If they can keep this rolling this may turn out to be one of the biggest crypto heists ever.
IF they are super clever, maybe, just maybe, they will play their cards well enough and lower their percentage at the right moment and pay out and not have to run. I doubt it though.
Also, as their size grows they are going to gain more and more market power and be able to run massive pump and dumps on their own which could be fun to watch--assuming they aren't solely running a ponzi and flipping the coins back to previous investments.
Nah it is far far away to be on the list of biggest heists.
If you rank by the amount of bitcoin lost, a loss of 17000 btc will just barely make it to the 10th spot. If you rank by the amount of USD lost, a loss of 0.8 million USD will just barely make it to the 10th spot.
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