Messages hidden in Bitcoin: headlines, memorials and everyday life
2 ANOTHER BAILOUT HEADLINE, ELEVEN YEARS LATER “NYTimes 09/Apr/2020 With $2.3T Injection, Fed's Plan Far Exceeds 2008 Rescue”
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MASTR · 2024–2026
History & timelines
Dated collections, early accounts and the development of ideas behind crypto.
A chronology is most useful when the reader knows its cutoff and scope. MASTR’s incident collections cover different periods: the 2025 record, the March 2026 update, January to May 2026, the first half of 2026 and August 2026. Their totals should not be added together. Later lists can overlap earlier ones and use different definitions of theft, fraud, exploit losses or recovered funds.
The individual cases provide context that a total cannot. OneCoin, Terra, exchange closures and the Pump.fun incident involve different mechanisms and different forms of evidence. The publications retain their original dates so that an early report can be read as an early report. The separate Wiki timeline remains available for a broader historical overview.
This section also includes the ideas and culture beneath the market: Shannon’s information theory, the public record of Satoshi Nakamoto and messages people embedded in Bitcoin. Those records help explain why an open network attracted more than speculative trading, and why the distinction between a protocol and the businesses around it matters.
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Crypto security incidents recorded in August 2026
Aug 31, Balancer V1: Approximately $234K. A rounding flaw allowed 1 satoshi of WBTC input to mint 4,408.8 BPT after reserves were driven towards dust.
Research & analysis6 min
An archive of centralised exchange closures
BitMart: January 31, 2027 - BitMEX: September 23, 2026 - AscendEX: July 1, 2026 - Knaken: June 2026 - March 31, 2026 - ProBit Global: February 26, 2026 - OceanEx: December 5, 2025 - Payeer Exchange: October 23, 2025 - Felixo: July 18, 2025 -…
Research & analysis2 min
Crypto breaches and scandals: the first half of 2026
I listed only public bigger incidents, breaches, exploits, scams, fraud buckets and major crypto security scandals below.
Research & analysis14 min
Crypto exploits and breaches: January to May 2026
A 7,000-word incident catalogue covering the publicly discussed cases recorded by MASTR through 30 May 2026.
Original articles33 min
Political influence · 7 Apr 2026
You saw the fraud, the grift, the authoritarian instincts, the contempt for facts, the endless manipulation, and still many of you treated it like a game because you thought it might benefit your bags, your taxes, or your tribe for 5…
Commentary & rants1 min
The 2025–2026 crypto incident timeline, as recorded in March
2025 closed with about $3.35B in hacks, scams, and exploits by @CertiK count, while @chainalysis and @MastrXYZ estimated about $17B+ in scams and fraud.
Research & analysis7 min
Security and verification · 23 Mar 2026
we will not thrive again until this #TACO guy and the cult around him, who keep acting like the whole world is winning under their rule like never before, actually leave something for the rest of us to win too.
Commentary & rants1 min
Claude Shannon and the ideas beneath digital money
Every crypto transaction, every encrypted message and every computer running today ultimately rests on ideas that were formalized by one man: Claude Shannon.
Research & analysis5 min
Jarett Dunn and the Pump.fun incident
Jarett Dunn, also known as Stacc or StaccOverflow, was one of the most controversial developers in the Solana ecosystem.
Research & analysis4 min
OneCoin and Ruja Ignatova: the fraud behind the cryptocurrency story
Meet Crypto Queen Ruja Ignatova, a wanted fugitive in one of the biggest financial scams in history, who is on the Federal Bureau of Investigation Top 10 Most Wanted list. 🚨
Research & analysis2 min
Price crashes and the survival of an open network
2011 Bitcoin crashed over 90 percent. Dead. 2013 Bitcoin crashed over 80 percent. Dead. 2014 to 2015 down over 85 percent. Dead. 2018 down 84 percent. Dead. 2022 down 77 percent. Dead.
Research & analysis4 min
Do Kwon, Terra and the record of the collapse
Let`s start: More than 20000 documented victims. Tens of billions of dollars lost. Entire life savings erased within days.
Research & analysis4 min
Crypto’s 2025 incident chronology
January 2025 🔺 Trump-linked tokens $TRUMP and $MELANIA launch, pump hard, then collapse after insider selling 🔺 Fake political launchpads steal millions from retail 🔺 China cracks down on offshore OTC desks, distorting global liquidity 🔺…
Research & analysis4 min
More than 50 Solana events, datasets and cases
Every point refers to a real world event, dataset, study or case with documented facts. It is not complete (by far), but it is more than enough to show a clear pattern.
Research & analysis11 min
X-graphs and xAI: MASTR’s account of a developer dispute
A developer named Selo @seloesque built x-graphs, a viral tool that ranked X interactions based on impressions and engagement.
Commentary & rants1 min
Satoshi Nakamoto: what the public record can tell us
Satoshi Nakamoto is the pseudonym of the person or group who created Bitcoin. Nobody knows who he was. Everything we know comes from archived emails, forum posts, the original Bitcoin code and the whitepaper he released on 31.10.2008.
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Bitcoin’s original aims and the market that followed
When #Satoshi #Nakamoto introduced Bitcoin in 2008, the goal was clear: create a decentralized, censorship-resistant financial system free from government control and manipulation. Bitcoin was designed to be an alternative to traditional…
Research & analysis4 min
Bitcoin’s genesis block: MASTR’s birthday reflection
Bitcoin’s genesis block: MASTR’s birthday reflection. Dated original source, with context and links.
Commentary & rants1 min
The HBO Satoshi claim: MASTR’s original response
📢HBO’s recent attempt to "reveal" the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is nothing short of a joke. After years of endless speculation and conspiracy theories, one would think #HBO would steer clear of chasing such a tired, cliched premise.…
Research & analysis2 min