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New details have emerged in the Craig Wright/ Ira Kleiman case. Reportedly, Wright has gotten a hold of the private keys that will potentially give him access to the secret bitcoin stash he’s been insisting exists for so long. He’s now ready to unlock those funds and hand over what he reportedly owes.Will Craig Wright Hand His Money Over?Lawyers for Craig Wright have told the United States District Court of the southern district of Florida that their client has obtained the keys from a...

Through a bonded courier, Craig Wright has delivered what should be the key ingredient for access to the controversial Bitcoin vault. As the case between Wright and the Kleiman estate has raged on for a while, the crypto community expected that this means the case is one step closer to resolution. However, this is not the case as the Kleiman estate has called Wright out on another case of foul play.The Bonded Courier from Craig WrightLast year, the case between Wright and the Kleiman estate...

On Monday, according to a court filing to the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida Craig Wright, the Australian entrepreneur who claims to be the real creator of Bitcoin, “provided the necessary information and key slice to unlock the encrypted file”. As he said, these private keys are needed to unlock the $9.6 billion Bitcoin batch.In another filing, attorneys for Ira Kleiman, who is the brother of the ex-business partner of Wright Dave Kleiman, claimed that Wright only gave a list of...

To say that Craig Wright has been a controversial figure in the cryptocurrency industry would be something of an understatement. To say that he’s a man who’s sought to turn the space upside down would probably be more accurate to some analysts and observers.Wright: Nobody Can Touch My CoinsWright recently emerged to say that his alleged bitcoin fortune – which may or may not exist – is likely to remain locked for some time. Recently, a lawsuit outcome required that Wright forfeit roughly $3...

Can you believe it? Next week self-claimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright could become richer than ever. If the rumors are correct, he is set to get access to more than 1 million Bitcoins. Of course, the crypto community has been quite eager to see whether this fake Satoshi Nakamoto will do what he has promised. With more than $8 billion of Bitcoin worth, these unlocked Bitcoins could flood the entire crypto market.We reported a lot about the interesting person of his, especially during the...

By pretty much any standard, Craig Wright easily became the most controversial person in crypto over the years. For a long time now, Wright has been at the center of a suit brought against him by the Kleiman estate, representing Dave Kleiman, Wright’s former business partner.Wright has also proclaimed himself as the real Satoshi Nakamoto, creator of Bitcoin, and has even gone ahead to bring legal action against people who have refuted this claim. A few months ago and in his usual fashion,...

Today the next chapter of a long-running and closely watched lawsuit against Ripple will happen. The plaintiff, Bradley Sostack, has time until the end of this Monday to file a response to the startup’s September 20 motion to dismiss. If the case won’t be entirely dismissed, it will probably go into discovery next year.As we already reported, the main point of this dispute is the question of whether Ripple’s cryptocurrency XRP is a security or not.If it is, that means that it should have been...

One of the most popular court cases in the crypto industry is the one between the Kleiman estate and Bitcoin SV founder, Craig Wright. The case, however, took a new turn recently, when a certain document filed on Oct. 30 in the Southern District of Florida, revealed that Wright has pulled out of the settlement already negotiated, claiming that he’d be unable to finance it.Before now, the plaintiffs had somewhat suspended active pursuance of the case because it had already begun to focus more...

Last month, a judge ordered Craig Wright to turn over 50% of the bitcoin he mined with his former business associate, deceased computer genius Dave Kleiman. | Image: YouTube/BBC Craig Wright and Ira Kleiman have entered settlement discussions, with both parties requesting a 30-day extension of all case deadlines to facilitate negotiations. According to a joint...