I'd discourage OP if he wants to do this, regardless of how much BTC he lost. The time and money spent to get his money back is probably not worth the hassle. Just move on OP, and learn from this to never share your private key with others, even if they are famous/reputable in the community. Some services even straight-up exit scammed you when they believe they are being threatened or they no longer make profits. It takes a single take-down notice or insolvency notice to lose all of your money, better store all of your crypto in a secure wallet next time. At the end of the day, this is one of those risks that you need to accept if you used a service that works like Chipmixer.

According to some news, when the hacker was in control of the Kucoin account they tweeted some phishing websites. So it is safe to assume some users assume it was a legit one, connect their hot wallet to it, and then they lost their funds. I can't verify it myself, but there have been many similar phishing scams in the past, so it is not unlikely. People should've learned by now to never connect their account/wallet to some shady website even if it was posted by a famous account.

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Are they doing massive layoffs like other companies out there? As far as I know, while they're not doing great they still have decent capital, not as bad as AMD when they were close to bankruptcy. Their investment to open a new fab is probably taking the majority of their spending so experimental products being stopped is understandable though.

I'm not sure how mining popularity is decreasing with the increase in global hash rate though. At the very least, it is not surprising if big farms are still buying and building new farms to mine Bitcoin. As for individuals or small miners, they are probably not the target for this product in the first place. CMIIW.

I mean it should be expected. Stablecoins standing are shaky right now, we've seen many depeggings from various currencies and it allows the government to play a more central role to prevent it in the name of certainty. I doubt they'd explicitly remove other stablecoins as long as they can still control them to some extent, but it is clear that they'd prefer stablecoins that they can control just like what happens with fiat. Whether you want to rely on the government or a third party that has a sketchy background, using stablecoins to store your wealth will always be risky in the end.

It has a high chance to happen. That being said, with their capital and money, I doubt Binance will be in trouble unless something terrible happened. They can pay the fine and then stop serving US customers, although I doubt they'd do that without any reluctance. I bet they'd reverse that decision if the opportunity arise as quickly as possible.
Ideally, that should be the case, but I wouldn't be surprised if they kept some data and sell or send them to some agencies or other companies. They'd not do it publicly of course, why would they do that if they can get in trouble later? If you don't want to risk it, the only choice is to never use them in the first place. CMIIW.

It is just a prediction based on previous historical data if their claim is to be trusted[1]. Basically just a number for promotional material. Don't use them to predict your earnings. Not really surprising in my opinion. If they claim it is a guaranteed reward I'd be worried they're running a ponzi instead.

That being said, I'd advise OP to think twice before you use your coins and lock them on a third-party platform where you can't even see their daily operation. Who knows, maybe they are not mining and are using your funds to do insider trading or something similar. Even if they do mine, they'll always earn the bigger share while you risk a lot of your coins.

[1] https://www.binance.com/en/support/faq/how-to-use-binance-cloud-mining-45849cb6f3a84663b2ffbc5ca3dca716

Don't forget the catch that you will share your earnings (if any) with them if you choose the lowest version. I'm not sure how profitable it will be in the end. Btw, this product has been discussed before on this board, you can check it here[1]. Personally, I'm not sold on the idea, so time will tell whether it will be efficient and allows you to earn Bitcoin as effectively as miners or not.

[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5433246.0

Since you're not looking to build your own marketplace, moving this to Service Discussion might be a good idea. I've tried looking through Google and it seems like the majority of them are limited to Bitcoin only. What alternatives you've tried before? I also suggest doing P2P with an escrow on this forum if your problem is the platform fee, although your trade process might be a bit slower.

Coba setting DNSnya diterapkan di koneksi internet agan (di setting) juga, bisa jadi request DNSnya diproses duluan oleh DNS ISP agan sebelum masuk ke DNS yang ada di setting browser yang agan gunakan. Ane sendiri menggunakan DNS encryption untuk mengatasi masalah ini. Kadang speednya turun cukup jauh (tergantung server DNS yang dipake juga sih) tapi masih lancar kalau sekedar dipake untuk memeriksa transaksi kripto. Agak aneh juga kalau di T'sel diblokir tapi di Indihome tidak.

Di Ann threadnya ada guide untuk melakukan jual beli gan[1]. Pada dasarnya mirip dengan P2P lainnya, agan nyari penjual yang sesuai dengan kriteria agan, klik beli, komunikasi dengan seller supaya pembayaran bisa terkonfirmasi, agan dapetin koin yang agan beli, dst. Apa ada alasan kenapa agan milih platform tersebut kalau agan belum familiar dengan P2P?

Tidak bisa karena diblokir dari OKX atau dari ISP agan? Udah coba pake DNS encryption? Kalau agan pake VPN, malah bisa kena risiko akun bakal ditutup kalau agan login pake IP yang berbeda. Saya coba pake IP Indonesia bisa diakses, jadi kemungkinan ISP agan yang melakukan pemblokiran ke situs OKX.

[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5188930.0

Jalan paling mudah untuk menghindari scam semacam ini adalah dengan memblokir user yang tiba" mengirim agan pesan tanpa tujuan yang jelas. Paling sering akun semacam ini bergabung ke grup" kripto di Telegram dan mengirim pesan secara random ke akun yang ada di grup tersebut. Agan bisa juga mereport akun scammer ini ke mod grup tersebut kalau ingin menghentikan scammer ini lebih lanjut lagi.

Agan refer ke tiket yang biru kan gan? Ane rasa $9k itu nilainya lebih dari 36 juta gan. Bahkan lebih dari 100 juta. Agak sulit juga menilai apakah harganya fair atau tidak kecuali agan mau riset semua fitur yang exclusive di tiap tiket. Tiket yang paling murah sayangnya hanya punya satu fitur ekslusif kalau ane gak salah paham, yaitu diskon hotel. Yang jelas event ini bukan menarget kaum retail alias the average joe.

Betul om. Jadi model kerjanya tidak berubah jauh, walau itu semua masih sekedar dugaan ane sih. Kalau ad network berbayar kripto banyak dan bayarannya gedhe, mungkin bakal lebih popular model serangan semacam ini ke depannya.
Sepertinya ane salah translate mengenai Chromium ini gan. Yang ane maksud bukan Chromium browser, tapi browser berbasis Chromium (jadi termasuk Chrome, Brave, Vivaldi, dst). Dengan kata lain, sistem operasi yang dipake user ga begitu berpengaruh dalam penyebaran malware ini. Selama mereka menggunakan browser berbasis Chromium risikonya selalu ada. CMIIW.

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Berikut beberapa berita/informasi mengenai malware/virus dsm di beberapa hari terakhir:
1. Google telah merilis patch untuk mengatasi backdoor yang dibuat GhostToken. Backdoor ini membuat aplikasi malware yang terinstall lewat marketplace pihak ketiga maupun Google Playstore bisa aktif secara permanen di perangkat user tanpa bisa dihapus. Patch ini membuat user bisa menghapus aplikasi tersebut, walau sepertinya tidak bisa menjadi perlindungan untuk data yang sudah terekspos ketika malware tersebut terinstall di perangkat agan[1].
2. Tersebarnya malware Bumblebee lewat iklan Google. Modus penyebarannya mirip dengan iklan bermalware pada umumnya. Agan bakal diredirect ke situs yang terlihat legit supaya agan mendownload aplikasi malware yang telah disiapkan sebelumnya. Salah satu website/app yang menjadi sasaran phishing adalah Zoom, ChatGPT, dsm[2]. Jadi seperti biasa, jangan percaya dengan iklan Google.

[1] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ghosttoken-gcp-flaw-let-attackers-backdoor-google-accounts/
[2] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-ads-push-bumblebee-malware-used-by-ransomware-gangs/

Well, we can probably trust this a little bit if they share when they sell their BTC and how they do that. Some traders note that whenever there is a PR of MicroStrategy buying some Bitcoins, the price of BTC decrease in the next hours or so. Based on this fact, we can easily conclude that they can influence the market to some extent by releasing 'positive' news when they plan to sell their stash. But I wouldn't be surprised if they offload the majority of their BTC through OTC markets, hence why it doesn't get reflected on the retail spot market. It would be stupid if they dump large holdings that can easily influence the market and lower their repayment value.

Kinda weird how they call their holding BTC tokens though. Either it is a mistake, or a deliberate choice to confuse some readers.

AFAIK the last update on the wallet lists happened 6 months ago, which was an update to the Electrum wallet description. So they probably don't have the time to update/add new ones that fill the criteria[1], or the developer of the said wallet has not yet opened an issue for that. CMIIW.

[1] https://github.com/bitcoin-dot-org/bitcoin.org/blob/master/docs/managing-wallets.md

There has been some discussion about this on social media, and the majority of those who agree with Gensler more or less stated that the interpretation of the law change depending on who holds power. Basically, there is a certainty that any approval from SEC in the past years will hold up now since apparently if there is a new head, then the rules need to follow him. It's kinda wack if that's true, no business would risk dealing with them since it doesn't matter if they follow the law or not if they can get sued in the future due to breaking 'security laws' in the past.

Does Seedrs even allow that to happen? Kinda counterproductive if they decide to invest in their own projects with such a large amount if they just want to scam people though. While it is not impossible, I'd rather believe they are not that stupid just to seek a hundred euros for extra funding.

To be fair it is not impossible if you're not their target audience, especially if their operation is limited to one or two regions.

Isn't this contradictory to your first paragraph? Let's just say that there will be no ATH and the price will fluctuate between 15k and 40k as you mentioned above, what is wrong with that? You can still use Bitcoin as usual. You can trade, DCA, and make profits through other means other than chasing new heights if that's what you're worried about. It's not like the coins become worthless if it doesn't make new ATH every 4 years or so.

That being said, as long as fiat inflation is still happening (which means a decrease in purchasing power), you can rest assured that assets like Bitcoin will keep going strong.

Does this mean you tried to connect it to the Ledger Live app and failed? The process is quite straightforward as long as you use a wallet that supports a hardware wallet connection and a phone with Android 8+ (that's what is stated on the Ledger website, never tried it to verify myself for a lower Android version). For example, here's the official guide to connect your HW to the Ledger Live app[1]. The steps should be similar if you use other wallets app. CMIIW.

[1] https://support.ledger.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021488913-Connect-Ledger-to-your-phone