BitMEX's Bitcoin Soars to the Moon in a Crypto Space Odyssey

<p>BitMEX, <a href="https://www.bitmex.com/">a leading crypto derivatives
exchange</a>, is embarking on a lunar escapade, sending a Bitcoin soaring to the
Moon's celestial embrace on January 8 at 02:18 am ET from Cape Canaveral Space
Force Station, Florida, that’s this Monday for any rocket watchers out there. </p><p>In partnership with Astrobotic, Bitcoin Magazine, and Oxcart Assembly, the absolutely
vital mission aims to showcase Bitcoin's potential in forging a borderless
financial system beyond our earthly bounds. It marks the first Western soft
lunar landing since NASA's Apollo 17 mission in 1972 and might just herald a
new era of commercially driven Moon missions.</p><p>A Voyage Beyond Earth's Reach</p><p><a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=PEREGRN-1">Astrobotic's
Peregrine-1</a>, scheduled to land on the Moon on February 23, could make
history as the first Western soft lunar landing in over 50 years. Integrated
onto Peregrine-1, the Bitcoin, symbolizing a monetary system for a space
economy, is set to reach the lunar surface, highlighting the capabilities of
blockchain technology and Bitcoin to cross financial frontiers.</p><blockquote><p lang="en" dir="ltr">