Supreme Court won’t stop sale of 69,370 Silk Road bitcoins
The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a bankruptcy lawsuit that has prevented the liquidation of $4.4 billion worth of bitcoin.
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Ohio senator re-introduces failed crypto tax plan
A state senator in Ohio has re-introduced a law that would somehow allow payment of taxes in volatile crypto assets.
Is Bitcoin protected by the First Amendment as Michael Saylor says?
Michael Saylor and dozens of Bitcoiners have endorsed a new report claiming that bitcoin is free speech protected by the US Constitution.
Craig Wright fails to appeal UK ruling in Bitcoin case
Craig Wright has not filed an appeal against his UK court verdict despite social media accounts under his name claiming otherwise.
Craig Wright’s assets frozen because judge doesn’t know where he is
The extraordinary order has been handed out because the judge doesn't know Craig Wright's whereabouts or whether he has left the UK for good.
Is it illegal to operate a Bitcoin Lightning node?
Lawyers and even lawmakers disagree on whether Bitcoin Lightning Network routing nodes are illegal money transmitters.
Roger Ver arrested for tax fraud while promoting Bitcoin book
Within four weeks of publishing his first full-length book on Bitcoin’s history, Spanish authorities arrested Roger Ver for tax fraud.
Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto, judge rules
Judge James Mellor has ruled that Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto in the six-week COPA v. Wright case.
COPA v. Craig Wright nears final ruling on Bitcoin’s whitepaper
On Friday, Craig Wright testified for the final time in an attempt to convince the COPA trial that he wrote Bitcoin’s whitepaper as Satoshi.
Judge ‘still investigating’ potentially forged emails in Craig Wright trial
The COPA v. Craig Wright judge said that he'll reserve judgment on previously submitted emails until after a final verdict is reached.