Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) tentative Moon arrival date is Feb. 23, 2024.
What Happened: According to Finance Feeds, crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX is loading a physical Bitcoin — engraved with a public address (1MoonBTCixFH3XTrWRCbMpK23o74nQrA1Q) and a private key — aboard a privately-built spacecraft schedule for liftoff this Sunday, Jan. 8, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The digital asset is among 201 payloads from various entities, including governments, companies, and universities, as well as NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.
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