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Blockchain

'Bitcoin Jesus' Says He Has the Money to Pay Crypto Lender Genesis

Roger Ver the blockchain industry veteran once known as Bitcoin Jesus thanks to his early evangelism for the cryptocurrency said Wednesday that he has sufficient funds to make good on payments allegedly owed to the crypto lending firm Genesis Global Genesis is a subsidiary of Digital Currency Group DCG a crypto conglomerate that also owns [...]

By CoinDesk Inc

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Jan 25, 2023 at 7:02 p.m. UTC

Jan 25, 2023

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Bitcoin cash

'Bitcoin Jesus' Says He Has the Money to Pay Ailing Crypto Lender Genesis

Roger Ver, an early Bitcoin advocate who now advocates for the Bitcoin Cash blockchain, has been accused in court by Genesis of failing to settle cryptocurrency options, with $20.9 million of damages sought.

By Bradley Keoun

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Jan 25, 2023 at 6:12 p.m. UTC

Jan 25, 2023

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Tech

Lawsuit

Genesis Seeks $20.9M From ‘Bitcoin Jesus’ Over Crypto Options Trades That Weren’t Settled

The court action seeks damages from Bitcoin Cash backer Roger Ver related to the alleged failure to settle cryptocurrency options transactions that expired on Dec. 30, 2022.

By Bradley Keoun

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Jan 24, 2023 at 10:11 p.m. UTC

Jan 24, 2023

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Finance

Coinflex

CoinFLEX Proposes Plan to Compensate Depositors, Restructure Business

The exchange wants to issue new recovery tokens and also give depositors equity in the firm and locked FLEX Coins.

By Michael Bellusci

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Jul 22, 2022 at 3:57 p.m. UTC

Jul 22, 2022

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Finance

Coinflex

CoinFLEX Restarts Withdrawals With 10% Limit

Customers still won't be able to withdraw the platform's native token, though.

By Michael Bellusci

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Jul 14, 2022 at 12:41 p.m. UTC

Jul 14, 2022

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CoinFLEX Withdrawals Remain Halted as Recovery Token Talks Continue

The company had initially hoped to resume withdrawals on Thursday.

By Michael Bellusci

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Jun 30, 2022 at 7:46 p.m. UTC

Jun 30, 2022

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Finance

Speculation

CoinFLEX Says Roger Ver Owes It $47M USDC as Spat Turns Public

The crypto exchange is launching a recovery token because of debt owed by a high-net-worth customer.

By Michael Bellusci

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Jun 28, 2022 at 6:39 p.m. UTC

Jun 28, 2022

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Bitcoin

Roger Ver on Bitcoin vs. Bitcoin Cash

Evangelist, entrepreneur, and investor Roger Ver on why he thinks bitcoin cash “has the best shot at bringing the most economic freedom to the most people around the world.” Plus, his comments on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.

By CoinDesk Staff

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Apr 21, 2021 at 9:07 p.m. UTC

Apr 21, 2021

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Roger Ver: Bitcoin Cash Hard Forks Could Have Thwarted PayPal Support

Roger Ver, one of the biggest bitcoin cash advocates, is not a fan of the scheduled fork event of the cryptocurrency's network.

By Muyao Shen

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Nov 14, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Nov 14, 2020

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Roger Ver's Mining Pool Pulls Support for Bitcoin Cash Dev Fund Over Chain Split Threat

Ver said he was "mostly just along for the ride" as some mining pools stepped back from the prospect of competing hard forks.

By Paddy Baker

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Jan 28, 2020 at 3:20 p.m. UTC

Jan 28, 2020

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