Nakamoto Sells 284 BTC & Cuts Metaplanet Stake: A Wild Ride Downhill

The company’s most recent filing reveals that Nakamoto parted with 284 BTC for approximately $20 million, which means the average price they got per coin was around $70,400. For those keeping track, that’s a solid 20% below the magic number of $87,519 they once dreamed their Bitcoin could fetch by the end of 2025. Someone forgot to check the market, it seems.

Square’s New Bitcoin Feature: US Merchants Forced Into the Future

According to Miles Suter, the Bitcoin Product Lead at Block, Inc., U.S. merchants are now going to get a little surprise in their payment options: bitcoin payments turned on by default. This miraculous rollout is supposed to make the transaction process smoother, for both tiny shops and those enormous businesses that are so busy selling things they forget what year it is.

Drones, Crypto, and the Theatre of War: A Farce in Two Acts

Blockchain and Drones

On a Monday-that most mundane of days-the blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis unveiled a tale as intricate as a Victorian novel. Groups tied to Russia and Iran, it appears, are using crypto to procure low-cost military drones and their components. The firm, with the precision of a Sherlock Holmes, traced these digital breadcrumbs from individual wallets to the virtual checkout counters of e-commerce platforms. How quaint! The drone, once a toy for hobbyists, has ascended to the status of a modern weapon of war, accessible to both state and non-state actors alike. Truly, we live in an age where even terrorism has gone retail.

The Crypto Tsar’s Warning: A Tale of Regulators and Red Tape

In response to Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s interview with the ever-poised Maria Bartiromo, Deaton took to the social media platform X, his fingers dancing across the keys with the fervor of a man who has seen the abyss and returned to tell the tale. “Imagine,” he wrote, “a world where the next Gary Gensler lurks in the wings, ready to pounce on innovation with the zeal of a tax collector at a village fair.”

Maryland Man’s Crypto Capers: How One Hacker Stole Millions and Got Caught

Our protagonist, the illustrious Jonathan Spalletta, aged 36 and hailing from Rockville, Maryland, fancied himself a bit of a magician. On April 8, 2021, he allegedly pulled a rabbit out of his hat by engaging in what the folks in the legal circles call a “deceptive series of transactions” with Uranium’s smart contract-sounds fancy, doesn’t it? In layman’s terms, he figured out how to extract way more crypto than was ever intended for his grubby little fingers.

A Crypto Crusade: Digital Dollars and Congressional Delights

Crypto firms are walking into Washington ballrooms with the same aplomb as a debutante, but this time the dance floor is slick with regulation. The newly formed Blockchain Leadership Fund, a PAC that could give a speakeasy a run for its money, is ready to back candidates who chew on digital asset policy like a championship goat chews on golden fleece.