Michael Saylor · Donald Trump · Bitcoin · Iran · Cointelegraph
Quantstamp rolled out that the malware was signed with a South Korean Hancom digital certificate
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The suspected North Korean link would add to a series of major crypto thefts attributed to the country.
Key facts
- Crypto markets reacted positively to Trump’s post, with Bitcoin (BTC) reaching $65,881 on Coinbase on Monday morning, the highest it has traded over the last 12 days, having last reached over $66,000
- Meanwhile, blockchain security company Quantstamp says North Korea was likely behind the $36 million Humanity Protocol exploit
- Bitcoin neared a two-week high of $66,000 early on Monday after US President Trump said a peace deal with Iran that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz was “now complete
- The biggest crypto was last trading on Sunday at about $63,704, according to CoinMarketCap data
Summary
Today in crypto, Bitcoin has jumped after Donald Trump said the US had a deal with Iran. Bitcoin neared a two-week high of $66,000 early on Monday after US President Trump said a peace deal with Iran that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz was “now complete.” Trump posted to his Truth Social platform late on Sunday that the deal, scheduled to be signed on Friday, would see a “toll-free opening of the Strait of Hormuz” and the removal of a US Naval blockade.” Crypto markets reacted positively to Trump’s post, with Bitcoin (BTC) reaching $65,881 on Coinbase on Monday morning, the highest it has traded over the last 12 days, having last reached over $66,000 on June 3. Andri Fauzan Adziima, the research lead at Bitrue Research Institute, told Cointelegraph that the potential deal “removes a major geopolitical risk premium, triggering a clear risk-on move as uncertainty fades.”