Craig Wright appoints new US counsel ahead of a blockbuster legal year
Dr. Craig Wright has appointed new counsel in the United States: high-ranked Miami-headquartered firm Greenberg Traurig.
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Is Bitcoin (BSV) a Security?
The memo sets the starting point for considering whether Bitcoin is a security: it highlights a speech given by SEC Chairman Jay Clayton in 2018 where he said that Bitcoin does not qualify as a security because it functions as a replacement for currency.
3AC founder Kyle Davies tells court he has renounced US citizenship
Responding to subpoenas issued by a U.S. court, Davies claimed that he ignored the summons since they were not validly served after he renounced his U.S. citizenship.
Judge in SEC v Ripple was wrong to say secondary sales aren’t securities, court rules
The federal judge in charge of looking at the SEC v Ripple case dismissed the prospect that secondary market and programmatic sales could amount to securities.
Wright v McCormack: UK Court of Appeal sides with Peter McCormack in damages row
Dr. Craig Wright won against Peter McCormack at a trial for defamation back in 2022 over a series of publications the blogger had made on social media calling Dr. Wright a fraud.
New digital asset bill establishes registration pathways for SEC, CFTC
The bill forms a regulatory pathway for digital asset exchanges to register with the SEC and provides a separate path for digital commodity exchanges, brokers, and dealers to register with the CFTC.
UK Court of Appeal rules Craig Wright’s copyright claim over Bitcoin file format can proceed
As a result, Dr. Craig Wright’s copyright and database rights case against the BTC partnership—which includes Core developers and entities within the ecosystem such as Coinbase—will proceed on all fronts.
Forbes reveals extent of nChain patent empire—and the campaign to destroy it
The work of nChain and its chief scientist Dr. Craig Wright was the subject of a Forbes cover story which canvassed the decades-long career of Wright and most importantly the vast digital asset patent portfolio he has built with nChain.
Institutional sales of XRP were securities, court rules
The question of whether XRP was an illegal securities offering is over: the court says it was an illegal securities offering when sold to institutional investors.
UK Court of Appeal hears copyright claim over Bitcoin file format
Dr. Craig Wright originally brought claims against the BTC partnership, including its developers and major industry players on three grounds: infringement of Dr. Wright’s database rights over the Bitcoin database, copyright infringement of the Bitcoin white paper and copyright infringement of the Bitcoin file format.
Law Commission: Tulip Trading case has brought ‘high degree of certainty’ to law
The United Kingdom Law Commission’s report on digital assets included high praise for Dr. Craig Wright’s Tulip Trading case arguing that blockchain developers owe legal duties to those relying on them.
Embattled Coinbase unveiled as BlackRock’s ETF partner
While the new filings may be seen as a hopeful sign of a spot BTC ETF possibly gaining an approval, a start remark from the SEC says otherwise.