Millions of dollars in ETH lie unclaimed in presale wallets — but there's a w...
Did you know that over 500 Ethereum presale wallets are yet to be recovered… and collectively, they have a value of several billion dollars? Out in the cryptosphere, there's a vast amount of wealth that's seemingly out of reach.A long-running statistic suggests four million Bitcoin — almost 20% of the total supply — has been lost forever. Much of it was mined when the network was just beginning, with early adopters tearing their hair out after losing their private keys. One Welshman has endured a nine-year battle as he attempts to receive a hard drive containing 7,500 BTC from landfill.....
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Millions of dollars worth of ether remain unclaimed from a smart contract established for the purpose of allowing investors in The DAO to recover funds compromised in the project's demise. Of the 11.6m ETH moved to the contract by way of a change to the underlying ethereum platform's code earlier this week, just over half (about 60%) of the funds, or about 6.85m ETH, have so far been withdrawn. The remaining 4.75m ETH, worth about $68m at today's USD exchange rate, continues to be available to potential investors. However, the withdrawal rate, at press time, seems to have slowed....
It's now been one month since a hard fork of the ethereum blockchain resulted in 11.6m ether being moved to an account with one function: withdraw. At the time, that was about $145m worth of the digital currency just waiting for former investors, and within hours of its creation, nearly half of those funds had been claimed. Today, however, the rate of withdrawal has come to a near standstill. Over the last week, the withdrawal account's balance has dropped from 2.39m ETH to just 2.29m ETH today. At today's rate, that leaves more than $25.9m worth of ether still unclaimed. Who owns this....
Investing in crypto presale projects can be an excellent strategy to get in early on the next big cryptocurrency. Throughout this guide, we’ll be taking a look at 5 of the top presale crypto tokens and explaining how to buy our number one pick. Let’s get started. Top Crypto Presale Tokens – Our Picks We’ve […]
PRESS RELEASE. New York, 09/27/22: US-based Posh Markets Inc has announced the presale of PoshCoin, the all-new cannabis cryptocurrency, on September 28, 2022. With this presale, the company aims to offer end users – cannabis fans an opportunity to gain insights into PoshCoin before unveiling it to the general public. The much-awaited presale of PoshCoin will happen on PinkSale, a dedicated launchpad for crypto tokens. Posh Markets Inc has fixed the value of PoshCoin at 0.0087 USD exclusively for this presale round. “Our objective is to assist cannabis enthusiasts in taking....
Notorious online black market Silk Road 2.0 lost roughly 4,476 BTC (then roughly $2.6m) early this February when its security was compromised in a transaction malleability attack. However, the repayment plan it subsequently implemented is already seeing success, a new report from Vice suggests. The media outlet indicates that 50% of the site's hacking victims have been completely repaid as of 8th April. Announced on 17th February, Silk Road 2.0's repayment plan sought to reimburse the estimated 47% of its users that lost bitcoins in the breach. To refund the accounts, Silk Road 2.0....