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PODCAST: Bitcoin spurs coal, web3 poaches execs, gunman demands crypto

Listen to the most important stories in Bitcoin and crypto covered by our newsroom in the past week.

Apple store gunman who demanded $220M crypto ransom dies by cop car

A gunman who commandeered an Amsterdam Apple store and demanded a $230-million crypto ransom has died in hospital after a five-hour standoff.

Guo Wengui, the ‘billionaire’ founder of the Himalaya Coin crypto and business partner of Steve Bannon, has declared personal bankruptcy.

Ambitious tech folk are hoovering up massive salaries and mouth-watering share packages paid by ‘web3’ firms. Gamble or solid career move?

Solana NFT marketplace Magic Eden will now demand ‘Launchpad’ users issue identity docs just weeks after Buzzfeed outed Bored Apes’ founders.