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Monero’s Ricardo ‘Fluffypony’ Spagni to Surrender to US Marshals on July 5
The former privacy coin maintainer faces extradition to South Africa where he faces fraud charges.
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Jun 30, 2022 at 5:32 p.m. UTC
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Riccardo ‘Fluffypony’ Spagni Released by US Court, ‘Actively Working’ on Return to South Africa
The release frees Spagni, at least temporarily, while he attempts to “address this matter” and put it behind him “once and for all.”
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Sep 22, 2021 at 4:55 a.m. UTC
Sep 22, 2021
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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
Aug 3, 2021
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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 unrel...
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FluffyPony on Encryption, Clearview and How Coronavirus Could Impact Privacy
The former lead maintainer of Monero and co-founder of Tari speaks about the state of global privacy
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Mar 6, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 6, 2020
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Crypto News Roundup and Interviews for Jan. 24, 2020
Bitcoin's up as Davos ends. This is CoinDesk's Crypto News Roundup for January 24, 2020.
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Jan 24, 2020 at 5:00 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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Paddy Baker
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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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Nikhilesh De
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May 23, 2018 at 6:59 a.m. UTC
May 23, 2018
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