Crypto digest on April 8: Lego and Epic Games to launch a metaverse for children

Evening crypto news digest for April 8:

Bank of America believes that bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general may become a more profitable investment than bonds and stocks this year

Tesla, Block, and Blockstream enter into a partnership to mine bitcoin using a solar power plant in Texas

Kraken closed its San Francisco headquarters after employees were attacked on their way to and from work

Lego and Epic Games have agreed to create a joint metaverse for children’s audience

Someone transferred $ 428,608,000 in bitcoin and paid $ 0.63 for it. Just imagine — the transaction amount is only 0.1 469%

Mishustin said that Russians own $ 130 billion worth of crypto (almost as much as their gold and foreign exchange reserves). And Europeans have banned Russians and Belarusians from having crypto wallets within their jurisdiction.

An interesting fact: 5 years ago, bitcoin cost only $ 1,200.