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by COINS NEWS - 1 week ago

Tools for recovering lost Bitcoins

I stored most of my Bitcoin in a wallet with four backups. Two were paper backups containing only 7 of 12 seed words, and another backup existed on my computer and USB drive. After a power surge, my computer’s HDD failed. When I tried the USB drive,...

by COINS NEWS - 1 week ago

Daily Crypto Discussion - January 2, 2026 (GMT+0)

Welcome to the Daily Crypto Discussion thread. Please read the disclaimer and rules before participating. Disclaimer: Consider all information posted here with several liberal heaps of salt, and always cross check any information you may read on th...

by COINS NEWS - 1 week ago

Let's talk Stablecoins. If a holder of a stablecoin loses access to their wallet due to a various reason, essentially locking the underlying assets on the balance sheets of issuers forever, are there risks of price distortions of the underlying assets?

This is the definition of a stablecoin that I am using. A stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable value by pegging its market price to an external reference asset, such as a fiat currency like the U.S. dollar, a commodity...