Crypto Tea

18 years ago today, Satoshi published the bitcoin whitepaper

Uptober results: -8%

Banks hacked in 2026: None Crypto hacks in 2026: Binance: $6.3B Bitget: $387.5M Liquid Network: $318.7M KelpDAO: $291.3M Drift Protocol: $285.3M Individual wallet theft: $284.8M Tectonic: $120.4M COLDCARD: $116M Ledger / CryptoBilis: $102M Aave-user wallet theft: $50.4M Nesa: $50M Step Finance: $40M Humanity Protocol: $33M Truebit: $26.4M Resolv Labs: $25M AFX Bridge: $24.15M Ostium: $23.75M BonkDAO: $20M Rhea Finance: $18.4M CoinDCX: $16M Superfortune AI: $15.2M 79th Vault: $14.35M SwapNet: $13.4M KITE Foundation: $13.34M Verus–Ethereum Bridge: $11.5M THORChain: $10.7M YieldBlox / Blend V2: $10.6M Wanchain: $10M Syscoin Bridge: $10M KiiChain: $9.7M Triple-A: $9.7M Bonzo Lend: $9.05M Moonwell Lending: $8.7M TermFinance Vaults: $8.5M Crypto DAO: $8.2M Coinsbuy: $7.9M TAC: $7.5M DxSale: $7.3M Duelbits: $7M SagaEVM: $7M Polymarket: $5.73M

You think this is bad? Last cycle we saw: Luna go to zero - $60 billion lost FTX go bankrupt - $11 billion lost Celsius/Blockfi/3 Arrows - $6.1 billion lost China mining ban - 50% hash rate lost

12% of Americans said they’d turn down $1,000 in crypto, even if it was free

The fear and greed index is back in fear

How long until the ETF holdings get hacked?

Binance hacker’s current holdings: BTC: 18,270 ($1.43B) ETH: 511,861 ($1.15B) XRP: 233.5M ($296M) TRX: 670M ($245M) SOL: 970,500 ($96M) Other: ~$113M Total: ~$3.33 billion

Why hackers use monero

You either swap your crypto for Monero or you get hacked and someone does it for you

Binance is reportedly hacked and monero is ripping

Google searches for bitcoin are at a 5 year low

Me shilling Monero at $116 when it got delisted

monero has the highest self custody rate in crypto no business is allowed to custody it for you

Bitcoin in October before ETFs: 2019: +11% 2020: +28% 2021: +40% 2022: +6% 2023: +30% Bitcoin in October after ETFs: 2024: +10% 2025: -4% 2026: -3%

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