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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have a lot of digital currency followers here, so perhaps some kindhearted hipster can offer me an explanation simple enough a rocket scientist can understand (one who never owned a bitcoin or was convinced the notion of digital currency could work.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I keep hearing of this FTX digital money exchange, but I don’t understand it. Some news agencies are reporting that it was looted by someone, possibly an insider, but that makes no sense because the main selling point of bitcoin was that ownership is maintained by blockchain, which is said to be inherently secure. So… this looter, what did she steal? Digital currency? Or did FTX have a huge pile of paper currency, and if so, why did FXT have a huge pile of cash when inflation is at 8%? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But if they did, was that cash in a safe, then some sneaky scoundrel with the combination hauled away the loot in the back of a very sturdy heavily-loaded delivery truck? A USA bill has about 1g mass, so a million bills is a ton, so even if all that moola was in the largest American bill, the 100, we are still talking 4 tons of currency said to be missing and that just doesn’t sound like something that would be easily carted away. It would be a heeellll of a job just loading the truck. But if it is digital currency which was stolen, how can they suppose the looter somehow got away with 400 megabucks? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This story makes no sense to me. A puzzled rocket scientist I am.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Adrian or some of you other hep cats, do explain please.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>