NEW: Mastermind behind $1.25 million cryptocurrency scam identified as Argentinean 🇦🇷 national Fernando Barbatelli.
Barbatelli is a “well-known scammer” who, through identity fraud, convinced a Chilean 🇨🇱 citizen to send him 20 Bitcoin in promise of a return on his investment. 
NEW: Kevin O'Leary rejects Cathie Wood's #Bitcoin price target, saying it implies a 🇺🇸 US economic collapse. 
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NEW: "If I borrow money, who’s the guy to pay me back? And gold and silver – you don’t need that – the same as #Bitcoin, you have no counterparty risk," says Robert Kiyosaki. 
Lightning Labs Announces Stablecoins on Bitcoin Lightning Network
Elizabeth Stark: “The stickiest users have been those looking for a stable store of value. In some cases, they’re using BTC. In other cases, they’re using stablecoins, and in some cases, it’s a combination of both.”
https://bitcoinnews.com/lightning/lightning-labs-stablecoin-on-bitcoin/
💥#Bitcoin Street Interview 👀
Watch 🇨🇦 Canadian bros change their tune on #Bitcoin in an instant 😮 https://video.nostr.build/f043829bac4c648f47d85460a2603317b5e829c05a1c7918c77e047c5fb83f1e.mp4
NEW: Marathon's Q1 2024 revenue surged 223% to
💵 $165.2M, and net income skyrocketed 184% to $337.2M.
#Bitcoin production increased 28% YOY, but fell 34% compared to Q4 2023. 
JUST IN: 🇨🇳 Chinese fund house Harvest Global Investment, issuer of a #Bitcoin spot ETF in 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, wants to extend the accessibility of its product to mainland China through the Stock Connect program 👀🙌 
NEW: 🇯🇵 Japanese firm Metaplanet purchases an additional ~20 #Bitcoin within a week of Dylan Leclair taking over as head of Bitcoin Strategy, bringing their total to 117 #BTC 
NEW: Norwegian government to look into banning #Bitcoin mining, “calling the power-intensive crypto-mining pointless.” 
NEW: 205K #Bitcoin sits on OTC desks, similar to levels before the FTX collapse.
This surge in institutional selling activity, historically a sign of a peak, could indicate a near-term top for #Bitcoin price. 
NEW: Canaan unveils its new A1566 #Bitcoin miner, touting an industry-leading 18.5J/T energy efficiency ratio for its powerful 185T hashing power. 
NEW: 🇺🇸 Senator Bernie Sanders introduces the "Medical Debt Cancellation Act" to eliminate all $220 billion in medical debt held by Americans 😮 
BREAKING: Biden Admin would veto proposed legislation that would allow highly regulated financial firms to custody #Bitcoin 😮 
BREAKING: 21 Democrats in the House side with Republicans and vote to repeal the SEC’s SAB 121 which bars financial firms from taking custody of #Bitcoin 🙌
On to the Senate next 👀 
NEW: Mining #Bitcoin out of the back of a Cybertruck 👀
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BREAKING: FTX forecasts that the total value of property collected, converted to cash and available for distribution to creditors in their bankruptcy case will be between $14.5 and $16.3 billion 👀 
NEW: 🇦🇷 Argentina releases 10,000 peso bill (worth ~$11) to help citizens avoid carrying bricks of cash amidst 287% annual inflation 😮 
NEW: "🇨🇳 China is driving the price of gold.
The flow of gold to China has gone from solid to an absolute torrent."
Could this strong demand also spill over to #Bitcoin if the rumors about an imminent opening of 🇭🇰 Hong Kong ETFs to Mainland China turn out to be true? 