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The UK court has upheld Craig Wright's appeal, allowing him to maintain in legal proceedings that he is the originator of the Bitcoin white paper. Wright gained notoriety in 2016 when he professed to be Bitcoin's creator and subsequently sued Bitcoin Core's developers. While his claims have not been definitively proven, this court ruling enables Craig to continue his legal battles against companies, eliciting laughter across the cryptocurrency community with his antics.

Polygon Labs has announced plans for a new, more decentralized governance model as part of its upcoming Polygon 2.0 roadmap. The team has proposed "three governance pillars" that will manage the core protocol, smart contracts, and a community treasury. Key features include an expanded Polygon Improvement Proposal (PIP) framework, an ecosystem council to manage system smart contract upgrades, and a two-phase community treasury governance model to fund promising projects.

Affected by the Azuki “Elementals” NFT incident (similar artworks, errors in the artwork, and collector dissatisfaction), the NFT market fell sharply again in the past 24 hours. BAYC fell 16%, MAYC fell 20%, and Azuki fell 11%. Earlier this year, Azuki NFTs gained significant popularity, surpassing even BAYC NFTs. Meanwhile, AzukiDAO has proposed to recover 20,000 ETH from Azuki founder ‘Zagabond’. The proposal suggests hiring a lawyer to take legal action against Zagabond for their alleged involvement in multiple “rug” projects. The aim of the clawback is to retrieve $39 million worth of ETH that was earned from the controversial launch of “Elementals” NFT collection. As of now, the action has received support from 88.3% of AzukiDAO (BEAN) token holders, with 11.65% opposing it. The voting period for the proposal will conclude at 6:38 am UTC on July 3rd.

It appears that Mark and Elon aren’t the only ones itching for a showdown. Following Buterin’s critique of Solana for its scalability being hampered by centralization and significant computational requirements, the community urged Solana’s creator to challenge Buterin to a duel. However, in a display of true intellectual spirit, Anatoly Yakovenko (Solana) suggested an alternative — a game of chess with Buterin. The Ethereum founder has not commented on this proposal yet. Don’t be a menace to South Blockchain...