Raheim Hamilton and Thomas Pavey, co-founders of the darknet marketplace Empire Market, have been sentenced and agreed to forfeit a total of 2,814 bitcoin worth around $234 million. The US government, under a 2025 executive order by President Trump, will add these seized bitcoins to a strategic bitcoin reserve that is not to be sold, shrinking the market supply. This contrasts with Germany's approach, where seized bitcoins were sold quickly to avoid value loss. The handling of such seized crypto assets impacts market supply and investor outlook on bitcoin availability and price stability.
The US government's seizure of 2,814 bitcoins worth around $234 million contrasts with Germany's quicker sale of seized bitcoins. For readers following cryptocurrency market trends, here is Pluang's market snapshot as of Oct 12, 2026 01:01 WIB: out of 50 major cryptocurrencies, 35 rose and 14 fell. Notable moves include SXP down 46.27% to Rp37 with a typical hold time of 94 days, BAT up 23.04% to Rp2,883 with a 46% sell and 54% buy order split, and BAL up 11.14% to Rp16,297 with a typical hold time of 85 days.
Acoramidis, a drug for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), was linked to an 18% lower risk of death, hospitalization, and disease progression compared to tafamidis in a large U.S. electronic health record study of 2,684 patients. The stud...
Stellantis revealed six concept cars from its iconic brands at an exclusive event before the Paris Motor Show, highlighting its FaSTLAne 2030 strategy focused on innovation, customer experience, and diverse mobility solutions. These concepts, includi...
Freenome announced improved clinical validation results for its updated SimpleScreen™ CRC blood test, showing an 18.2% sensitivity for advanced precancerous lesions (APLs), up from 13.7% in the original test. Sensitivity for high-grade dysplasia APLs...
BridgeBio Pharma announced that encaleret, a treatment for autosomal dominant hypocalcemia type 1 (ADH1), increased bone turnover and improved patient-reported symptoms in the Phase 3 CALIBRATE trial. 100% of patients on encaleret reported symptom im...
Solana's stablecoin reserves fell from $17.45 billion on September 25 to $16.33 billion by October 11, a 6.4% decline indicating that $1.12 billion left the chain. This reduction reflects actual sell or transfer activity, not price changes, and sugge...
