Presidential Candidate Ron DeSantis Pledges to Protect Bitcoin
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On July 15th former president Obama tweeted about Bitcoin for the first time. He wrote, I'm giving back to my community due to COVID-19. This was part of a major Twitter hack where 130 high profile accounts including Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian, Apple, Kanye and more sent out similar messages trying to get Bitcoin. All in all the scam netted the attackers about 100,000 in Bitcoin but alas they would not remain free for long to enjoy it. A year later a 22 year old British man named Joseph O'Connor was arrested in Spain for the attack. Three other people have also been charged including then 17 year old Florida resident Graham Ivan who was sentenced to three years in prison
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