Riccardo ‘Fluffypony’ Spagni Hires Top Attorney to Battle Extradition to South Africa on Fraud Charges
Spagni has hired Brian Klein, a leading crypto trial attorney, to handle his case.
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Aug 3, 2021 at 6:47 p.m. UTC
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Former Monero Maintainer ‘Fluffypony’ Arrested for Non-Crypto Crimes
Riccardo Spagni, aka “Fluffypony” and former maintainer of privacy coin monero, was arrested in Tennessee and extradited to South Africa to face fraud charges for crimes unrelated to crypto. Why are regulators clamping down on leaders in leaderless systems? ”Cryptocurrencies are decentralized and don’t really need these figureheads,” host Naomi Brockwell said.
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Aug 3, 2021 at 5:44 p.m. UTC
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Former Monero Maintainer ‘Fluffypony’ Arrested and to Be Extradited for Non-Crypto Crimes
Riccardo Spagni, who was arrested in Tennessee, will be extradited to South Africa to face fraud charges.
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Aug 2, 2021 at 9:07 p.m. UTC
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‘Father of Bitcoin Toxicity’ Mircea Popescu Reportedly Dead at 41
Billionaire bitcoin holder Mircea Popescu, also known as the “Father of Bitcoin Toxicity,” has allegedly died at age 41 by drowning, according to unconfirmed reports. Monero’s Riccardo Spagni, who knew Popescu as an internet chat acquaintance, discusses his relationship with Popescu and what he’s learned.
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Jun 28, 2021 at 7:51 p.m. UTC
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Cryptographers Are Always Going to Be 'One Step Ahead' of Regulators: Monero's Spagni
Privacy protocols have become the focal point of regulators and law enforcement agencies when the race among central banks to launch sovereign digital currencies is heating up.
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Oct 19, 2020 at 6:42 p.m. UTC
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‘Fluffypony’ Weighs In on CBDCs at Davos 2020
Companies are mainstreaming privacy, says Riccardo Spagni, better known as “Fluffypony."
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Jan 23, 2020 at 7:52 p.m. UTC
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Monero's 'Fluffypony' Steps Down as Lead Maintainer of Privacy Coin Project
Riccardo Spagni, better known as "Fluffypony," will relinquish his day-to-day leadership role in the privacy coin project.
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Dec 18, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
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Monero's Lead Maintainer Is Helping Launch a Crypto Trading Protocol
Monero dev Riccardo Spagni and entrepreneurs Naveen Jain and Dan Teree are launching a new digital asset protocol on the privacy token's network.
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May 23, 2018 at 6:59 a.m. UTC
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