KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia’s key index finished marginally higher, supported by strong buying interest in consumer-related counters, amid mixed performance across regional markets. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose by 1.40 points, or 0.08 per cent, to 1,711.39 from Tuesday's close of 1,709.99. The key index opened 12.36 points firmer at 1,722.35 and moved between 1,711.31 and 1,722.63 throughout the session. Market breadth was negative, with losers leading gainers 678 to 493, while 549 counters were unchanged, 1,016 untraded and 34 suspended. Turnover increased to 4.50 billion units worth RM3.45 billion from 3.93 billion units worth RM3.45 billion on Tuesday.
An Australian computer scientist, who falsely claimed to have invented bitcoin, was found in contempt of court on Thursday for filing a £911 billion (US$1.2 trillion) lawsuit in Britain against Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's payments company, Block.
Key Points:
- Craig Wright, the claimant, had long asserted he was Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous author of bitcoin's foundational 2008 white paper.
- In May 2024, London's High Court ruled that Wright had lied extensively, fabricated documents, and did not invent bitcoin.
- The case was initially brought by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (Copa), aiming to prevent Wright from suing bitcoin developers based on his false claims.
- Copa argued that Wright's recent lawsuit against Block violated a prior injunction, which barred him from pursuing litigation based on his false assertion of intellectual property rights over bitcoin.
- Judge James Mellor ruled Wright to be in contempt of court during a Thursday hearing that Wright did not attend.
- Last month, Wright was also denied permission to appeal Mellor's ruling that he is not the inventor of bitcoin.
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