I knew the risk I was taking, but opted to do it anyways.  Not looking for sympathy (thank you flouderella), but trying to make others aware of what's going on.  I would also encourage others to chime in if this has happened to them and how it occurred.

I do buy and sell on the exchanges.  Cryptos in general are still in a risky stage of their lifecycle.  It's the nature of the beast.

I have also suggested to PayPal that an escrow system would facilitate the sale of cryptos on their auction site.   They said they would bring it up in their meeting.  I was talking with the Fraud and Security department and it was certainly better than the customer service/support department.  I think if more people suggested, encouraged, asked them to support the cryptos using an escrow service to protect both parties that it would be a huge step forward in getting cryptos recognized as a "real" product.  It would also level the playing field for those who want to use eBay to sell but find the Classified Ad section dismal at best.