Hal Finney’s Wife Celebrates Iconic ‘Running Bitcoin’ Post 16-Year Anniversary With Fourth ALS Run
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Just seven days after Satoshi launched the Bitcoin network on January 3, 2009, Hal Finney, the first person to ever receive a bitcoin payment, announced to the world that he too had fired up a Bitcoin node. “Running bitcoin,” Finney tweeted on January 10, 2009, and those two words have become iconic in the Bitcoin […]

Russia Begins Liquidating Seized Bitcoins From Bribery-Convicted Official
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The Russian government has started selling part of the 1,032 bitcoins seized from former investigator Marat Tambiev, convicted of taking bribes. Russian Authorities Seize Real Estate Belonging to Bribery-Convicted Official The Russian government has reportedly begun selling a portion of over 1,032 bitcoins (BTC) seized from a former investigator, Marat Tambiev, who was convicted of […]

Ethena Stablecoin Nears $6B Market Cap, Tops $250M in Revenue
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USDE is the flagship stablecoin product of Arthur Hayes-backed Ethena Labs. It’s a synthetic dollar that uses a “delta-neutral” strategy to maintain its peg with the U.S. dollar. USDE is Quietly Leading the Niche Stablecoin Market The $212 billion stablecoin market is currently dominated by Tether (USDT) and USDC, but a new entrant has quietly […]

Genius Group’s Bitcoin Holdings Rise to 372 BTC With New $5 Million Purchase
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The latest $5 million purchase of bitcoin has boosted Genius Group’s “bitcoin first” strategy with the company on track to reach its $120 million goal. Genius Group Makes Progress With Goal to Hold $120 Million Worth of Bitcoin Genius Group, an AI-based educational tech company announced that it has added to its bitcoin treasury with […]

Iran’s Currency Website Shut Down Amid Cyber Attacks and Central Bank Criticism
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Administrators of Bonbast.com, Iran’s leading website for tracking the rial’s open-market exchange rate, took it offline due to severe distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and security concerns after criticism from Central Bank Governor Mohammad Reza Farzin. The shutdown removes a crucial data source for foreign exchange traders and citizens as the rial hits record lows against […]