BTC Correction, Andrew Yang Out, William Shatner Attacks: Hodler's Digest, Feb. 10-16

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Crypto community loses its 2020 presidential candidate Andrew YangForward-thinking crypto enthusiasts can be difficult to find on America's political scene, and this week, it got a little harder.

The entrepreneur, who had little political experience, was a proponent of blockchain voting and crypto regulation - and at one point, it was possible to donate to his campaign with Bitcoin.

Dutch police say no one was injured in the bombings, but each package was accompanied with a demand for crypto.

Back in 2015, an attacker began putting explosives in supermarkets and warned they wouldn't stop unless they were paid off in crypto.

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It came days after the infamous BTC bull said the crypto's price would balloon to $27,000 in the space of six months after breaking its 200-day moving average.

Mike Novogratz, the CEO of Galaxy Digital, has said BTC has the potential to reach and even surpass all-time highs of $20,000 by May.FUD of the WeekAuthorities arrest Ohio man for laundering $300 million in crypto on the dark webA man in Ohio has been accused of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from illicit narcotics sales for darknet users around the world.

The Department of Justice said: "Helix functioned as a Bitcoin 'mixer' or 'tumbler,' allowing customers, for a fee, to send Bitcoin to designated recipients in a manner that was designed to conceal the source or owner of the Bitcoin." Harmon's company is accused of transferring more than 350,000 BTC - worth $300 million at the time - and has been taken into custody.

Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano suspended from Twitter for an hourThere was a flurry of confusion on crypto Twitter earlier this week when the account of Morgan Creek Digital co-founder Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano was randomly suspended, only to be reinstated within a matter of hours.

Back on Tuesday, William Shatner - the 88-year-old who played Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek series - weighed into the debate on whether Craig Wright actually is Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator of Bitcoin.

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