Craig Wright

Australian computer scientist Craig Wright, who claims to be the creator of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), has launched a scathing attack on Ripple (CRYPTO: XRP). What Happened: Wright on Wednesday called Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse “criminals [who] claim crime will suffer.”  He...

Australian computer scientist Craig Wright has signaled that he's ending his years-long controversial campaign to prove that he's Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). What Happened: After years of futile efforts to prove his...

Bitcoin SV (CRYPTO: BSV) is bucking the market trend and trading in the green on Thursday evening even as major coins Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) trade muted. What Happened: At the time of writing, BSV was trading at $46.77, up...

Two Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) offshoots — Bitcoin SV (CRYPTO: BSV) and Dash (CRYPTO: DASH) — are rallying over 8%, leaving the apex crypto in the dust. What Happened: At the time of writing, BSV was trading at $46 and DASH at $48. BTC was trading above the $17,000 mark, up 1.45% in the...

Two Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) offshoots have been surging in the last 24 hours, leaving behind apex crypto BTC and the second largest cryptocurrency Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH). What Happened: Bitcoin SV (CRYPTO: BSV) is up 7.31% from the last day, trading at $42.16. BSV is backed by Craig Wright, the...

One miner on the Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (CRYPTO: BSV) network is in total control of the hard fork, mining empty transaction blocks to capture over 80% of the BSV hashrate. The developer of the BSV network is an Australian computer scientist named Craig Wright who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the...

Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who claims to be Bitcoin’s (CRYPTO: BTC) creator, is now suing major cryptocurrency exchanges Kraken and Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN). What Happened: According to an intellectual property claim issued by ONTIER LLP on Friday, Wright...

Jan. 3, 2009 could go down as one of the most important dates in the world of cryptocurrency. On this day 13 years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto mined the genesis block of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and changed the world of cryptocurrency forever. To celebrate the 13th birthday of Bitcoin, here are 13 fun facts...

Bitcoin SV (CRYPTO: BSV) — a hard fork of Bitcoin Cash (CRYPTO: BCH), which is in itself a hard fork of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) — was among the top 24-hour gainers early Tuesday morning. What’s Moving? The coin associated with Craig Wright soared 23.69% to $147.58 over 24 hours. For...

Craig Wright-backed Bitcoin SV (CRYPTO: BSV), which is a fork of a fork of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) suffered a 51% attack on Tuesday. What Happened: The revelation of the attack was made by Lucas Nuzzi,  the network data product manager at CoinMetrics on Twitter. BSV is going through a...

Bitcoin’s (BTC) self-proclaimed inventor Craig Wright has been allowed by a UK court to serve a copy infringement lawsuit against ‘Cobra’, the pseudonymous operator and publisher of the bitcoin.org website, Reuters reported Thursday. What Happened: Wright, an Australian computer...

The Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) — a non-profit blockchain intellectual property-pooling group formed by Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey — filed a lawsuit against Craig Wright in the High Court of Justice in England and Wales. What Happened: According...

Bitcoin’s whiplash-inducing volatility continued this week when the cryptocurrency surged to new two-year highs on Monday before plunging 10 percent the following day. One of the major drivers of Bitcoin’s recent rise has been demand from China. A group of Chinese companies, including...

More than seven years after the first bitcoin transaction, Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright has stepped forward to identify himself as “Satoshi Nakamoto,” the creator of Bitcoin. Major players involved in the development of Bitcoin have confirmed that the proof that Wright has...