Bitcoin Rebounds And Amsterdam Apple Store Gunman Demands €200 Million In Crypto
US stock markets dropped Tuesday evening in a session which saw the broadest index, the S&P 500, enter correction territory. With that, the US stock markets hit their lowest level in more than four months.
The S&P 500 officially moved into correction territory today.
This is the 33rd correction or bear market since 1980.
Take note, they aren’t fun and no one likes it, but the return 1-year later is nearly 25% and higher 90% of the time. pic.twitter.com/U3PUQDfa6h
— Ryan Detrick, CMT (@RyanDetrick) February 23, 2022
As Wednesday morning came around, crypto markets rebounded from their sessions lows of yesterday with Bitcoin trading upwards some 5% over the last 24 hours, now exchanging hands for a price of $38.900.
Strongest gainers in the CoinMarketCap top 10 at the time of writing were Cardano (+10%), Terra (+15%) and Avalanche, (+13%).
Amsterdam Apple store hostage taker
Als yesterday, an unnamed 27-year-old entered the Apple Store on the Leidseplein in Amsterdam yesterday around 5.30 pm CET. He carried two firearms: an automatic rifle and a handgun.
Apple store gunman demanded €200m in crypto currency https://t.co/NbQsE0XGm5
— Brospar Daily - US (@Brospar2022) February 23, 2022
He held the present clientele hostage, contacted the police and demanded 200 million euros in various cryptocoins. According to The Verge it remained unclear what coin or denomination he demanded.
During the ordeal, the man sent selfies and other photos to a local news outlet (AT5) that appeared to show him wearing a bomb vest. The police was able to end the siege a few hours later without anyone getting hurt.
In Amsterdam at #Leidseplein, a hostage situation is currently taking place in the Apple Store.
which is massively shared via Whatsapp. According to bystanders, the hostage-taker has already fired several times
Hij eist 10.000.000 aan crypto— Mr Wonderful (@MrWonderful396) February 22, 2022
We can only hope he doesn’t start a new rage of asking for cryptocoins during hostage situations. Sign of the times we guess.
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