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Bahamas-FTX Dispute Heats Up as Bankman-Fried Prepares for Trial

U.S. and Bahamian liquidators continue to sling mud as they fight for jurisdiction over the disgraced CEO’s company.

FTX CEO John Ray III (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Finance

FTX Users Sue for Priority Repayment and Damages in Bankruptcy Proceedings

The class-action lawsuit accuses the bankrupt crypto exchange's executives of intentionally misappropriating customer funds to fund risky strategies and their lavish lifestyles.

FTX founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Gemini Sued by Investors Over Interest-Earning Program

The platform abruptly halted its Gemini Earn program in November, "effectively wiping out" investors who still had holdings, according to a court filing.

Tyler y Cameron Winklevoss, de Gemini, en el evento TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2015. (TechCrunch/Wikimedia)

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Craig Wright Signals He's Given Up Convincing Courts He Invented Bitcoin

On Wednesday, the infamous Australian computer scientist tweeted, “I have been too angry for too long, as I cared for external validation. That ends.”

Craig Wright at CoinGeek Conference New York (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CoinGeek)

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Kleiman v. Wright: Craig Wright Takes Stand Again in Final Day of Testimony

On cross-examination, plaintiffs’ lawyers showed that some of Wright’s testimony Monday contradicted what he’d said last week.

(National Gallery of Art, modified by CoinDesk)

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Kleiman v. Wright: Defense’s Autism Expert Explains His Diagnosis of Craig Wright

The third week of testimony ended with a lengthy description of how Craig Wright is affected by autism spectrum disorder.

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Finance

Kleiman v. Wright: The Trial Transitions From Plaintiffs to the Defense

Lawyers for Dave Kleiman’s estate wrap up, but not before accusations of intimidation interrupt proceedings in the lawsuit against Craig Wright.

Law scales on table, close-up view (artisteer/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

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Kleiman v. Wright Trial: Craig Wright’s Flinty 4-Day Testimony Comes to an End

Wright is known for being combative, and his time on the witness stand was no exception.

Craig Wright (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CoinGeek)

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Finance

ConsenSys AG Shareholders Readying Legal Action Over Share Valuation

At issue is the valuation of key pillars of the Ethereum ecosystem, including MetaMask and Infura.

ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin (Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg via Getty Images)