursday to an attempt by nChain chief scientist Craig Wright to […]
Continue ReadingRamona Ang, the wife of controversial cryptocurrency industry figure Craig Wright, has won a lawsuit in the U.K. High Court over losses she incurred when the UFX exchange platform closed her account without returning her funds. In a ruling on Tuesday, Honorable Judge Justice Butcher granted Ang’s claim to equitable compensation, saying the Cyprus-based defendant […]
Continue ReadingThe District Court for the Southern District of Florida has denied Craig Wright’s request for summary judgment in a case that involves claims over ownership of about 1.1 million bitcoin (worth over $11 billion). In an order signed on Monday, Judge Beth Bloom at the Florida court denied Wright’s motion seeking summary judgment that would […]
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Continue ReadingRecent testimony from Craig Wright’s ex-wife suggests he misled the court on the nature of the Tulip Trust, an entity key to the ongoing Kleiman dispute, lawyers for the plaintiff claim. See the full motion below: Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and […]
Continue ReadingOver the past four years, nChain chief scientist Craig S. Wright’s layers of attempts to prove that he created Bitcoin have grown more complex. But according to cryptography experts consulted by CoinDesk, assessing Wright’s recent claim about how Bitcoin message signing works is straightforward – it’s just wrong. Since 2016, Wright has tried to use […]
Continue ReadingDivisive crypto industry businessman Craig Wright is heading to a jury trial in a case that revolves around billions of dollars in bitcoin. The move to trial comes after the legal team for the estate of David Kleiman, Wright’s deceased former business partner, were denied an omnibus motion filed in May attempting to sanction Wright […]
Continue ReadingBitcoin Satoshi’s Vision, the controversial blockchain promoted by Craig Wright, is winning in digital-asset markets this year, with a token that has brought investors triple the returns of its better-known ancestor, bitcoin. You’re reading First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily markets newsletter. Assembled by the CoinDesk Markets Team, First Mover starts your day with the most up-to-date sentiment […]
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