On January 5th, BitMEX announced that it will send Bitcoin to the moon from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 02:18 Eastern Time on January 8th (14:28 Beijing time). This mission is a collaboration between BitMEX, Astrobotic, Bitcoin Magazine, and Oxcart Assembly, and aims to demonstrate the potential of Bitcoin and blockchain technology in establishing a borderless financial system beyond Earth.

The physical Bitcoin weighs 43 grams and contains 1 BTC (worth approximately $45,000 as of January 8th, 2024), and will be carried by the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket and integrated into the commercial lunar lander Peregrine-1. The tentative arrival date on the moon is February 23rd, 2024.