THELOGICALINDIAN - Bitcoin Cash advocate Roger Ver is no best the CEO of the arguable crypto aggregation Bitcoincom
Ver ‘Promoted’ to Executive Chairman
Ver, one of the added polarizing personalities aural the crypto amplitude appears to accept been removed as the CEO of his aggregation — Bitcoin.com. The website now lists Ver as “Executive Chairman,” with Stefan Rust as CEO.
Rust’s LinkedIn folio has him listed as the Corporate and Business Development arch at the aggregation afore his advance to the role of CEO. As at columnist time, there has been no official advertisement about the authoritative change by the company.
Ver and Bitcoin.com accept appear beneath scrutiny over claims that the belvedere tries to deceive bodies into cerebration BCH is BTC. Ver continues to be an apostle for the altercation that Bitcoin Cash is above to the arch cryptocurrency.
Ver’s abatement additionally echoes a agnate change in the bureaucracy at mining behemothic Bitmain. in backward 2018, Bitmain underwent an organizational restructuring that saw Wu (a abutting accessory of Ver) avenue his bench as CEO.
Is Ver Ditching Bitcoin Cash?
Since the account broke, and after any official chat from Bitcoin.com, there accept been rumors on amusing media that Ver ability be departure the BCH shilling arena. In 2018, Ver told Bitcoinist that he captivated added BCH than BTC.
There is some assumption that Ver ability accept been affected out as CEO of his own website with the aggregation attractive to barrage its barter platform. Ver’s antecedent absolution of Mark Karpeles — the ex-Mt. Gox arch ability not be a acceptable fit for a new barter platform.
Before the 2024 adamantine fork, Ver had been a allegiant BTC advocate alike earning the moniker “Bitcoin Jesus.”
Ver was additionally a above amateur in the BCH vs. BSV hash war that occurred in backward 2018. The above “Bitcoin CEO” sided with Jihan Wu adjoin Calvin Ayre and self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator, Craig S. Wright (CSW).
The altercate with Wright additionally complex a acknowledged case with CSW suing Ver for libel. Roger Ver allegedly alleged Wright a artifice for claiming to be Bitcoin creator; Satoshi Nakamoto — a appearance captivated by abounding in the crypto space.
A U.K. cloister afresh absolved the suit, the latest in a string of abortive rulings for CSW.
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