Hakan Ateşler 
Following the crypto law passed by the Turkish Grand National Assembly in June, companies continue to register with the Capital Markets Board (SPK). Last month, Coinbase, Kucoin and İşbank were added to the registrations made by 4 new companies today.
MicroStrategy, which announced the sale of $1 billion in bonds today, announced that it purchased 7420 Bitcoin. Purchases were made between September 13-19. The company announced that $500 million of the $1 billion bond sale will be reserved for debt payments and the rest for Bitcoin purchases. About 1 hour after this announcement, new BTC purchases were announced.
Famous cryptocurrency investor and entrepreneur Arthur Hayes sold in Pendle, where he said many times that he trusted his project. Hayes lost about $790 thousand with the declines following his purchases in May and June, and he accepted this loss and sold.
The theft of $240 million worth of Bitcoin from a person by 3 hackers was one of the most vocal news of the day in the USA. The hackers, who deceived the alleged Genesis company creditor with the lie that they were Google Support employees, stole more than 4 thousand BTC and spent them on a luxurious lifestyle. A wide investigation, including crypto researchers and the FBI, brought these people to an end.
Five wallets that were mining during the years when Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, was active, were activated at the same time and about 15.6 years later. It is not known whether the wallets are linked to each other or belong to the same person. 50 BTC per wallet and 250 BTC in total were transferred to new addresses.
The BingX exchange suffered a hacking attack and lost a total of $43 million in cryptocurrency. In the first stage, 27 crypto was stolen from the stock exchange, which was attacked twice by hackers, and $16.5 million in the second attack. The stock exchange CEO stated that the losses will be compensated.
Analysts at Standard Chartered, which has previously published reports that Bitcoin could reach $150,000 by the end of 2024 and $250,000 by the end of 2025, stated that they expect a short-term rally in the largest cryptocurrency.
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) announced its highly anticipated interest rate decision yesterday evening and made a big cut of 50 basis points. Beyond this cut, the expectations of the Fed and its members for the future were also important. Looking at the expectations, also known as dot charts, Fed members think that more cuts should be made in 2025.
Richard Teng, who is at the helm of Binance, the world’s largest stock exchange, commented on the highly anticipated Fed meeting. Teng stated that he thinks interest rate cuts will bring significant rises in cryptocurrencies.
DBS, considered the largest bank in Singapore and Asia, has added a new one to its crypto services for years. The bank will provide over-the-counter Bitcoin and Ether option transactions, also known as OTC. Although no specific date is given, activities are expected to start in the Q4 of this year.