here is the thing..
when a business is actually a sole entity. then it is STUCK with limited choices..

however coinbase is not stuck.
EG if they dont have a legal defence team 'in house' that specialises in intellectual property and defamation (because usually a exchange doesnt handle that, so doesnt retain a legal team specialising in that) doesn't need to "hire" a new team. instead they can use a team which its sister companies already have for their other projects

coinbase can borrow the intellectual property specialists from one sister company. and use defamation specialists from another sister company(saves money, tiime and allows for cross information sharing if other sisters also get targetted)

where DCG which has ownership stake in coinbase and possible future targets can organise things and prepare for any oncoming storms with the other sister companies.
 
rather than what you propose is that exchanges just wait for CSW to attack individually and file claims and then have the exchanges individually fight only with newly retained 'inhouse' legal team, separate from its sisters...
which individually costs the targetted company more to use, and also means they cannot share tactic/strategy..
as that yet again is fighting him on the wrong foot (defence)


but hey. seems you always want to take things the long route round and he most complex way, that always falls outside of logic and common sense

most large businesses dont let things go to trial. they discuss out of court settlements outside the court reporting or responses.

though in my opinion i would love to see the DCG organise a full on legal team that combine the kaken coinbase efforts on this side(less costs)(one plan structure.) but then use the multiple claims as a way to strike back at CSW in a multiplied way.

EG CSW think he is playing 2 games of one on one tennis
but reality is he is a single tennis player trying to play tennis, against a football team with a captain(DCG) where they are all kicking balls at just 1 guy defending a goal(CSW)

Looks like he has pledged to buy a NFT for 50 ETH, but won't just donate the money directly. So essentially using Hodlonaut's legal situation to shill his NFT project? Ugh.

As much as I despite all CEXs, I've had a lot of respect for Jesse Powell over the years as he is always open and honest that people should get their coins off of exchanges as soon as possible, and that any coin left on any exchange, including his, is at constant risk. But this Twitter exchange is in incredibly poor taste. Would have been better to say nothing at all rather than say you'll only donate if it's via some NFT scam.

Still, if you want NFTs, then there are some on bitcoin right here: https://xchain.io/tx/755e758e74f7c95f049deb5106fc9315234bc7ccce0817a8e34d16b089d7593f. He can convert his 50 ETH to ~3.7 BTC using Kraken and buy 740 of these for the same result.

Literally thousands of regular people donating whatever bitcoin and fiat they can afford, but this guy worth $500 million will only donate if he gets to shill some NFT while doing it.

Talking of ART, I have listed a raffle in the collectibles thread to create some funds
for hodlonaut's defense. Based on a project I did
recently, I'm raffling of a
limited edition self made book and a limited error print but
no tickets sold yet so I hope
its ok to post here too for a bit more exposure ?

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https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/5411419.0

6 days until the trial begins, and the donation fund is now up to over 70 BTC plus $64,000, taking the total value of the fund to just short of $1.5 million. A great effort by the community so far, but plenty more to do. I'm certain that if anything is left over then it will be used to help other individual defend themselves from CSW's frivolous lawsuits.

Looks like Jesse Powell did buy one of the bitcoin based NFTs in support, although the 0.005 BTC cost falls a bit short of the 50 ETH donation he pledged: https://nitter.it/jespow/status/1566912208281317376

Also some other big names coming out in support, such as Braiins (Slush Pool), River, and Swan, although disappointingly still ongoing silence from the likes of Coinbase.

Maybe. But at the same time, when CSW is already bringing lawsuits against the likes of Coinbase and Kraken, they really have nothing to lose by supporting Hodlonaut, and as he points out, a lot to gain in their upcoming trials if Hodlonaut decisively wins this one.

I doubt it. Coinbase are already one of the most anti-bitcoin organizations in existence. As I pointed out earlier in this thread, Coinbase have supported every major attack on bitcoin in the past, and only reversed their position at the 11th hour due to self preservation rather than doing the right thing. And that's even without mentioning their fundamentally pro-surveillance and anti-privacy ethos. Hell, they hired individuals which were complicit in human rights abuse, including torture, and used them to set up their blockchain analysis subsidiary. And yet the crypto community still have no problem using Coinbase. Anything that happens between Coinbase and CSW will be absolutely irrelevant in terms of attracting new customers.

If supporting a company complicit in actual physical torture isn't enough to stop people from using Coinbase, then failing to stand up to CSW will mean less than nothing to such people.

Correct. Verification: https://bt.irlbtc.com/view/765936.msg8634218#msg8634218

No. Hal passed away 8 years ago.

I'm sure he already has forked out substantial amounts in legal bills in all the run up and preparation for this case, but yeah, here's hoping for a bull run before he has to spend the bulk of these new donations.

Even Braiins joined. Time to put Wright in his place...

Well here we go, this is going to be like a football match but in slow-motion...

Referee (judge) slight screwups that have a decisive impact on the outcome are always possible.

At least this judge knows not to ask CSW for an oath (under penalty of prejury).