MicroStrategy has acquired 55,500 BTC for ~$5.4 billion at ~$97,862 per #bitcoin and has achieved BTC Yield of 35.2% QTD and 59.3% YTD. As of 11/24/2024, we hodl 386,700 $BTC acquired for ~$21.9 billion at ~$56,761 per bitcoin. $MSTR https://t.co/79ExzXk4UM
I want to share this (luckily) unsuccessful, but very clever and close scam incident from yesterday 👇. Saved $20m. Hope it may also save you one day.
The scammers are so good now they generate addresses with the same starting and ending letters, which is what most people check for when doing a crypto transfer. In fact, many wallets hide the middle part of the address with "..." to make the UI look better.
The scammer then use this address to send you dust transactions so that the address is shown in your wallet. Now, if you want to send to the legitimate address, you might just pick one previous transactions in your wallet and copy the address. You might just copy the wrong one. This is what happened yesterday, to a very experienced crypto operator.
Positive ending for this one. The operator noticed the error right after the transaction, and we were able to request the USDT to be frozen in time. It will now take some process, including filing a police report, to reclaim the funds back. But at least, the funds won't leave with the scammers.
Fast reaction is key in these types of recovery.
Hope this will help you avoid these one day. Stay #SAFU! 🙏
A little secret for building tight teams.
I often get asked about what’s the best way to build tight/strong teams. So, here is a little counter-intuitive “secret” on how to do that.
It’s not fancy team building dinners, outings, etc.
It’s not the coaching exercises, mentors or magical shrinks.
It’s not the rah rah speeches of inspirational leaders.
All of the above helps but fades over time, but the secret is just … some external pressure.
Imagine if there are aliens “visiting” Earth now, all the issues between the US and China would disappear in a heartbeat. Make sense?
In the movie Blackhawk Down, when an old soldier was asked why he risked his life in battles all the time, his answer was (roughly): it’s not the glory or heroism, those things go out of the window as soon as that first bullet flies by your head; it’s just about … the men next to you.
While I am not suggesting the pressure needs to be life-threatening, fighting in the trenches together is the best way to build tight teams. It builds reliance, alliance, resilience and most importantly trust between the team members.
I believe this is the one of the big reasons @Binance has such a tight team. We have always had external pressure, FUD, etc. As a result, we are constantly in the trenches together. It also unites our community behind us, making them/you support us even more. This in turn makes us more determined to drive towards our mission, to increase the freedom of money for people all around the world.
And, it’s worth noting that while pressure creates tight teams internally, I’m equally focused on the collaboration and cooperation that creates trust externally.
Don't wait for the calendar to flip in 13 days to take action on the things in life that matter to you. 2023 is just a number. It's about what you do before and during that number that really matters. START NOW. - Offense Oriented Orangutan 🦧
The second part of my interview with @VitalikButerin is OUT.
For this half we spoke a lot about potential left wing use cases of blockchain, soulbound tokens, and what a successful @ethereum ecosystem looks like.
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Women in Iran deserve support, respect, happiness & freedom.
These are things they shouldn’t have to dream of, fight for and die for, these are BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. And no man or government should have the power to deny it.
Amplify the voice of the Iranian people!
#MahsaAmini
The Merge should happen in a few days, but what does it mean for your WoW(G)s? 🤔
WoW will only support the PoS ETH chain (or mainnet) as subject to the relevant NFT license and eligible for WoW-offered utility.
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We had a really amazing @worldofwomennft IRL meetup in Kuala Lumpur, truly happy to get to know every single one of you!! You guys and gals rocks!!! #WoWMY