• BitMEX reported that the COPA v. CSW case has been reopened at present, February 19, 2024.
• Mr. Wright offered three witnesses to defend his declare to be Bitcoin's creator.
• Wright's witnesses embody David Bridges, Max Lynam and Stephen Matthews.

BitMEX Analysis has reported the resumption of the trial between the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA) and Craig Steven Wright (CWS). In response to BitMEX Analysis, three of Wright's witnesses are scheduled to seem in court docket at present, together with David Bridges, Max Lynam, and Stephen Matthews.

Describing Wright's relationship with witnesses, the information platform famous that Bridges met Wright round 2006. BitMEX describes Lynam as Wright's cousin, and Matthews is the CEO of nChain, a world blockchain expertise firm. Whereas Matthews was bodily current in court docket, Bridges and Lynam appeared remotely.

Relating to the cross-examination schedule, BitMEX reported that Mr. Matthews will doubtless proceed cross-examination till tomorrow morning, after which cross-examination of COPA witnesses will start. Nevertheless, BitMEX reported that neither Wright nor Matthews arrived on the courthouse.

Proceedings proceed at present because the eleventh day of trial. The case comes after COPA, led by a mixture of business pursuits together with Coinbase, Kraken, Block and Meta, sued Wright, a British-Australian pc scientist, over claims that he was Satoshi Nakamoto. It's a lawsuit. Nameless Bitcoin Inventor.

In response to the BitMEX report, Bridges was solely cross-examined after a distant oath course of by way of video hyperlink. The witness stated in his reply to questions that he didn’t watch the trial even on social media. He agreed that he labored at Qudos Financial institution for 19 years and solely left in December final yr.

Mr. Bridges admitted that he met Mr. Wright in 2006 whereas working in a safety audit. He additionally agreed that Wright carried out a full safety audit after which carried out comparable checks on third events as a part of his work at BDO.

Witness questioning was ongoing on the time BitMEX filed its report, and additional revelations are anticipated to find out whether or not Wright is the creator of Bitcoin based mostly on his claims. Members of the crypto group anticipate this case to tug on. It’ll doubtless take a number of weeks earlier than a court docket determines that Wright's claims are true.