Craig Wright, the man who claims he invented bitcoin and has been filing lawsuits asserting intellectual property rights, was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday for committing contempt of court.

The sentence is suspended and can be enforced if Wright continues violating court rulings—but he may be able to avoid imprisonment by staying away from countries that have extradition agreements with the UK. Wright defied an order to attend a court hearing in person this week and said he is in Asia.

Wright "was sentenced for contempt of court on Thursday" for bringing a 911 billion pound ($1.1 trillion) lawsuit "against Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's payments company Block in Britain," Reuters wrote.

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Bitcoin has hit a new all-time high, continuing a rally that has seen its value climb over 50% since the U.S. presidential election on November 5. On Sunday, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency briefly surpassed $106,000 before pulling back as […]

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A bitcoin investor who went to increasingly great lengths to hide $1 million in cryptocurrency gains on his tax returns was sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday.

It seems that not even his most "sophisticated" tactics—including using mixers, managing multiple wallets, and setting up in-person meetings to swap bitcoins for cash—kept the feds from tracing crypto trades that he believed were untraceable.

The Austin, Texas, man, Frank Richard Ahlgren III, started buying up bitcoins in 2011. In 2015, he upped his trading, purchasing approximately 1,366 using Coinbase accounts. He waited until 2017 before cashing in, earning $3.7 million after selling about 640 at a price more than 10 times his initial costs. Celebrating his gains, he bought a house in Utah in 2017, mostly funded by bitcoins he purchased in 2015.

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Late Wednesday, bitcoin hit $100,000—a major milestone for the cryptocurrency, which has been experiencing a massive upswing since Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election.

Trump is a shiny new crypto supporter, launching his own cryptocurrency on the campaign trail and hoping to woo crypto enthusiast voters by promising to slacken the Biden administration's heightened scrutiny of cryptocurrency.

According to CNN, bitcoin's latest record high came shortly after Trump announced his intentions to nominate Paul Atkins to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) once Gary Gensler—a noted crypto critic—resigns on Inauguration Day.

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The price of Bitcoin reached an all-time high of $103,000 on Wednesday, breaking the $100,000 milestone for the first time in its history. This achievement marks a pivotal moment for the cryptocurrency market, capping off a year of substantial growth […]

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In July 2023, Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of the bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius Network, was arrested on fraud charges after an investigation into the fall of the seven-year-old crypto startup. Now, just over a year later, […]

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Crypto casinos have revolutionized the online gaming industry in ways unmatched by previous innovations. Traditional online betting systems often subject players to slow transactions and limited privacy. For those seeking alternatives outside of GamStop, options like slots not on GamStop […]

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Bitcoin continued its remarkable surge on Thursday, edging closer to the significant $100,000 milestone as investors anticipated a friendlier U.S. regulatory landscape under President-elect Donald Trump. A renewed wave of optimism surrounding cryptocurrencies is fueling what many are calling a […]

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The museum's monetary collection has struggled with how to display cryptocurrency, but a federal agent's laptop is helping to shape our understanding of the future of money.