An intellectual property claim brought against two digital currency exchanges by the man claiming to be the inventor of the bitcoin cryptocurrency could be the largest ever seen in the English courts, it emerged today.
It arises from a bitter civil war which arose from a so-called ‘hard fork’ split in the bitcoin blockchain – the chain of encryption which validates the currency – in 2018.
Wright’s solicitor, Simon Cohen of London firm Ontier, said: ‘These actions are undoubtedly game changing for the digital asset market.