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		deepsun on March 6, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Experts cracked laptop of crypto CEO who died with... Then it's not "stolen", it's "never existed".

tempestn on March 6, 2019 [–]

The customer deposits certainly existed somewhere, even if a single cold wallet holding $137M in BTC didn't.

Scoundreller on March 6, 2019 | [–]

Though it is possible there are some withdrawals that weren’t backed by any deposits.

You don’t need to steal a wallet if you can update your account balance and then do formal withdrawals through the front-end.

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