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Craig Wright Tells Court He ‘Stomped on the Hard Drive’ Containing Satoshi Wallet Keys

“Otherwise, people will end up forcing me into doing something I don’t want to do,” the self-styled Bitcoin creator told a Norwegian court.

The Oslo District Courthouse (Mahlum/Wikimedia Commons)

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Craig Wright Won’t Give Cryptographic Proof He’s Satoshi, His Lawyers Say at Hodlonaut Trial

Wright’s attorneys say his scholarly work, personal history and, above all, his success convincing Gavin Andresen that he held Satoshi’s private keys are proof enough.

Craig Wright at CoinGeek Conference New York (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CoinGeek)

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Binance Sued in Italy Over Exchange Outages, Hearing This Week

A group of Italian and international investors brought a class-action lawsuit against Binance seeking damages for losses sustained during multiple exchange outages in 2021.

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Crypto Custody Firm BitGo Files $100M Lawsuit Against Galaxy Digital for Breaching Merger Agreement

.Galaxy had planned to acquire BitGo for $1.2 billion.

BitGo will offer digital wallet services in Italy (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin's Health May Hinge on a Legal Feud in Norway

Some developers say a lawsuit from pseudonymous bitcoiner Hodlonaut against Craig Wright, who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, is vital to the cryptocurrency’s growth.

Hodlonaut, who sued Craig Wright in Norway and won. (Trevor Jones for CoinDesk)

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Crypto Twitter Took Center Stage During the First Day of Hodlonaut vs. Craig Wright

If name-calling and bullying is the standard, do words like “fraud” and “scammer” carry the same weight? Hodlonaut’s lawyers say no.

Attorneys discussed crypto Twitter in the opening day of Hodlonaut's case against Craig Wright. (Hodlonaut)

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Who Can Say Who Is Not Satoshi? Hodlonaut and Wright Go to Trial to Find Out

Wright is suing Twitter influencer Hodlonaut over a series of tweets in 2019 in which Hodlonaut called Wright a fraud and a scammer.

Hodlonaut, who sued Craig Wright in Norway and won. (Trevor Jones for CoinDesk)

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Quentin Tarantino Reaches Settlement With Miramax in ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFT Lawsuit

The director’s copyright infringement saga is finally being put to rest.

Director Quentin Tarantino settles a lawsuit with Miramax over NFTs. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)

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GoDaddy Sued Over Sale of Ethereum Domain Name Service's Vital Eth.link Address

Company behind Web3 domain service Ethereum Name Service and Virgil Griffith allege that GoDaddy falsely announced the domain had expired, and then prematurely allowed it to be sold to a third party.

Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith speaks at Consensus: Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)

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Crypto Engineers, Investors Sue US Treasury Over Tornado Cash Sanctions

The Treasury’s sanctions watchdog, OFAC, exceeded its authority in blacklisting smart contract wallets, six plaintiffs allege in a new suit.

Preston Van Loon, Prysmatic Labs co-founder at Consensus 2022 in Austin, Texas. (Scott Moore/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)