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The First Bitcoin Hack Reported Had 25000 BTC Stolen

In 2011, Bitcoin was still very young, cheap and large transactions of BTC were very common. Although this numbers today are big, back in the day they weren't so big, but the potential gains by holding to this day can't be ignored, even if it was a very remote possibility holding BTC from that days…
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The future of finance? A whale spent 19 BTC >$500K in fees on a single transaction

Just a few hours ago, a whale accidentally incurred a transaction fee of 19 BTC (approx $509K at today prices) to move just 0.074 BTC to Binance! This has surely got to be some kind of record paid for a transaction fee right? FEE – 19.82 BTC (509,563 USD) The working assumption is that this…
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If you would have bought at the 2021 top and just DCA‘d you would still be in profit now, in fact if you did daily DCA at any point you are in profit right now.

If there was some kind statistic talking about which advice we are repeating the most on this sub, it would undoubtedly end up being the magical “DCA“, dollar cost averaging. Those that don‘t know yet, DCA means that you buying the same amount of a Crypto in the same time-frame and no matter of what…
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Mastercard ‘committed’ to making CBDCs as easy to use as money

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Anyone else worried about the Vitalik twitter hack? What if the hacker had tweeted selling 100k ETH today!?

I know things happen and sometimes your security has a tiny crack that gets taken advantage of. While the Vitalik twitter hack was simply a quick cash grab on behalf of the hacker. What if something more nefarious had happened?? What if Vitalik had tweeted I'm selling 100k ETH? That would have sent shockwaves and…
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FTX sues LayerZero Labs, seeks to recover over $21M moved prior to bankruptcy

FTX is seeking the cancellation of agreements made days before it collapsed, as well as the return of millions transferred to LayerZero Labs and its affiliates.

TON, XLM, XMR, and MKR could attract buyers if Bitcoin rises above $26,500

Bitcoin price has flatlined, but TON, XLM, XMR and MKR are showing signs of bullish momentum.

2nd Update on My Grayscale ETHE Bet: Is a spot Ethereum ETF on the Horizon?

About a year ago, I began sharing my insights on Grayscale's ETHE and GBTC fund, especially when I observed a significant discount gap to NAV that seemed like an enticing opportunity. (For those interested, you can check out those posts on my profile). My bet on discount gap closing When ETHE had a 35% discount,…
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What the Vitalik hacker got wrong and fumbled the bag

So we know Vitalik got hacked, not shocking that a twitter account was hijacked but was definitely shocking that it was Vitalik. Not on the bingo card. I believe that the hacker ended up getting away with under $200k last i checked? Less than a million. A solid days work no doubt but like…what? This…
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