THE WIRE · № 73951
Poor guy! 4 months ago, he bought 80 $BTC ($5.2M) at a low price of ~$65,000 and was sitting on a $1.38M profit. But a week ago, he bought a Ledger device from reseller CryptoBillis and deposited all 80 $BTC into it. Now he's lost everything.
01 THE MACHINE READ
WHY IT MATTERS.
Hardware-wallet supply-chain compromise shows custody risk is real, which can deter self-custody and shake retail confidence.
Reseller-tampered Ledger devices draining user funds
Extent of confirmed victim losses
Anecdotal case may not reflect systemic issue
FULL DISPATCH
Poor guy! 4 months ago, he bought 80 $BTC ($5.2M) at a low price of ~$65,000 and was sitting on a $1.38M profit. But a week ago, he bought a Ledger device from reseller CryptoBillis and deposited all 80 $BTC into it. Now he's lost everything. https://t.co/b9FeSLqCdy https://t.co/7JYmCkkbq2
02 THE STORY SO FAR
THE RECORD, IN ORDER.
STANDALONE ITEM — NOT YET FOLDED INTO A DEVELOPING STORY.
03 WHO'S INVOLVED
ENTITIES ON FILE.
04 RECEIPTS
THE SOURCE RECORD.
1 SOURCES CONFIRMED05 PROPAGATION
WHAT THIS TOUCHES.
A Year On, Bitcoin Languishes a Third Below its All-Time High. What’s Next For The Cryptocurrency?2026-10-09 15:49 UTC
🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 1,656 $BTC (136,881,262 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown new wallet2026-10-09 17:49 UTC
💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 250,000,000 $USDC (250,055,750 USD) minted at USDC Treasury2026-10-09 19:29 UTC
CFTC Proposes to Expand Definition of Swaps to Include Prediction Markets Trading2026-10-09 21:22 UTC
It seems that Bitcoin mining company MARA Holdings (@MARA) also dumped 996 $BTC($81.13M).2026-10-09 05:51 UTC
AguilaTrades(@AguilaTrades) got liquidated 10 minutes ago! AguilaTrades got wrecked on both sides! He lost $331K going long on $BTC, then flipped to short and got liquidated.2026-10-09 09:14 UTC
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