North Korea gets away with $3 billion from Binance
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Stablecoin issuers froze about $2.4 billion of the roughly $6.4 billion stolen. The rest exceeds Binance’s insurance fund, and the man promising to make users whole isn’t supposed to be running the company.

Article is by Molly White, who you might recognize from Mastodon and web3isgoinggreat.com:

https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/117526961419935070

I wrote up what we know about the Binance hack so far. By my best estimate, Binance is out around $3 billion after stablecoin issuers froze what they could. Changpeng Zhao is promising Binance will cover it, but he’s legally barred from running the company.

  • Croquette@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    How many people buy houses as an investment instead of living in them, how many people buy oil as an investment instead of using it for fuel, how many people buy gold and silver as an investmen instead of using them for jewelry or industrial applications, how many people buy dram as an investment instead of putting it in their computers… I guess it’s all a scam then?

    Many of them, yes.

    Not sure what you are trying to show with your graphs, but if you cannot use bitcoins to buy everyday stuff, then it’s value is still tied to the economy and every advantages crypto has is almost all moot because you can’t pay rent or buy groceries or a new car. So it’s your local currency with extra steps, and good fucking luck using your coins in a case of emergency.

    Its value is directly linked to the economy, if the Fed is printing money, your crypto coins will lose value.