It does not happen all that often that the medical sector and Bitcoin come together in a meaningful way. A PhD student at Belgium’s University of Antwerp successfully completed the DNA Storage Bitcoin challenge. By successfully cracking a DNA sequence a week before deadline, Sander Wuyts has won one Bitcoin. At today’s value, that is close to US$11,000 worth of money. It appears that Wuyts will sell his Bitcoin as soon as possible, though, as he has no long-term belief in the world’s leading cryptocurrency. What is the DNA Storage Bitcoin Challenge? Most people will be unfamiliar with the DNA Storage Bitcoin challenge, which isPowered by WPeMatico