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The 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe credibility of Craig Wright – the Australian tech entrepreneur who controversially claims to be bitcoin’s pseudonymous inventor, Satoshi Nakamoto – has taken another blow. After a list of bitcoin addresses Wright had provided as being his holdings in an ongoing court case were briefly and “inadvertently” made public by plaintiffs on May 21, 145 […]
Continue ReadingA Florida judge said Craig Wright’s objection to handing over crucial evidence regarding billions in bitcoin left her “puzzled,” as he seemed to argue the court should “blindly accept” everything he says. District Judge Beth Bloom overruled Wright’s objections to an Order of Discovery compelling him to produce 11,000 documents for the Kleiman lawsuit, arguing […]
Continue ReadingOh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive… You got it. Craig Wright is at it again. Only this time around it’s going to be hard to talk his way out of this one. According to his official blog post yesterday, it’s a myth that Satoshi (Craig) ever posted on […]
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