Apple Co-Founder Claims Google is “Directly Profiting” from Crypto Scams in Lawsuit
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is suing YouTube’s parent company Google, claiming that the video content platform is directly
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Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Sues YouTube Over Bitcoin Giveaway Scams
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is suing video-sharing giant YouTube and its parent company Google for allegedly allowing bitcoin giveaway scams that use his likeness to thrive on its platform. Wozniak was one of 18 plaintiffs that filed the lawsuit on Tuesday, which seeks punitive damages, a trial by jury and demands
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Third Crypto Co-Founder Behind $25 Million ICO Scam to Plead Guilty
Sohrab Sharma, one of the co-founders of cryptocurrency firm Centra Tech facing charges related to a $25 million initial coin offering scam, is reportedly planning to plead guilty. According to a July 13 report from Bloomberg, Sharma may avoid a November trial date as his lawyers told a federal judge he
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Transnational Cybercrime Group Co-Founder Who Amassed $568M Pleads Guilty
A Russian national behind the cybercriminal enterprise Infraud Organization has pleaded guilty on June 26 to racketeering conspiracy, due to his role as a co-founder and admin of the dark web-based carding portal which generated profits over $568 million.According to the announcement made by the U.S. Department of Justice, or
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Decred Co-Founder Calls PayPal and Crypto ‘An Odd Combination’
PayPal could be gearing up to work with crypto assets, according to recent rumblings, although Decred co-founder Jake Yocom-Piatt is unsure of those rumors' validity.“It's hard to say whether these are rumors or not regarding PayPal accepting cryptocurrencies soon," Yocom-Piatt told Cryptox via email correspondence when asked about the rumors. The pairing does
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Ousted Bitmain Co-Founder Offers to Buy $4 Billion in Shares
The Bitmain power struggle continues as Micree Ketuan Zhan, one of the co-founders of the crypto mining giant and its largest shareholder, has reportedly made an offer to purchase shares controlled by his fellow co-founder Jihan Wu and others for $4 billion.According to a letter provided to Chinese media outlet
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Baseline Co-Founder Says Crypto Is ‘Pre-CompuServe’ an Still in Its Early Days
ConsenSys developer and Baseline Protocol co-founder, John Wolpert, has predicted that we may still be decades away from seeing wholesale mainstream adoption of crypto assets and distributed ledger technologies.“My personal point of view is that these things tend to run in 20-year cycles,” Wolpert told Cryptox.“Everybody who's running companies today
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Bitmain’s Cofounder Accused of Hindering Next-Gen Bitcoin Mining Rig Shipments
On June 11, 2020, regional reports disclosed that the cofounder of Bitmain, Micree Zhan, is still battling with Jihan Wu in an ongoing feud. The quarrel is allegedly causing shipment problems for customers, as reports note that Zhan is prohibiting deliveries stemming from the company’s Shenzhen factory.Bitmain Cofounder Micree
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Reddit’s Co-Founder Believes We Are In ‘Crypto Spring’
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has described the virtual currency ecosystem firmly sitting in “crypto spring,” emphasizing the strength of development surrounding meaningful applications for blockchain technology.In an interview with Yahoo Finance published May 23, Ohanian stated: “We really do see a crypto spring right now in terms of top-tier engineers,
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Qiwi Co-Founder Reissues $17M TON Investment as Loan to Telegram
Sergey Solonin, co-founder of the Qiwi group, and TON investor to the tune of $17 million has decided to reissue his investment as a loan to Telegram, according to a report by Forbes Russia, May 16.Telegram Open Network troublesFollowing Telegram’s well-documented court battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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