Micah Zimmerman

Micah Zimmerman
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Micah first discovered Bitcoin in 2018 but remained a skeptic on the sidelines for too long. Since 2021, he has covered crypto and business and now works as a news reporter for Bitcoin Magazine, based in North Carolina.

Bitcoin Price Crashes Over 5% to $75,000 as Tech Rout Wipes Out Leveraged Longs

Bitcoin price fell from above $80,800 to near $76,600 on Thursday morning as a Nasdaq selloff in chip and AI stocks spilled into crypto.

Ukraine Central Bank Refuses to Back Crypto Bill Cleared for Second Reading

Ukraine's National Bank says draft law 10225-d on virtual assets lacks safeguards on foreign tokens and platform licensing.

Fed and OCC Quiz U.S. Banks After $6.3 Billion Binance Hack

Federal Reserve and OCC supervisors contacted U.S. banks this week to check for vulnerabilities after the Binance hack.

Tether and Tron Quietly Scrapped T3 Crime Unit Two Months Before $6.3 Billion Binance Hack

The T3 Financial Crime Unit, which said it froze more than $450 million in illicit USDT with authorities in 23 jurisdictions, wound down in late August.

Riot (RIOT) Names Anthropic as Tenant in $28 Billion Texas Lease, Could Owe It 12% Interest

Riot's 10-Q identifies Anthropic as the AI lab behind its 910 MW Corsicana lease and shows Riot could owe the tenant 12% interest on up to $3.6 billion in build costs.

Bitcoin Price Trades Near $79,600 as Oil Rebounds and Bank of England Hikes Rates

Bitcoin price slipped back below $80,000 on Thursday morning.

American Bitcoin (ABTC) Posts $126 Million Profit as Holdings Gain $197 Million

American Bitcoin swung to about $126 million in third-quarter net income after a $197.3 million gain on its bitcoin holdings, reversing a $57.2 million loss in the prior quarter.

Judge Lets Stock Perpetual Futures Keep Trading but Says CFTC Likely Overstepped Its Authority

A federal judge refused to halt stock perpetual futures on Kalshi, Coinbase Derivatives and Bitnomial but found a Cboe- and Citadel Securities-backed group likely to prove the CFTC exceeded its authority.

Huizenga Loses House Seat Despite $1 Million From Crypto PAC Fairshake

Rep. Bill Huizenga, vice chair of the House Financial Services Committee, lost despite $1 million from Fairshake.

French Bank Credit Mutuel Arkea Confirms Cyberattack as ZachXBT Puts Losses Above $133 Million

Credit Mutuel Arkea says a cyberattack through a service provider enabled fraudulent transfers from its own account, while ZachXBT puts the theft above $133 million, a figure the bank has not confirmed.