{"id":274259,"date":"2024-03-30T04:08:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T22:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=274259"},"modified":"2024-03-30T04:08:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T22:38:14","slug":"uk-judge-freezes-7600000-of-craig-wrights-assets-after-ruling-that-he-is-not-the-founder-of-bitcoin-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/uk-judge-freezes-7600000-of-craig-wrights-assets-after-ruling-that-he-is-not-the-founder-of-bitcoin-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Judge Freezes $7,600,000 of Craig Wright\u2019s Assets After Ruling That He Is Not the Founder of Bitcoin &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A UK Judge is freezing $7.6 million worth of computer scientist Crag Wright\u2019s assets after he was ruled to not be Satoshi, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/bitcoin\/\">BTC<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>New <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bitcoindefense.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/COPA-v-Wright-WFO-Approved-Judgment-28.03.2024.pdf\">court documents<\/a> reveal that the judge has ordered a worldwide freeze of over \u00a36 million worth of Wright\u2019s assets as a means of preventing him from skirting court costs.<\/p>\n<p>According to the judge, Wright may move his assets to Singapore as a means of avoiding court costs. As stated in the court documents by the judge,<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOn Monday 18th March, Dr. Wright filed a form at Companies House in respect of his company RCJBR Holding PLC, by which form he notified Companies House that his shares in RCJBR had been transferred to DeMorgan PTE, a company organized under the laws of Singapore.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> Understandably, that gave rise to serious concerns on COPA\u2019s (Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance) part that Dr. Wright was implementing measures to seek to evade the costs consequences of his loss at trial.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the judge notes instances in the past where Wright has failed to make payments he was ordered to, including a $140 million judgment debt in the US and nearly $400,000 in Norway.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Wright was <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/2024\/03\/14\/uk-judge-rules-craig-wright-is-neither-bitcoin-creator-satoshi-nakamoto-nor-the-btc-white-paper-author\/\">sued<\/a> by COPA, a nonprofit crypto advocacy group, for claiming to be the pseudonymous creator of BTC. At the time, the judge ruled that there was \u201coverwhelming evidence\u201d that Wright was in fact not Satoshi nor the author of the BTC White Paper, the original thesis of Bitcoin written in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>After winning in court, COPA released a statement saying,<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis decision is a win for developers, for the entire open source community, and for the truth. For over eight years, Dr. Wright and his financial backers have lied about his identity as Satoshi Nakamoto and used that lie to bully and intimidate developers in the Bitcoin community. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>That ends today with the court\u2019s ruling that Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Don&#8217;t Miss a Beat \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/join-the-daily-hodl-email-list\/\">Subscribe<\/a> to get email alerts delivered directly to your inbox <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Check <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/crypto-markets\/\">Price Action<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Follow us on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDailyHodl\">Twitter<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyhodl\/\">Facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/thedailyhodl\">Telegram<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Surf <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/daily-hodl-mix\">The Daily Hodl Mix<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"hideinamp\">\n<p>&amp;nbsp<\/p>\n<h6>Disclaimer: Opinions expressed at The Daily Hodl are not investment advice. Investors should do their due diligence before making any high-risk investments in Bitcoin, cryptocurrency or digital assets. Please be advised that your transfers and trades are at your own risk, and any loses you may incur are your responsibility. The Daily Hodl does not recommend the buying or selling of any cryptocurrencies or digital assets, nor is The Daily Hodl an investment advisor. Please note that The Daily Hodl participates in affiliate marketing.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Featured Image: Shutterstock\/robertedit949\/Natalia Siiatovskaia<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A UK Judge is freezing $7.6 million worth of computer scientist Crag Wright\u2019s assets after he was ruled to not be Satoshi, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin (BTC). New court documents reveal that the judge has ordered a worldwide freeze of over \u00a36 million worth of Wright\u2019s assets as a means of preventing him from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[201,248,251,246,257,255,250,252,247,253,249,256,254],"class_list":["post-274259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","tag-blockchain","tag-bsc","tag-chainlink","tag-coin","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-gta","tag-looks-rare","tag-oracle","tag-polygon","tag-quickswap","tag-safe-moon","tag-wallet","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274259"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274261,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274259\/revisions\/274261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}