A Gambling Tycoon and Two British Lords Team Up for £10 Billion Crypto Lawsuit
- Lawsuit is funded by online gambling entrepreneur Calvin Ayre
- Former Lord Chancellor Buckland was hired to spearhead claim
Calvin Ayre, center, in 2006.
Photographer: Nancy Ostertag/Getty Images
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In May last year, dozens of guests gathered at a cabaret club in London’s Soho district to celebrate the birthday of Calvin Ayre, an online gambling tycoon-turned-crypto evangelist.
Friends of the Canadian entrepreneur partied late into the night, sipping champagne and mingling with dancers. Among them was Craig Wright, an eccentric Australian computer scientist who claims to have invented Bitcoin and who has for years worked alongside Ayre to promote various crypto ventures.