The blockchain industry has been revolutionary, to say the least. In the last three years, the crypto market has affected and changed lives positively — mine included. And this is why I am a massive advocate of cryptocurrencies and their power to give anyone financial freedom. Perhaps that is why MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor’s quote calling Bitcoin (BTC) “digital gold” resonates with me.
As an industry still in its nascent stages, I have had my fair share of unfortunate events happen to me, but none as bad as what I’ve experienced with Bitget. Allow me to share the details of the ordeal in which Bitget seized more than $200,000 of my money, directly caused more than $2.5 million in losses, and — by my estimate — more than $10 million in reputational damage.