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10. But Bitcoins are often stolen-- "Razzlekhan" and husband stole 4.5 billion--

Fri Sep 5, 2025, 03:37 PM

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and lost-- QuadrigaCX in Canada (the CEO died mysteriously, leaving no access to client accounts).

There was some poor loser who lost the number of his "wallet" when he discarded a laptop hard drive, and went about crazy trying to get it from the landfill:

What happened to the guy who tossed a hard drive with 7500 bitcoins?
James Howells, from Newport, who claimed his ex-girlfriend mistakenly threw away a hard drive containing 8,000 bitcoins in 2013, has given up on retrieving the wallet, currently worth £695m, but has been hit with a £117,000 legal bill from his fight.Aug 7, 2025
Is this the end of the Newport tip Bitcoin saga? - BBC

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It's not that regular currency can't be stolen or lost, just usually not in that amount.

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