Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine lost a bitcoin wallet with $ 25 million

Ukrainian politician and head of the Servant of the People faction David Arakhamia shared on the Ukraine 24 TV channelhis story of how he lost access to a high-value Bitcoin wallet.

Answering the question of the presenter, does he havebitcoins, Arahamia stated, “I don't have it anymore. But there were. " According to the politician's own recollections, the wallet contained 400 BTC worth $ 25 million today, but this happened "even with the old, bad exchange rate."

“At that time, the security system of bitcoins was onea code word to know. I erased the encrypted section on the disk where it was written. Now this is a terrible amount, it seems, I don't even want to think about it anymore, because it looks very bad "He said, laughing.

In an earlier interview, Arahamiasaid that on the recommendation of a friend from Los Angeles, two months after the appearance of bitcoin, he accepted cryptocurrency as part of his business. He remembered about the wallet only in 2017, when the news began to appear about the rapid growth of the cryptocurrency rate. When the entrepreneur decided to sell bitcoins, it turned out that the file with the access keys was deleted during the process of cleaning the disk, where it was stored in an encrypted partition.

“My disk space is full andThe PGP disk was encrypted and renamed to “.avi” for the movie, just in case. When the disk was full, I sorted out all the files that are larger than gig, saw a bunch of movies and “nailed” them. Now, in principle, I just don't go into cryptocurrencies "- added Arahamia.

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Rating of cryptocurrency exchanges:

#	Exchange:	Website:	Rating:
1	Binance (Editor's Choice)	https://binance.com	9.7
2	Bybit	https://bybit.com	7.5
3	OKEx	https://okex.com	7.1
4	Exmo	https://exmo.me	6.9
5	Huobi	https://huobi.com	6.5

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• Work reliability— stability of access to all functions of the platform, including uninterrupted trading, deposits and withdrawals of funds, as well as the duration of the market and daily trading volume.
• Commissions– the amount of commission for trading operations within the platform and withdrawal of assets.
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