Last week, Bitcoin.com News dropped an editorial that spilled the beans on all the governments clutching bitcoin, whether they snagged it through criminal busts or by mining or buying it. In the piece, we noted that China might be sitting on a stash of over 190,000 bitcoins, and our report also threw in that this […]
Trump’s Claims About El Salvador and President Bukele Debunked
Former U.S. President Donald Trump stated that El Salvador’s 70% drop in murders was due to criminals being sent to the U.S. However, PBS fact-checked and found this claim false, attributing the decline to Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s anti-crime measures. El Salvador’s prison population has surged, contradicting Trump’s statement. Notable bitcoin proponents like Max Keiser […]
Debunked: FBI-Owned Bitcoin Wallet Erroneously Tied to Late Russian Oligarch Prigozhin in Recent Speculation
Amid swirling speculations about the third biggest bitcoin wallet, chatter has now emerged linking the fifth largest BTC wallet to the late Yevgeny Prigozhin, former owner of the Wagner private military company (PMC). However, a straightforward blockchain explorer search clearly indicates the wallet bears a label identifying it as property of the U.S. government. Nevertheless, […]