Author name: nik pick

I tried to mint an NFT during a hype drop. I set the gas too low. The transaction got stuck […]

The “$5 Wrench Attack.” I was followed home from a crypto meetup. Three guys broke in, tied me up, and

I was entering a country with strict capital controls. The border guard demanded I unlock my phone. He scrolled through

I woke up to find my hot wallet drained. My laptop had malware that logged my keystrokes when I typed

I received Notice CP2000 from the IRS. They claimed I owed $40,000 in taxes on “unreported crypto transactions” from 2024.

I run a small web3 startup. We held $500,000 in stablecoins in a corporate Gnosis Safe for payroll. A hacker

I was tired. I copied an address from my transaction history, not realizing it was an old Ethereum address, and

I plugged in my Trezor Model T to move some funds during a market dip, and the screen remained pitch

I invested in “SafeMoon2026.” The website looked great. The team was “doxxed.” Two days after launch, the liquidity was pulled,

I held my savings in USDC to avoid volatility. Then, a banking panic hit, and USDC dropped to $0.88. I