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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCrypto exchange FTX "hacked" - all funds removed from site - link
I used "hacked" in quotes, since company insiders absconding with the funds seems much more likely. Whoever did it, hundreds of million in dollars in crypto was stolen:
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/11/12/ftx-crypto-wallets-see-mysterious-late-night-outflows-totalling-more-than-380m/
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Crypto exchange FTX "hacked" - all funds removed from site - link (Original Post)
Alhena
Nov 2022
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LonePirate
(14,348 posts)1. Has there been a bigger financial scam than crypto in the past decade?
Between actual hacks, possible owner thefts like this one, pump and dump schemes, every unregulated activity imaginable and the lack of any government insurance and security, crypto investors have been little more than piggy banks to crack for the criminal crypto world.
SheltieLover
(78,200 posts)5. This!👆
RockRaven
(18,928 posts)2. Right. And the dog ate my homework.
Qutzupalotl
(15,743 posts)3. How can they tell?
I'm picturing a burglar opening an empty jewelry box and stuffing his pockets full of air.
jmowreader
(52,992 posts)4. You knew this was coming
https://www.theonion.com/crypto-confidence-soars-after-ceo-defrauds-customers-ju-1849773647?utm_campaign=TheOnion&utm_content=1668192819&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_source=twitterom/crypto-confidence-soars-after-ceo-defrauds-customers-ju-1849773647
Crypto confidence soars after CEO defrauds customers just like real bank.
Crypto confidence soars after CEO defrauds customers just like real bank.
TheFarseer
(9,761 posts)6. How can anyone
still be investing in this? Then again, I guess thats why prices have been collapsing.
