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An Iowa man placed just over $300 in bets on DraftKings using a loophole in its own betting rules. His bets could have paid him more than $14 MILLION, but the sportsbook canceled them and returned his money. > His name is Nicholas Bavas > He is a bettor from Iowa who noticed a potential loophole in how DraftKings priced certain wagers. > He found a way to structure bets that could profit regardless of the outcome, based on the odds offered by the sportsbook. > So he placed just over $300 across the wagers. > If DraftKings had honored the bets as written, he stood to collect more than $14 MILLION. > But DraftKings voided the bets, citing its house rules on pricing errors. > Instead of paying the potential winnings, the company simply refunded his original stake. > Bavas decided to fight back and filed a 39 page lawsuit accusing DraftKings of breach of contract. > His argument was that DraftKings accepted the bets, making the wagers binding agreements. > The case was moved from an Iowa state court to federal court in Des Moines. > As of the latest public reporting available in the account, there was no final ruling on whether Bavas was entitled to the $14 MILLION. He found a loophole that could have made him $14 MILLION but DraftKings reminded him why the house always wins

Thank you Jensen Huang 😭

What would you do if you accidentally sent someone $129 MILLION in USDT? In November 2024, a crypto investor copied the wrong wallet address and sent $129.7 MILLION to a scammer. He had actually sent a test transaction of 100 USDT first, but still copied the fake address when sending the remaining fortune. The scammer moved the money, then unexpectedly returned $116.7 MILLION within an hour. About four hours later, he returned the remaining $12.96 MILLION. The investor got every dollar back. Imagine accidentally sending $129 MILLION to a scammer and somehow getting it all back.

> be Jensen Huang > born in Taiwan > move to America at 9 > work as a dishwasher at Denny's > 1993 > co-found NVIDIA with two engineers > nearly run out of money > survive > 1999 > launch the GeForce 256 > 2006 > bet the company's future on CUDA > everyone thinks GPUs are for graphics > keep building anyway > 2012 > AlexNet uses NVIDIA GPUs to change AI forever > realise what GPUs could become > spend 33 years turning NVIDIA into a $4 trillion giant > become the face of the AI revolution > watch the world depend on your chips > 2026 > admit to an affair with a woman suspected of being a > Chinese spy > publicly apologise to your wife > board launches an independent investigation > November 12 > resign as CEO after 33 years > Colette Kress takes over as interim CEO > 33 years building the company > one scandal ends the run

Most people don't know Vitalik Buterin once burned 410 TRILLION SHIB worth $6.7 BILLION in a single transaction. In 2021, Shiba Inu's creators sent him 505 TRILLION SHIB, roughly half the entire supply. He donated BILLIONS worth of the tokens to India's COVID relief fund. Then, on May 16, he sent 410.24 TRILLION SHIB to a dead wallet in one transaction. The tokens are still sitting in that public address, permanently out of circulation. Anyone can verify the $6.7 BILLION burn on-chain.

A man built a messaging app used by over a billion people, then decided to turn it into an entire crypto ecosystem. > Pavel Durov co-founded VKontakte in 2006, which grew into Russia's largest social network. > But after a dispute with Russian authorities over user data and control of the company, he left VK in 2014. > He moved abroad and focused on building Telegram, a messaging app he had started with his brother Nikolai in 2013. > Telegram grew rapidly, attracting hundreds of millions of users around the world. > In 2018, Durov announced plans to build Telegram Open Network (TON) > A blockchain designed to support payments, decentralized applications and digital services. > Telegram raised approximately $1.7 BILLION from private investors to fund the project. > The SEC later sued Telegram over its planned the-open-network:native token distribution. > After a legal battle, Telegram abandoned the project in 2020 and agreed to return funds to investors. > But the blockchain didn't disappear. > Independent developers continued building it, eventually turning it into The Open Network. > Telegram later integrated TON into its ecosystem, giving millions of users access to crypto features directly inside the messaging app. > Today, TON is one of the most closely connected blockchain ecosystems to a major messaging platform. Durov went from building Russia's biggest social network to creating one of the world's largest messaging apps, then helped bring a blockchain ecosystem into it. Imagine if he'd never left VK.

Hey @grok, what price do you think solana:So11111111111111111111111111111111111111112 will reach by the end of Q1 2027?

GM ☀️

If you're confused about what's happening with Nvidia right now... > Basically Jensen Huang, the man who built Nvidia into a $4 TRILLION company, could be about to lose control of the company he founded. > And it all started with reports about his relationship with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy. > Last week, Jensen admitted in an email to Nvidia employees that he had been unfaithful to his wife. > This came after reports that he had a relationship with Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman whom US intelligence reportedly believed was working for China's Ministry of State Security. > Nvidia's board responded by launching an independent investigation into whether Jensen had been targeted by a foreign intelligence operation. > But then things got even messier. > On November 11, The New York Times reported that Jensen had also allegedly been involved with Kimberly Powell, a senior Nvidia executive who reported directly to him. > The report cited five people who worked at Nvidia and described an alleged affectionate encounter between the two at a hotel during a company conference. > Now, the story has taken another turn. > According to The Wall Street Journal, Nvidia's board is preparing to remove Jensen as CEO following the two alleged affairs, including the one involving the woman suspected of being a Chinese spy. > The board could meet as soon as Wednesday to decide his future. > Think about that for a second. > The man who turned Nvidia into the most valuable company in the world could be forced out of the company he co-founded in 1993. > And the timing couldn't be worse. > Nvidia's board had previously said it had confidence in Jensen, while insisting it had no reason to believe company secrets or national security information had been compromised. > Now, the very board that once backed him may be preparing to end his 33 year run at the company. Nvidia has not publicly confirmed that it plans to remove him.

Nvidia stock fell ~16% in 7 days because of double erection 😭

A man applied for a NZ$100,000 bank overdraft, but the bank accidentally gave him NZ$10 MILLION. He transferred NZ$6.8 MILLION overseas, fled the country, and triggered an international manhunt. > In April 2009, Hui Gao owned a struggling BP gas station in Rotorua New Zealand, with his partner Kara Hurring. > He applied to Westpac Bank for a NZ$100,000 overdraft to keep his business running. > But a bank employee made a mistake and loaded NZ$10 MILLION into his business account instead. > Gao checked his account the next day and discovered the money. > He reportedly called his partner and told her he was "f***ing rich." > Instead of contacting the bank, they began moving the money. > Gao transferred approximately NZ$6.78 MILLION into overseas accounts, mainly in China. > He left New Zealand for Hong Kong on April 29. Hurring followed a few days later. > Westpac discovered the error on May 5, but the couple had already disappeared. > New Zealand police launched an international manhunt involving Interpol. > Hurring eventually returned to New Zealand in 2011 and was arrested. > Gao remained on the run until September 2011, when Hong Kong authorities arrested him as he tried to enter from mainland China. > He was extradited to New Zealand and pleaded guilty to seven theft charges. > In August 2012, Gao was sentenced to four years and seven months in prison. > Hurring received nine months of home detention. > Westpac recovered nearly NZ$3 MILLION, but approximately NZ$3.7 MILLION was still missing. He asked his bank for a NZ$100,000 overdraft but they accidentally gave him NZ$10 MILLION, and he spent the next two years on the run.

Genuinely curious, does anyone still use Discord??

A man's wife allegedly stole 2,323 Bitcoin worth $60 MILLION after using their home security cameras to watch him enter his recovery phrase. He secretly recorded her, but the Bitcoin was already gone. > Ping Fai Yuen kept 2,323 Bitcoin in a Trezor hardware wallet protected by a PIN and a 24-word recovery phrase. > In July 2023, his daughter warned him that his wife, Fun Yung Li, was allegedly trying to take his Bitcoin. > Yuen became suspicious and secretly installed audio recorders around their home. > Recordings allegedly captured conversations about the CCTV cameras, transferring the Bitcoin and avoiding detection. > On August 2, 2023, 2,323 Bitcoin were transferred from his wallet without his knowledge. > The funds were eventually spread across 71 Bitcoin addresses. > The Bitcoin was worth around $60 MILLION at the time. > Police arrested Li in December 2023 and searched her home, seizing 10 hardware wallets, five recovery seed phrases and valuable watches. > They managed to access four of the wallets. > Li denied involvement, and police later said they would take no further action unless new evidence emerged. > In 2026, Yuen took the case to the UK High Court, seeking to recover his Bitcoin or its equivalent value. He had secretly recorded his own home to catch what was happening, but by the time the Bitcoin moved, it was too late.

Almost 2x since my last post. Is the trenches about to have a 100M runner? solana:4CxjZyMNoF1p6eXHXHv1TWpS2X47CuUmLwtGe18spump ✍️

A man built a crypto wallet in three weeks while working another job, and somehow turned it into Binance's first acquisition. > Viktor Radchenko moved from Ukraine to the United States in 2012, where he began building a career in technology. > Before getting into crypto, he co-founded Trucker Path, an app that helped truck drivers find parking and truck stops. > The company grew and eventually raised $20 MILLION in funding before Viktor moved on to pursue something else. > In 2017, he became interested in Ethereum and started buying tokens during the ICO boom. > But he struggled to find a simple mobile wallet for managing all the ERC-20 tokens he was buying. > Instead of waiting for someone else to build one, Viktor decided to create his own. > In September 2017, he started developing Trust Wallet, an open-source mobile wallet for storing and managing Ethereum-based tokens. > He built the first version in roughly three weeks and began sharing it with friends and people in his network. > One feature helped it stand out: Trust Wallet could automatically detect and display ERC-20 tokens held by users. > The wallet started gaining traction, reaching around 15,000 users while Viktor was still working another full-time job. > Six months after starting development, he left his job to focus on Trust Wallet full-time. > By July 2018, Trust Wallet had around 100,000 monthly active users and a team of just five developers. > Binance then acquired Trust Wallet in its first publicly announced acquisition. > The deal included cash, Binance stock and $BNB, although the exact acquisition price was never disclosed. > Today, Trust Wallet has grown into one of the most widely used self-custody wallets in crypto. Viktor built a wallet to solve a problem he experienced himself, and turned it into Binance's first acquisition. Imagine if he'd never decided to build his own wallet.

You could spend 20 years building wealth in crypto and still leave your family with nothing. > I've been thinking about this lately, and I think everyone should also give it some serious thought. > This might be a little long, but it's something I think everyone building wealth in crypto should think about. > We're so focused on making money, finding the next coin that could do 100X and flipping memecoins for life-changing gains > But we rarely stop to think about what happens to all that money/assets when we're gone. > Think about it. > You spend years accumulating Bitcoin, ETH and other altcoins. > You move your assets into cold wallets, secure your seed phrases and do everything possible to protect what you've built. > But have you ever thought about who gets access to all of it when you die? > Death is uncomfortable to talk about, but it's inevitable. > And I don't think preparing for it should be something we keep postponing. > Your family might know you own crypto. They might even know you have MILLIONS sitting in wallets. > But do they know where those wallets are? Do they know how to access them? > Because knowing the money exists and being able to access it are two very different things. > A few days ago, I was tracking a wallet linked to the Mt. Gox hack. > It caught my attention that the Bitcoin sitting in that particular wallet had not moved in 15 years. > Some people speculate that the person behind it may no longer be alive. > We can't know that from the blockchain, but it got me thinking about how much wealth could become permanently inaccessible simply because nobody has the keys. > QuadrigaCX is another example. > After its founder Gerald Cotten died, the exchange's customers were left facing a massive financial shortfall, with serious questions around access to its assets. > And estimates suggest that MILLIONS of Bitcoin may already be lost forever. Some of this to death and lost keys > Now imagine spending your entire life trying to give your children and family a better future, only for them to discover that the wealth you left behind is locked behind a seed phrase nobody knows. > That's a painful thought. > And no, I'm not saying you should hand someone your private keys today. > You wouldn't hand over all your property while preparing your will. > You make arrangements for what happens when you're no longer around. > Crypto deserves the same kind of planning. > We all hope to live long lives, but none of us knows what tomorrow holds. > Document where your assets are. Make proper inheritance arrangements. > Have a secure way for the people you trust to access what you've built when the time comes. > We talk so much about generational wealth in crypto, but are we actually making sure the next generation can inherit it? > Take some time to think about this and put a plan in place. Don't spend your entire life building wealth for your family, only to leave them with a wallet they can see but never open.

If you think you're having a bad day, imagine deleting an email that could have made you a millionaire. In 2011, a British man bought 61 Bitcoin for just £2.94 each. By 2018, the exchange that held his coins had shut down, and he had almost given up hope of ever getting them back. Then two of the exchange's founders emailed former customers about their missing Bitcoin. He deleted the emails because he thought they were scams. By the time he finally contacted a law firm in 2026, those 61 Bitcoin were worth over £3.3 MILLION. After a legal battle, he got every single coin back. Imagine deleting the email that could have made you a millionaire.

GM ct, it's going to be a great day ☕

So you're telling me... Ansem changed his PFP and started shilling $mihao directly from his page The token went from a $2M market cap to nearly $12M And someone has already turned $444 into $69K (155x) on $mihao We all know how this is going to end 😭