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Samyuktha Sriram

Self-Proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto Sues Coinbase, Kraken Over 'Fake' Bitcoin Sales

Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who claims to be Bitcoin’s (CRYPTO: BTC) creator, is now suing major cryptocurrency exchanges Kraken and Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ:COIN).

What Happened: According to an intellectual property claim issued by ONTIER LLP on Friday, Wright is alleging that Kraken and Coinbase are “misrepresenting” BTC as Bitcoin Core, when in fact it is a software implementation created in 2017 that is separate from the original system.

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