Buterin sold 10 billion MOODENG for 308.69 ether (ETH), worth $762K at current prices, and transferred 260 ETH, or $642,000, to the charity Kanro earlier on Monday. His publicly-known Ethereum address vitalik.eth still holds 40 billion MOODENG tokens, worth over $8 million at current prices. Source
NEAR joined Uniswap as a top performer, gaining 5.0%. Source
Bitcoin miners compete to solve mathematical problems in order to add new blocks to the network and, in turn, are rewarded with new BTC. The amount received is halved every four years, last doing so in April this year, when the reward fell to 3.125 BTC. Source
The company adopted bitcoin as a reserve asset in May as a hedge against volatility of Japan’s native currency. It now has the second-largest bitcoin stash among Asia-listed companies, behind Hong Kong-based technology firm Meitu (1357), which holds around 941 BTC, according to Bitcoin Treasuries. Both companies trail behind Tysons Corner, Virginia-based MicroStrategy, which has more than 252,000 and is the largest publicly traded owner of the token. Source
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is leading Democratic rival Kamala Harris by 2.5 percentage points in Polymarket’s election contract after Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, endorsed him at a rally over the weekend. Trump still trails in one of the states that have, historically, ‘called’ the election. Source
“The UAE has essentially classified virtual assets in the same bucket as traditional financial services – several of which are already exempt from VAT. This legitimizes VAs,” said Ankita Dhawan, a senior associate at Métis Institute, a dispute resolution think tank. Source
“But I know if HBO releases a documenter and tells everyone that @lensassaman is satoshi, then every crypto mfers and every big media will say/write its name and talk about him,” said crypto X user @ariesyuangga. “If Len Sassaman is named as Satoshi Nakamoto this cat is going to fly,” said @dametime_tradez, another crypto X user. Source
Bitcoin may have bottomed at $60,000 earlier this week, and the Fed easing into a strong economy points to more upside, Will Clement said. Source
With a month to go before Election Day, Kalshi and Interactive Brokers have listed prediction markets on the race for the White House. Source
HBO says it knows who Satoshi is. Source