Time’s are tough for Silk Road Founder and hitman-hirer Ross Ulbricht. He is serving double-life plus 40 years without the possibility of parole for running a website that sold guns, drugs, and murders for bitcoin. Now he wants the world to see prisoners through his own eyes. It’s not going well.
Craig Wright to testify secretly about Satoshi Nakamoto identity
A federal judge agreed to close the court for a hearing that could provide evidence that Wright is the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin
Craig Wright has convinced a Florida federal judge to let him provide testimony that could potentially prove his claim to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto in secret.
LedgerX beats NASDAQ and ICE to the retail cryptocurrency futures market
The CFTC has awarded the company the first futures trading license open to individuals rather than institutions
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced on June 25 that it has approved LedgerX’s application as a designated contract market (DCM). A DCM may “list for trading futures or option contracts based on all types of commodities and that may allow access to their facilities by all types of traders, including retail customers,” according to the CFTC.
With bitcoin at $11K, Charlie Shrem gives his thoughts on the bull run | Modern Consensus Interview
The crypto pioneer gives his take on Bitcoin’s market comeback and Facebook’s Libra
I had a chance to talk with crypto visionary, Charlie Shrem, best known for pioneering the buying, selling, and spending of Bitcoin at hundreds of retail locations including CVS, Duane Reade, 7-Eleven, Walmart, and Walgreens.
