Judge Rejects Craig Wright’s Claim To Be Satoshi, Dismisses Authorship Of Bitcoin Whitepaper The judge denied Craig Wright’s assertion that he is Satoshi and dismissed his claim to have authored the Bitcoin Whitepaper.

In a significant development, UK Judge James Mellor has stated that Craig Wright, an Australian entrepreneur, is not Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin. The verdict came after the conclusion of the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) trial, during which “overwhelming evidence” was presented to debunk Wright’s claims.  Judge Mellor intends to draft a ruling

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Massive Ethereum Laundering Operation: North Korean Hackers Exploit Tornado Cash For $12M A large-scale operation involving the laundering of Ethereum has been uncovered, with North Korean hackers exploiting Tornado Cash to funnel $12 million.

In a recent development, North Korean hackers associated with the notorious Lazarus Group have exploited the coin-mixing service Tornado Cash to launder approximately $12 million worth of stolen Ethereum (ETH) within the past 24 hours.  The incident follows the theft of $100 million in cryptocurrency from the HTX crypto exchange and its HECO Bridge in

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Bitcoin DeFi App Sovryn Is Expanding to Ethereum—Here’s How Sovryn, a Bitcoin DeFi application, is set to branch out to Ethereum

By expanding from the first to the second largest crypto ecosystem, Sovryn wants to bring its lending, borrowing, and trading services to more people.

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Bitcoin, Stock Prices Drop as US Inflation Data Comes in Hot The value of Bitcoin and stock prices decline following the release of high US inflation data.

After closing in on $74,000 early Thursday, the price of Bitcoin has fallen alongside prominent stocks following hot U.S. inflation data.

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Zero Knowledge protocol Polyhedra Network valued at $1 billion despite recent token theft Polyhedra Network, a Zero Knowledge protocol, is worth $1 billion even after experiencing a recent token theft.

Polyhedra Network, the zero-knowledge protocol zkBridge developer, became the latest crypto company to reach unicorn status after it raised $20 million in a funding round that valued it at $1 billion, according to a Mar. 14 statement shared with CryptoSlate. This development occurred less than a day after the project experienced a breach that allowed
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Over $300 million liquidated as $30 billion in leveraged shorts now cluster near $74k More than $300 million has been liquidated as leveraged short positions totaling $30 billion are now concentrated near the $74,000 mark.

Bitcoin (BTC) reached a new all-time high of $73,760 today, surpassing the previous record set just yesterday at $73,600. However, the top digital asset declined below $70,000 before rebounding to around $71,200 as of press time. Notably, a significant amount of leverage is being flushed out on crypto exchanges like Binance and OKX, where traders
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