An unknown cryptocurrency trader turned $55 million of paper wealth into $283 million in just over a month. The only clue about this person(s) beyond a virtual wallet with the ID code 0x00A651D43B6e209F5Ada45A35F92EFC0De3A5184 was an Instagram post from Bahasa, Indonesia.
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A Trader So Secret They’re Only Known by a Number Just Made Over $200 Million in One Month
“The credibility of virtual currencies will not rise if they are used for criminal purposes,” the draft said. “In this context, anonymity will become more a hindrance than an asset for virtual currencies” and their potential future popularity. Pseudonymity has always been a big part of the market’s allure. Upending traditional ways of doing business was the lodestar for Ethereum’s inventor, 23-year-old Vitalik Buterin. He released his software in 2015, not long after dropping out of Canada’s University of Waterloo.
