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    For those who have cryptocurrencies

    Cryptocurrency exchange loses $145 million after CEO takes passwords to the grave
    An affidavit filed by QuadrigaCX on January 31 reveals that there are 26,500 bitcoins ($92 million), 11,00 bitcoin cash ($1.3 million), 11,000 bitcoin cash SV ($707,000), 35,000 bitcoin gold ($352,000), 200,000 litecoin ($6.5 million) and 430,000 ether ($46 million) stored on Cotton’s encrypted and inaccessible laptop.

    While the company has hired several security researchers (read: hackers) to attempt to access the laptop, they’ve had very little success so far. The company’s stance has gone from “Quadriga’s inventory of cryptocurrency has become unavailable and some of it may be lost” to “most, if not all” of their customers will suffer damages.
    https://www.techspot.com/news/78557-...ceo-takes.html


    This is an abject lesson in the inherent risks of not just cryptos but of counterparty risk/involvement in general, as in when someone else is holding your money "for" you.
    "And how we burned in the camps later thinking, what would things have been like, if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain, whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?"

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    I read on another site that the currency that is "lost" is locked up in an "exchange". If you didn't leave your money on the exchange, but moved it to a "wallet", then you didn't lose it.

    Someone pointed out that there was some small activity on the exchange after the guy's death, .......
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    Quote Originally Posted by alismith View Post
    If you can't hold it in your hand, you don't really own it.
    My sentiments exactly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by imanaknut View Post
    My sentiments exactly.
    Mine too.
    "And how we burned in the camps later thinking, what would things have been like, if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain, whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?"

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    I guess you can take it with you
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    Quote Originally Posted by alismith View Post
    If you can't hold it in your hand, you don't really own it.
    Quote Originally Posted by imanaknut View Post
    My sentiments exactly.
    Quote Originally Posted by 5.56NATO View Post
    Mine too.
    Agreed !
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    Crypto's just quack like a pump and dump scheme. The creators hold back a bunch and the suckers bid up the units released. The creator makes a killing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Viking350 View Post
    Crypto's just quack like a pump and dump scheme. The creators hold back a bunch and the suckers bid up the units released. The creator makes a killing.
    To me, it seems like a pyramid scheme of sorts. Those who got in on the bottom floor are doing well. The rest look like they might be in for some hurt. Maybe not. Time will tell.

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    Speaking of fiat currency.....


    Italy Calls to Eliminate Central Bank and Jail Bankers
    Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has called for the Italian Central Bank to be eliminated, declaring that the bankers involved in fraudulent activity will "end up in prison for a long time." This move shortly follows Friday's warning from Bank of America that predicts the greatest threat to EPS - i.e., markets - in the next 3 years "is an acceleration of global populism via taxation, regulation & government intervention." The center of Europe's populist revolt, Italy, responded the next day, with the country's coalition government slamming their central bank leadership and stock market regulator. The Italian populist leader Salvini hinted at where the global wave of populism is headed next, escalating his attacks on establishment figures ahead of the European parliamentary vote in May.
    https://neonnettle.com/news/6474-ita...d-jail-bankers


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