You realise I'm just going to give him a screenshot right? I'm not getting involved in this, just please don't slander my name for something you're doing. Have a good night.
well give him that screenshot. he will see that i asked you for collateral
According to the screenshot he sent me, you asked him to pay a "so called liquidity amount" of $25 upfront. It looks like this was received from your email address that you posted
here. How do you explain that?

Do you see? I also asked him for collateral. And yes i have to do this check. My insurance company wants me to do it. Otherwise i won't be able to request insurance if i get scammed.
That doesnt explain the "liquidity" you ask for. You ask for collateral that is 80% of what is asking or require him to pay a "liquidity" amount to "prove" that he is trustworthy. Collateral is one thing (though he should put collateral into a trusted escrow here on this forum), but the other option screams scam. Why not just let him put $25 in crypto into an trusted escrow here and you send the 0.3 btc?
Also, you have yet to sign a message with the address proving you own 5 BTC, so this whole thing is pretty much a collateral scam unless proven otherwise.