Connor Yeates (a pseudonym) v. The King

Lower Court Judgment

26/11/2025 Supreme Court of Victoria (Court of Appeal) (Emerton P; Taylor and Kidd JJA) 

[2025] VSCA 288

Catchwords

Criminal Law – charge of theft – allegation that appellant dishonestly appropriated Bitcoin belonging to another – interlocutory ruling - whether Bitcoin property for the purposes of the Crimes Act 1958 – whether Bitcoin mere information – whether Bitcoin exhibits characteristics of property identified in National Provincial Bank Ltd v Ainsworth [1965] UKHL 1; [1965] AC 1175 – whether Bitcoin intangible property other than chose in action