The ex-president and RFK Jr were among the stars of this year’s bitcoin
conference, where there was no line for the women’s bathroom
Last week, downtown Nashville transformed into a carnival as thousands of people
descended on the Bitcoin 2024 conference. The most enthusiastic attendees wore
bitcoin orange or “Make America great again” red – which, as the color wheel
confirms, are not all that different.
Bitcoin has been around since 2009, and the conference since 2019, but 2024
marked the first year that two US presidential candidates would give keynote
addresses: Robert F Kennedy Jr, a longtime bitcoin fan, and Donald Trump, who
announced that he was pro-bitcoin in May after years of calling it a “scam” and
“disaster”. The excitement was palpable: the way bitcoiners saw it, they had
transformed into a voting bloc.
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Former president said he would end persecution of crypto industry if he wins US
election in November
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Bitcoin has hit its highest level in more than six weeks after Donald Trump said
at the weekend he would end the “persecution” of the crypto industry if he wins
the US presidential election.
The cryptocurrency’s price rose by more than 3% on Monday to peak at about
$69,745, the highest it has been since 12 June when the currency at one point
changed hands at more than $69,800.
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Craig Wright’s case referred for potential perjury and forgery prosecution after
losing legal battle with crypto firms
The case of Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist who falsely claimed
to be the creator of bitcoin, has been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service
over a potential prosecution for perjury and forgery.
In March, Wright lost a legal battle with a coalition of cryptocurrency
businesses who had pre-emptively sued to prevent him from enforcing his claim in
the courts. In a sign of the extent of his defeat, the presiding judge, Mr
Justice Mellor, took the unusual step of issuing an oral verdict within seconds
of the case concluding.
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