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MLB Team Washington Nationals Partners With Terra Blockchain Community, Ballpark Plans to Accept UST

On February 9, the American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C., the Washington Nationals, announced the team has partnered with Terra, the open-source blockchain platform and decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). The Washington Nationals detail that the team is a “leading innovator” and is “consistently introducing new technologies to enhance the fan experience.” Washington Nationals Ink Long-Term Deal With Terra Major League Baseball (MLB) team the Washington Nationals has partnered with the blockchain platform and DAO Terra, according to an announcement published by the team on Wednesday. The deal with Terra follows a slew of sports-related deals with crypto firms, but the MLB team will be the first to partner with an open-source blockchain project. In addition to the partnership, the algorithmic stablecoin UST that’s issued on the Terra blockchain will be “accepted as a payment method at Nationals Park as early as next season.” “The Nationals continue t...
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Jury to Decide Fate of Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Lawsuit Involving Craig Wright

Jury to Decide the Fate of the Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Lawsuit Involving Craig Wright

On Tuesday, November 23, the closing arguments for both sides of the Kleiman v. Wright trial finished and now ten jurors will decide the fate of the billion-dollar bitcoin lawsuit. While Craig Wright claims he’s Satoshi Nakamoto, he also insists the now-deceased Dave Kleiman did not help with the creation of Bitcoin. The plaintiffs are hoping to win an incredibly large sum of money and intellectual property (IP) estimated to be worth billions of dollars.

Kleiman v. Wright Trial Nears the End

The infamous Kleiman v. Wright trial is nearing its end and the cryptocurrency community is about to witness the long-awaited decision stemming from a jury in Miami, Florida. The plaintiffs’ attorney representing the Kleiman estate, Vel Freedman, tweeted about the case when the closing arguments were finished and the jury left to make a decision. “Kleiman v Wright update: Case submitted to the jury. Closings done. Now we wait,” Freedman explained on Tuesday afternoon (EST).

Freedman further thanked some of the colleagues that helped his law firm with the case. Following the closing arguments, it is now up to the ten jurors to decide. The jurors did not come to a conclusion on Tuesday and the court jurors will reconvene again on Monday. Coingeek’s Kurt Wuckert Jr. tweeted about the case and complemented Freedman after the closing arguments.

“Vel Freedman had a very strong finish for Kleiman today,” Wuckert Jr. said. “Rivero accidentally spilled his water on his notes and struggled with technical difficulties. He caught his stride, and made his points, but Freedman had a very direct and effective finish. Jury in deliberation now.”

‘Close to a Trillion Dollar Judgment’

Various estimates note that the lawsuit’s judgment could lead to a massively sized order if the plaintiffs win. Coingeek’s contributing writer Jordan Atkins estimates the judgment could see the Kleiman estate “entitled to a portion of a bitcoin fortune worth more than US$70 billion.” The Coindesk author Deirdra Funcheon projects the judgment could be around: “$36 billion (the value of bitcoin at issue)” and “$126 billion (the value of intellectual property at issue).”

Additionally, there’s billions of dollars in potential punitive damages if the Kleiman estate wins. Law360 contributing author, Carolina Bolado, has been covering the case in great detail for Law360 and on her Twitter account as well. “The amount of money the plaintiffs are requesting here is staggering,” Bolado wrote on Twitter. “If they get it all, with treble damages for civil theft and potential punitive damages, we’re looking at close to a trillion dollar judgment. It’s hard to even comprehend.” In a previous tweet Bolado wrote:

We’re wrapping up the instructions to the jury now. One interesting note: they need to be unanimous in their decision.

In addition to the summaries from Bolado, Funcheon, Wuckert Jr., and Atkins the Twitter accounts Arthur van Pelt (@mylegacykit) and the artist dubbed Fractal Encrypt (@fractalencrypt) have been covering the Kleiman v. Wright trial in great detail as well. While the court’s jurors could not come to a conclusion during the beginning of the week, the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday postponed the final proceedings for six full days.

What do you think about the upcoming Kleiman v. Wright proceedings? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.

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