So legally the company says it's received $100M and it's enough? I'm going to look up the names linked with Craig's because of sinister intentions I'm not aware of. It's clear he isn't Satoshi. If he's going to keep claiming it he shouldn't have any friends to count on but he's keeping himself in public view. Why's he doing it?
you can check out his ponzi plans since day one.
2003 he resigned from a company and signed a no-contact/non compete exit agreement, where he was not allowed to contact his ex employers clients to steal business.. within months he broke that.
they sued him. he lost, but went on a 10 year appeals(delay tactic) process, leading up to him being virtually declared bankrupt due to legal costs in 2013.
in 2013 he started a company (hotwire) and scammed australian tax office out of millions of $aus.
saying he was doing R&D in bitcoin mining.
(no hint of him yet pretending to be the inventor. just a new miner, learning the ropes in 2013)
he used tax rebate money that to pay off his legal costs of the 2003-13 cases and fines and compensation and other debts(first ponzi (rob tax to pay exemployer))
the australian tax office audited him in 2013-4 and realised he didnt have the supposed "super computers" to mine bitcoin and so started a process on him to get back what he owes.
hotwire closed down declaring bankruptsy, while australian tax office still chased him for compensation.
he then started the W&K to try to show notorised proof of collateral(public keys). this delayed the tax office just long enough for him to then up and leave australia to start his next scam in the uk(claiming he was bitcoins inventor). that didnt work with the australian tax office either
so then doxxed himself at his old address and then started telling media he was bitcoins inventor hoping publicity of media could be his proof to delay the australian tax office further.
he then found other investors to buy into him by faking he had 1mill coins collateral(the W&K tulip saga v2). some were fooled. some jumped in deep and he set up more sham companies.
each layer of new investor trying to pay off the previous investor. each time promising more and more.
these days he is saying even if he cant move the coins (by blaming core devs for not making a trojan to move the coins for him) he still promises these investors if he wins court cases, and makes enough patents and wins public opinion he can make billions on the media/movie market selling his story and doing book tours and convention/conference appearances and they can all make money being his entourage
thats the basic back story
so now the ones that are deep in debt due to craig and highly invested, are stuck. its either walk away with nothing, or hold on and hope for something.. most are holding on, just for a chance to make something.
this is why they hype him up so much. not because they believe him. but if they can coax public opinion to think he is still significant, or coax new investors to buy in so they can sell out. the more they can make