Canada’s ‘Crypto King’ Aiden Pleterski to Represent Himself at Fraud Trial

Self-representation in a fraud trial is unusual and shifts the courtroom dynamic, since the judge must now actively screen evidence for the jury rather than rely on counsel to do so. That matters for how the crypto-investment allegations are presented and tested. What is worth watching is whether the judge's interventions end up shaping the evidentiary record, and how a self-represented defendant handles the technical crypto elements of the case.