Julian Assange

Trump Pardons Ripple Board Member Ken Kurson; Ulbricht, Snowden Not on List

Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht was not among the 143 individuals to receive clemency from the president.

News  ·  20 January 2021

Julian Assange’s Extradition to US Blocked Over Mental Health Concerns

A judge at the U.K.'s Central Criminal Court ruled Monday that there would be a "high risk" of suicide if Assange was sent to face charges in the U.S.

Policy & regulation  ·  4 January 2021
Payments

Wikileaks to Accept Additional Cryptocurrencies for Donations

Julian Assange stated in a Tweet that Wikileaks is seeking to add new cryptocurrencies in the future after FPF announced the closure of its support.

Business  ·  22 December 2017
Bitcoin Protocol

Julian Assange Just Read Out a Bitcoin Block Hash to Prove He Was Alive

In an attempt to disprove theories about his own death, controversial media mogul Julian Assange turned to the bitcoin blockchain today.

Markets  ·  10 January 2017
Bitcoin

How Bitcoin’s Block Chain Could Stop History Being Rewritten

Bitcoin's block chain can store more than transactions. According to Julian Assange, it provides a way to preserve history.

Tech  ·  15 October 2014
Satoshi Nakamoto

Assange: Bitcoin and WikiLeaks Helped Keep Each Other Alive

Julian Assange has described key events and discussions between bitcoin's founder and WikiLeaks back in 2010.

Markets  ·  16 September 2014
Google

Julian Assange: I Told Google’s Eric Schmidt to Embrace Bitcoin

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and Google chairman and then-CEO Eric Schmidt discussed bitcoin in 2011.

Business  ·  20 June 2014
News

Julian Assange: Bitcoin is a Major ‘Intellectually Interesting Development’

The Wikileaks founder was speaking via video link at the Net Prophet technology and trends conference in Cape Town.

Markets  ·  21 May 2014