Reginald Fowler, the man who was allegedly at the heart of a shadow banking operation for cryptocurrency, forfeited what appeared to be an extremely reasonable plea bargain on Jan. 17. Now, according to a letter filed with the Southern District Court of New York on Friday, the U.S. government has officially withdrawn its plea offer as Fowler heads to trial.
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7 questions about Satoshi’s ‘bonded courier’ we want to ask Craig Wright
Lawyers will get to ask Craig Wright seven questions about the courier who may—or may not—have delivered the keys to a $10 billion bitcoin fortune. Here’s the seven we’d pick
The trial may not happen until July, but before that Craig Wright will have to answer seven questions about the “bonded courier” who may—or may not—have brought him the data he needs to prove he created Bitcoin.
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MakerDAO co-creator donates $1.4 million in MKR to Carnegie Mellon
A former chief architect for the MakerDAO project gave 3,200 MKR tokens to his prestigious alma mater to advance open-source DeFi design
Nikolai Mushegian, a former chief architect for the MakerDAO project, has donated $1.4 million worth of MKR tokens to Carnegie Mellon University to fight the flood of blockchain patents he fears will drown innovation.
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U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman may drop a Fowler bomb on Bitfinex in January (via Department of Justice).Fowler plea may lead to Bitfinex’s missing $850 million
The man alleged to have looted the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is set to plead guilty in a case that links it to drug cartel-connected payment processor Crypto Capital
The alleged mastermind behind cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex’s missing $850 million is poised to cop a plea. What Reginald Fowler is getting—or who he is giving up—remains to be seen.
