The 1,350% Annual Return That Was Always a Death Sentence: Dissecting the $165M Crypto Ponzi
Hook A 59-year-old man promised 1,350% annualized returns. The math was alway...
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2026-08-19
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Event Calendar
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Celestia Mainnet Upgrade
Improves data availability sampling efficiency
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Bitcoin Halving
Block reward reduced to 3.125 BTC
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05
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BCH Halving
Block reward halving event
22
03
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Optimism Unlock
Circulating supply increases by about 2%
28
03
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Arbitrum Token Unlock
92 million ARB released
10
05
upgrade
Ethereum Pectra Upgrade
Raises validator limit and account abstraction
18
03
unlock
Sui Token Unlock
Team and early investor shares released
08
04
upgrade
Solana Firedancer
Independent validator client goes live on mainnet
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| 1 |
Bitcoin
BTC
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$76,230.8 |
| 1 |
Ethereum
ETH
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$2,441.41 |
| 1 |
Solana
SOL
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$99.99 |
| 1 |
BNB Chain
BNB
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$725.9 |
| 1 |
XRP Ledger
XRP
|
$1.3 |
| 1 |
Dogecoin
DOGE
|
$0.0810 |
| 1 |
Cardano
ADA
|
$0.1996 |
| 1 |
Avalanche
AVAX
|
$7.57 |
| 1 |
Polkadot
DOT
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$1.03 |
| 1 |
Chainlink
LINK
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$11.22 |
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