Four North Koreans posed as remote developers for US and Serbian blockchain firms, stealing almost $1 million in crypto to fund the regime’s illicit programs.
Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe execs once ruled out adopting crypto over concerns of volatility and risk, and the banking giant also blocked customer crypto transactions back in 2015.
The raise includes a transaction of $10 million where the company accepted Bitcoin instead of cash.
A trader under the handle qwatio has been liquidated eight times in the last week, with the latest a partial liquidation of an Ether position leveraged by 25X.
Metaplanet has become the fifth-largest corporate Bitcoin holder after its latest $108 million purchase, which comes on the same day the Japanese firm issued 0% interest bonds to buy more.
Long-term Bitcoin holders have been selling to institutions since spot ETFs launched, keeping prices stagnant.
Jordi Visser argued that growing dissatisfaction among those 25 and younger with the current financial system will increase BTC adoption.
Bitcoin price made a weekend rush on the $109,000 resistance and HYPE, BCH, LINK and SEI could be the first altcoins to rally if BTC bulls secure new highs.
Michael Saylor’s Strategy is up over 52% on its Bitcoin investment, representing an unrealized capital gain of over $21.8 billion.
Bitcoin weekend volatility gets a late boost thanks to a familiar source with the key $109,000 BTC price closing level within easy reach.