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From Terra to FTX, 2022 has given us many weird crypto stories. While investors have been enduring a bear market that saw the crypto industry sink below the $1 trillion market capitalization mark, adoption in the space has been growing, and old mysteries were finally solved.<\/p>\n
From the incredible short squeeze of a bankrupt company\u2019s token to old anti-crypto arguments used by a major central bank, we\u2019re getting weird with five stories the best fiction writers couldn\u2019t dream up.<\/p>\n
Back in 2016, popular cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex suffered a major security breach that saw attackers steal 119,756 Bitcoin (BTC<\/a>), worth approximately $72 million at the time. It was one of the largest crypto hacks in history, and although Bitfinex continued operating, its reputation was damaged for years to come.<\/p>\n This year, Heather Morgan, known by her rap name \u201cRazzlekhan,\u201d and her husband Ilya Lichtenstein were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for allegedly conspiring to launder crypto connected to the Bitfinex hack.<\/p>\n During a court appearance in New York, the pair proclaimed their innocence and were released on multimillion-dollar bonds. The weird part of this story is the details surrounding Morgan\u2019s work as a \u201ccomedic rapper\u201d<\/a> and social media influencer. One of her songs even says it is dedicated to \u201cthe entrepreneurs and hackers, all the misfits and smart slackers.\u201d<\/p>\n