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Exactly 8 years ago the Bitcoin HODL meme was born from this legendary post

On December 18th 2013 when BTC price was dipping after crossing $1000 for the first time the bitcointalk user named GameKyuubi made the following post titled "I AM HODLING" on the oldest and most popular Bitcoin forum. It has become one of the most legendary Bitcoin memes. ​ I type d that tyitle twice because…
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Grim Finance was hacked. $25,000,000+ stolen so far.

Statement from Grim Finance, from Twitter. Hello Grim Community, It is with heavy hearts that we inform you that our platform was exploited today by an external attacker roughly 6 hours ago. The attackers address has been identified with over 30 million dollars worth of theft The hacker has stolen more than $25,000,000 USD. You…
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ETH fees in $3-4 range!

Quick, do your transactions people! ETH transaction Gas – $3.53 But ERC-20 or uniswap will naturally still be higher ERC-20 transaction Gas – $10.36 Uniswap transaction Gas – $31.88 While fees should still be way lower, for some this may be a good opportunity to do some transfers if you have been waiting for Gas…
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Water-cooling & replacing thermal pads, do they help?

And do they help in a meaningful way? I've done a lot of reading up on 3090 gains with thermal pads or custom loop replacements… But I'm so far not seeing numbers / results I'm happy with. 92C Memory Junction temperature with occasional spikes to 96C is what I'm seeing. What I would like to…
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The Pressure to HODL

Take profits. That’s the whole point of my post. As a noob investor I got roped into this hold mentality that’s touted by so many folks who are both seasoned crypto investors as well as other noobs entering the market like myself, and as good of an idea that is, it’s also important to reward…
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Kenyan Businessman Accused of Defrauding Investors of More Than $140 Million

Businessman and owner of a Kenyan football club, Ricardo Badoer, has been accused of fleecing more than $140 million from investors via his Aidos Kuneen cryptocurrency. Threats Against Investors According to a local report, Kenyan businessman Ricardo Badoer is being accused of defrauding investors via his Aidos Kuneen cryptocurrency of more than $140 million. The […]

Learning by doing – hands-on DeFi tutorial for beginners

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is truly fascinating because it promises to solve so many problems of the modern financial world. have written a blog post about my first steps in the world of Decentralized Finance. This is very much learning by doing, so I demonstrate how I transfer crypto between L1 and L2, swap crypto on…
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Uniswap v3 contracts deployment on Polygon approved with 99.3% consensus

The deployment of Uniswap v3 contracts will be supported by a $20 million fund for a long-term liquidity mining campaign and the overall adoption of Uniswap on Polygon.