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Policy

Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Calls Roger Ver's Potential Life Sentence 'Absurd'

Kraken founder Jesse Powell and pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht are also standing with Ver.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin

Policy

Roger Ver Indicted for Tax Fraud

The man sometimes called "Bitcoin Jesus" did not pay capital gains on hundreds of millions of dollars he raised in selling bitcoin in 2017, the DOJ alleged.

Roger Ver (Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

Roger Ver Seeks Winding Up of Matrixport in Seychelles Lawsuit

The investor launched a suit last year in Seychelles against Matrixport subsidiary Smart Vega, which runs Bit.com, for confiscating $8 million, which he says is being kept because Matrixport's Jihan Wu blames him for the collapse of CoinFLEX.

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Finance

Hobbled Crypto Exchange's Creditors Are Suing Its CEO and Want to Claw Back Money From 'Bitcoin Jesus'

CoinFLEX CEO Mark Lamb breached his fiduciary duty when he created a new company, OPNX, with the founders of failed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, creditors argue. They are also critical of a deal Lamb struck with early BTC evangelist Roger Ver.

Kyle Davies (left) and Su Zhu (middle). (Kyle Davies/X)

Videos

'Bitcoin Jesus' Says He Has the Money to Pay Crypto Lender Genesis

Roger Ver, the blockchain-industry veteran once known as “Bitcoin Jesus” thanks to his early evangelism for the cryptocurrency, said Wednesday that he has “sufficient funds” to make good on payments allegedly owed to the crypto lending firm Genesis Global. Genesis is a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group (DCG), a crypto conglomerate that also owns CoinDesk.

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Tech

'Bitcoin Jesus' Says He Has the Money to Pay Ailing Crypto Lender Genesis

Roger Ver, an early Bitcoin advocate who now advocates for the Bitcoin Cash blockchain, has been accused in court by Genesis of failing to settle cryptocurrency options, with $20.9 million of damages sought.

Roger Ver (YouTube screenshot)

Tech

Genesis Seeks $20.9M From ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Over Crypto Options Trades That Weren’t Settled

The court action seeks damages from Bitcoin Cash backer Roger Ver related to the alleged failure to settle cryptocurrency options transactions that expired on Dec. 30, 2022.

Roger Ver (YouTube screenshot)

Finance

CoinFLEX Proposes Plan to Compensate Depositors, Restructure Business

The exchange wants to issue new recovery tokens and also give depositors equity in the firm and locked FLEX Coins.

CoinFLEX has proposed a plan to compensate depositors whose withdrawals have been suspended. (Shutterstock)

Finance

CoinFLEX Restarts Withdrawals With 10% Limit

Customers still won't be able to withdraw the platform's native token, though.

CoinFLEX halted withdrawals. (FLY:D/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

CoinFLEX Withdrawals Remain Halted as Recovery Token Talks Continue

The company had initially hoped to resume withdrawals on Thursday.

Withdrawals remain suspended at CoinFLEX. (RapidEye/Getty images)

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