1/29/2025 3:09:02 PM Fraud & Bitcoin: Ex-Takeaway Worker ordered to pay back £3.1m after money laundering conviction By Rebecca Hume Seized bitcoin worth £5bn could fill black hole in public finances The recent case involving a former takeaway worker who was ordered to...
3/19/2024 1:04:04 PM Has the court now made the Wright decision on Bitcoin's inventor? By Rebecca Hume Following a 6-week trial in the High Court, a judge has ruled that Dr Craig Wright is not the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, nor the...
9/26/2023 12:23:34 PM Can a 'person unknown' take active part in proceedings while maintaining anonymity? Persons Unknown v Wright [2023] EWHC 2292 (Ch) By Krisha Jethani Spoiler alert! "If a party was not prepared to name itself, it cannot participate in proceedings"[1], but we hope you are nevertheless...
2/21/2023 12:25:07 PM Could software developers owe fiduciary duties to Bitcoin owners? A look at the decision in Tulip Trading Ltd v van der Laan & Ors [2023] EWCA Civ 83 By Ajay Fournillier Birss LJ's leading judgment in Tulip Trading Ltd v van der Laan and Ors [2023] EWCA Civ 83 has opened the door to establishing...