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Former Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Sentenced to 5+ Years in Prison for North Korea Trip
12.4.2022
Former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith will serve TK YEARS in prison for helping North Koreans use cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions
Former Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith to Be Sentenced in New York Court Tomorrow
11.4.2022
Former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith is set to face sentencing in a New York courthouse on April 12 after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate international sanctions against North Korea last September
Kava Deploys Ethereum Developer Support on Testnet
9.3.2022
EVM support on Kava will allow Ethereum developers to deploy dapps to Cosmos, which has been steadily gained popularity among users
Ethereum Developer Calls for the Community to Test the Merge
1.12.2021
An Ethereum (ETH) developer has called onto the community to help test the so-called Merge – Ethereum mainnet "merging" with the beacon chain proof-of-stake (PoS) system – and the new program’s start seems to have been a success.
“Ethereum needs you to test the Merge,” urged the meme accompanying...
Former Ethereum Dev Virgil Griffith Pleads Guilty to North Korea Charge, Enters Plea Deal for 6.5 Years: Report
27.9.2021
On September 27, 2021, at the Southern District of New York courthouse, the trial against former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith started at 9:30 a.m. (EST). Griffith was facing 20 years behind bars for discussing blockchain technology in North Korea. Around 10:30 a.m., Griffith pleaded guilty...
Former Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Arrested for Signing Into His Coinbase Account: Report
21.7.2021
According to reports stemming from investigative journalist Matthew Russell Lee, from Inner City Press, former Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith has violated the terms of his bail and has been taken into custody. According to the reports, the U.S. Attorney’s Office revoked Griffith’s...
Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Will Likely Face Trial Next September
23.12.2020
Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith is likely headed to trial on charges of violating international sanctions, after a Tuesday hearing where a federal judge clarified what's being argued
Ethereum Developer ConsenSys to Assist French Bank With CBDC Pilot
28.10.2020
The Ethereum developer will help the digital assets arm of Societe Generale carry out research on a central bank digital currency
Visa Seeks Ethereum Developer for New ‘Distributed Application’
6.7.2020
The world's largest payment network is looking for an Ethereum developer to help work on a new blockchain-based application
ProgPow Is Dead, Long Live ProgPow: Ethereum Developer Call Summary
6.3.2020
ProgPow’s EIP-1057 will not be included in Ethereum, but it may reappear under a different form, per today’s Core Dev call
Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Indicted Over North Korea Event Appearance
9.1.2020
Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith has been indicted in New York over allegations relating to a conference appearance in North Korea last April
Freedom Fighter or Fool? Jury’s Out on Arrested Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith
3.12.2019
The case offers a litmus test of sorts: Was Griffith's appearance in North Korea a brazen violation of economic sanctions or a noble act of spreading ethereum's gospel of global reinvention?
Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith to Be Released From Jail Pending Trial
3.12.2019
The Ethereum Research Scientist, Virgil Griffith, who was taken under arrest in Los Angeles a week ago for purportedly breaching the U.S. sanctions laws, would be discharged from jail pending trial, as per his defense attorney Brian Klein. Recently, Klein announced in a tweet that he presently...
Ethereum Developer Facing up to 20 Years in Prison Gets Top Lawyer
3.12.2019
36-year old Ethereum (ETH) developer Virgil Griffith, who's facing up to 20 years in prison for allegedly helping North Korea avoid sanctions, is now represented by Brian Klein, high-stakes trial attorney and partner at Los Angeles-Based law firm Baker Marquart.
Brian Klein. "I now represent...
Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith Has Been Released From Jail Pending Trial
3.12.2019
Virgil Griffith has been released from jail pending trial, attorney Brian Klein tells CoinDesk
Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith to Be Released From Jail Pending Trial
3.12.2019
Virgil Griffith has been released from jail pending trial, attorney Brian Klein tells CoinDesk
How One Ethereum Developer Created a Dilemma For the Whole Cryptoverse
2.12.2019
Source: Twitter, @virgilgr
After an Ethereum developer was arrested for giving a speech at a North Korean’s blockchain conference, the Cryptoworld is faced with another moral dilemma that it will have to find a way to resolve for the future: is this an example of a man persecuted for exercising...
US Arrests Ethereum Developer for Training North Koreans to Evade Sanctions
29.11.2019
After attending a blockchain conference in North Korea in April, a developer at the Ethereum Foundation has been arrested in Los Angeles on Thanksgiving Day