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UK Judge Freezes Craig Wright's Assets to Prevent Him from Evading Costs in Bitcoin Case

A UK judge has issued a worldwide freeze on £6 million of Craig Wright's assets to prevent him from moving them offshore and avoiding costs related to a court case that found he was not the inventor of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. The case was brought by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) and Judge James Mellor ruled that Wright did not author the Bitcoin white paper or initial versions of the software. Wright has a history of defaulting on orders for payment, and the judge found there was a risk of dissipation of assets. COPA's costs amount to around £6.7 million.

Craig Wright denies forging emails in COPA trial

Craig Wright from Australia denied forging emails between him and his former lawyer during the final cross-examination of the COPA trial. Wright attributed the differences in timestamps and other details to email scams, spam folders, domain migration, surveillance, and hacking attacks. It is reported that the trial will resume on March 12th and both parties will make closing statements.

"Satoshi" Craig Wright admits to making changes to the version of the Bitcoin white paper submitted in the trial

Coindesk reported that Craig Wright admitted during his testimony in court on Friday that he had made changes to the version of the Bitcoin white paper submitted in the trial of the Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA). The trial aims to prove whether Wright is the anonymous author of the Bitcoin white paper and has now ended its third week of trial, with expert witnesses being summoned for questioning next week.

COPA vs Craig Wright: The Identity Trial

Highlights from the multitude of lies exposed during the questioning of Craig Wright.
COPA vs Craig Wright: The Identity Trial

Craig Wright x COPA cross-examination session ends, relevant witnesses will appear in court on Thursday

In the UK trial where Craig Wright is attempting to prove himself as the creator of Bitcoin, after a week of questioning, the cross-examination phase has ended. Lawyers for the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) and a group of Bitcoin developers have challenged Wright's claims, calling them lies. Wright insists that this trial means "justice" for him. The trial has entered its second week, and Wright's witnesses, including Ignatius Pang who has known Wright since 2007, and Robert Jenkins who will discuss exchanges with Wright about the concept of electronic ledgers, will appear in court on Thursday.

Craig Wright makes settlement offer to COPA members and parties in upcoming intellectual property litigation

"Satoshi Nakamoto" Craig Wright proposed a settlement to members of the Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA) and all parties involved in the upcoming intellectual property lawsuit. Craig Wright agreed to relinquish his rights to the databases and copyrights of BTC, BCH, and ABC, stating that this settlement proposal aims to maintain the integrity of the Bitcoin system's initial development while limiting unnecessary costs of lengthy trials in higher courts.

UK court orders Craig Wright's company Tulip Trading to prove ownership of Bitcoin in hacking case

A UK court document shows that Craig Wright's company, Tulip Trading, needs to prove ownership of about 110,000 bitcoins, which are at the center of a case filed in 2021 against a group of bitcoin developers. The developers are suing Tulip, accusing them of wrongly refusing to help Wright's company recover billions of dollars worth of bitcoins lost in a hack.