UK prosecutors have charged a group of individuals with the kidnapping of Chinese businessman Dylan Huang. Law enforcement reports reveal that the criminals sought a ransom of $15 million in BTC, while subjecting him to threats, physical assault, and confinement for over 30 hours.
The courtroom drama between Craig Wright and COPA takes a new turn with the introduction of email evidence meant to prove a £795,000 BTC transaction conducted between Wright's enterprises in 2009. Validating this transaction for the said year could bolster Wright's claim of being Bitcoin's elusive founder, Satoshi Nakamoto.
On April 20th, at 0:09 UTC, the Bitcoin network reached a new milestone with the completion of its fourth halving at block 840,000, reducing the mining reward from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC per block.
Harvest Fund Management, Bosera Asset Management, and China Asset Management have secured approval from the Hong Kong regulator to launch spot ETFs for Bitcoin and Ethereum.
