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Tweets sent in 2019 by Hodlonaut, whose identity has since been revealed as Magnus Granath, were a “lasting, well-thought-through and reckless campaign that others were to take part in,” Wright’s lawyer Halvor Manshaus told the court. “To call somebody a fraud and a scammer – that, I would say, is
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The Central Bank of Iran will make a pilot launch of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) on Sept. 22, the Iranian Chamber of Commerce has announced. The so-called “crypto-rial” has been in the planning stage for several years.The launch of the crypto rial was originally planned for November, according
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Andresen has since all but denounced Wright, saying he had “bamboozled” him with “funky proof” on that day in 2016. Andresen’s faith in Wright’s identity as Satoshi has been a cornerstone of Wright’s defense in his trial against Hodlonaut (real name Magnus Granath), one of two simultaneous legal battles between the
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Satoshi, Manshaus said, means “Ash” in Japanese – and Wright chose it because he wanted Bitcoin to take down the legacy financial system, and “rise like a phoenix from its ashes.” It had the added benefit, according to Manshaus, of being the Japanese-language name of Pokemon character Ash Ketchum. (Note: CryptoX
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She went on to read the court a series of tweets from various users calling Wright a faker and demanding he provide cryptographic proof he is Satoshi – as well as his often-vitriolic responses, calling his critics and other well-known figures in the crypto space “losers,” “scum,” “frauds,” “soy boys”
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The Bitcoin community has rallied around Hodlonaut, raising money for his legal defense through donations and auctions. At the time of publication, 70.7 bitcoins (worth around $1.5 million USD at press time) had been donated, along with $64,000 in fiat donations, from over 2,500 donors. Original Source
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On Thursday, Dutch blockchain startup Triall announced that it has partnered with American nonprofit medical center Mayo Clinic to optimize clinical trial design and the management of study data. Starting this September, Triall's eClinical platform will support a two-year multi-center pulmonary arterial hypertension clinical trial that includes 10 research sites
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A South Korean town near Seoul has been successfully operating a pilot program that allows police to seize crypto from the exchange accounts of individuals with delinquent traffic fines.Gunpo, a city of about 275,000 in the northwestern Gyeonggi province was selected by the national government to execute the pilot program
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Summary: Elon Musk’s lawyers are looking to push the lawsuit Twitter filed against him to February 2023. Twitter has been pushing for a speedy trial stating that it only needed four days to prove that Elon Musk should follow through with his agreement to buy the company at $44 billion. The judge handling
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Summary: Heather Morgan, accused of attempting to launder $3.6 billion worth of Bitcoin from the 2016 Bitfinex hack alongside her husband, has asked a judge to modify the conditions of her pre-trial release. Mr. Morgan requested to engage in legitimate employment and possibly receive income greater than $10k per month. The prosecutors of
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