23 companies together have $10 billion in BTC
The current price for one Bitcoin (BTC) is currently $13.027.18. That’s -0.05% than 24 hours ago.
If you now want to buy bitcoin for $100 you will get about 0.0077 BTC for this.
The total market cap is $241,355,866,578.00 with a circulation of 18,527,100 BTC.
Fortunately, trading in bitcoin is not prohibited in the Netherlands. However, the Belastingdienst was not aware of the trade. In this way the tax was evaded.
Two money launderers lose 25 million euros to Bitcoin and have to go to jail for years.
Two bitcoin traders have to go to jail for 2 and 2.5 years. They have been convicted of money laundering. The duo owned about 25 million euros of bitcoin. This is reported by the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
The court in Rotterdam convicted the duo. 6 months of both sentences is conditional.
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Bitcoin futures platform CME records new record: $790 million in open interest
Bitcoin futures trading platform CME sets new records. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange passes the plagued BitMEX based on the open interest for bitcoin futures. OKEx is still the big leader in this field.
There seems to be a small thing going on against platforms like this, because earlier this month a founder of OKEx was arrested. Recently, BitMEX has also been sued by the U.S. authorities, another important reason for the rise in CME rankings.
Square will financially support Bitcoin developer Riccardo Casatta
Payment processor Square will financially support Bitcoin Core developer Riccardo Casatta for an unknown amount. The developer is based in Milan, Italy. The multi-billion dollar company from Silicon Valley reports this via its Twitter account.
Square even has its own branch of the company with Square Crypto to support bitcoin developers.
Together, these 23 companies have $10 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) on their balance sheet.
Bitcoin is getting more and more in the news as an escape route. Step by step, larger investors are switching over and larger companies are now openly coquetting with their bitcoin reserves.
Over the past few months, MicroStrategy has thrilled the Bitcoin world by putting more than $425 million worth of bitcoin on its balance sheet. On this website you can follow which listed companies have bitcoin on their balance sheet.
After MicroStrategy’s move, everyone began to speculate which company would take the next step. The name of Square of CEO Jack Dorsey was often mentioned. This eventually turned out to be true, because that company stepped into bitcoin with $50 million.