In the first major US criminal tax evasion case involving Bitcoin, Ahlgren pleaded guilty in September 2024 to filing a false tax return. He was sentenced to 2 years in prison, 1 year of supervised release, and owes $1.1 million in restitution. https://bitcoinnews.com/legal/frank-richard-ahlgren-iii-private-keys/

A federal judge has authorized the 🇺🇸 US government to sell 69,370 Bitcoin, valued at $6.5 billion, seized from Silk Road. The DOJ has not yet released details on the timing or method of the sale.

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🇬🇧 UK bond yields are blowing out 😮 With 30-year yields hitting levels unseen since 1998, is the UK facing an even deeper crisis than the one that ended Liz Truss’s record-short premiership?

YELLEN: It's hard to see how the math works for Elon's DOGE to solve the deficit problem.

Corporate Bitcoin holdings have more than doubled over the past year, according to Bitwise

Senator Lummis: “Wouldn’t it be fun if the 🇺🇸 US is buying Bitcoin and it scares 🇨🇳 China and 🇷🇺 Russia so they start buying Bitcoin and we have an arms race over Bitcoin instead of over weapons.”

In October 2023, Phoenix Group became the first private Bitcoin and blockchain company listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX). Its IPO raised $370 million—33 times the expected amount—with retail demand exceeding forecasts by 180 times.

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UAE-Based Bitcoin Mining Group Phoenix | Operations in US

Bitcoin mining company Phoenix Group has expanded its operations from UAE to United States and Canada.

Only 3 out of 535 members of Congress (0.5%) outperformed Bitcoin’s return in 2024 (+121%). Nancy Pelosi (+70.9%) couldn’t even come close.