WAO ART #130

A letter written by a Uruguayan passenger on the Titanic is set to go on auction in Montevideo with a starting price of $12,000. The letter was written by 71-year-old businessman Ramon Artagaveytia Gomez to his brother Adolfo just four days before the ship sank in 1912.

Major players like BlackRock, Fidelity, and Bank of America are investing in Bitcoin through Microstrategy. Microstrategy owns over 140,000 Bitcoin worth over $3B. Buying Microstrategy stock is an indirect way for US investors to gain exposure to Bitcoin in the absence of a Bitcoin ETF.

Western cyber-attacks are rarely reported on, with cyber-security companies focusing on threats from Russia, China, North Korea and Iran. However, a recent attack on Russian technology company Kaspersky has highlighted the potential for Western hacking teams to go undetected.

Las Vegas businessman Jay Bloom has revealed he was invited on the ill-fated Titan submersible that took five lives, but declined. One of those dead was CEO Stockton Rush, who Bloom exchanged text messages with over any potential safety concerns.

A Russian diplomat has been protesting near Australia's parliament in response to the country's decision to tear up the lease for the site where Russia wants to build its new embassy. Australia cited national security grounds for the decision, as the planned embassy would sit only 400m from parliament.

At least 350 Pakistanis were on board the trawler that capsized off southern Greece on 14 June, according to Pakistan's interior minister. The boat is thought to have set off from Egypt and picked up passengers in the Libyan city of Tobruk who paid thousands of dollars for the trip.

Zambia has successfully agreed new repayment terms with its state creditors on up to $6.3bn debt, including over $4bn owed to China, in a deal hailed as "historic" by France's President Emmanuel Macron. The debt restructuring process is a critical step toward regaining financial stability.