To put it lightly, it has been a wild year for the crypto sector.In the span of less than 12 months, the third-most valuable stablecoin imploded, lead
To put it lightly, it has been a wild year for the crypto sector.
In the span of less than 12 months, the third-most valuable stablecoin imploded, leading to a domino effect that saw crypto lender Celsius go bankrupt, Three Arrows Capital’s founders go runabout and one of crypto’s most “altruistic” executives flown home in cuffs.
In this article, Cointelegraph has selected 10 crypto-related tweets that have aged like spoilt milk.
Do Kwon — “Steady lads”
On May 10, just as the algo-stablecoin formerly known as TerraUSD started to fall below its dollar peg, the Terraform Labs founder attempted to allay fears of a further depeg, tweeting: “Deploying more capital – steady lads.”
Well, we all know what happened after. The collapse of the Terra ecosystem in May 2022 saw more than $40 billion wiped from the market in that month alone.
Deploying more capital – steady lads
— Do Kwon (@stablekwon) May 9, 2022
Since then, Do Kwon and the remaining Terra community have tried to revive the project with a newer stablecoin coming into the works. TerraUSD has since been rebranded to TerraClassicUSD (USTC) and is worth $0.02 at the time of writing.
Do Kwon — “Your size is not size”
Next on the list is Kwon’s famous response to crypto trader Algod, who outlined on March 9 that if LUNA “breaks new ATH’s I will short it with size. It’s a big ass ponzi, pretty sure VC’s will also hedge their investments on perps.”
Kwon then hit back by essentially calling Algod poor, stating, “Yeah but your size is not size” before adding, “$10 short incoming, everyone take cover.”
Yeah but your size is not size
— Do Kwon (@stablekwon) March 9, 2022
This of course was memed back to Kwon on many occasions during and after he went into damage control mode as TerraUSD spiraled out of control.
SBF — “Sell me all you want. Then go fuck off.”
Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has a near-endless amount of statements that likely look terrible in current circumstances. Not only has he lied about “assets are fine” but shortly before his company filed for bankruptcy, the FTX founder also left us with the $3 Solana (SOL) meme.
In a debate on Twitter from January, crypto trader CoinMamba got under SBF’s skin in January 2021, suggesting that SOL was a great shorting opportunity over the price of $3.
After a back in forth in which the two were trying to iron out a bet on the future price, SBF finally had enough of CoinMamba’s SOL taunting and said:
“I’ll buy as much SOL as you have, right now, at $3. Sell me all you want. Then go fuck off.”
The comment became legendary in the crypto community, particularly after the price of SOL went to an all-time high of $259.96 on Nov. 6, 2021.
However, CoinMamba appears to have had the last laugh, as Bankman-Fried’s firm catastrophically collapsed a year later.
I’ll buy everything you have, right now, at $3.
Sell me all you want.
Then go fuck off. pic.twitter.com/f1eJjqNKIk
— CoinMamba (@coinmamba) November 11, 2022
Replying to the nearly two-year-old thread, CoinMamba gave Bankman-Fried a taste of his own medicine. “I’ll buy everything you have, right now, at $3. Sell me all you want. Then go fuck off.”
Alex Mashinsky — “All funds are safe.”
Amid the LUNA fiasco in May, rumors started to float that Celsius was having liquidity issues and could be heading for serious trouble, while others had claimed the firm had already been “completely wiped out.”
In a bid to quickly assure Celsius customers, Mashinsky responded to the rumors by stating in a May 12 tweet: “Notwithstanding the extreme market volatility, Celsius has not experienced any significant losses,” adding:
“All funds are safe.”
These four words went on to become a harbinger of doom for the industry.
A month later, on June 12, the firm paused all withdrawals. On July 13, it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Users are still battling to get even a portion of their funds back as we speak.
— Make it a quote (@MakeItAQuote) August 6, 2022
Celsius — “If you don’t have free and unlimited access to your own funds, are they really *your* funds?”
Accompanying Mashinsky is a classic from Celsius Network, in which the firm was touting the whole “unbank yourself” catchphrase. The crypto lender often suggested it was more trustworthy than the banking system.
In a Nov. 14 tweet from 2019, Celsius Network tweeted, “If you don’t have free and unlimited access to your own funds, are they really *your* funds?” before adding:
“#UnbankYourself with Celsius and join the next generation of financial services — no fees, no penalties, no lockups, just profit.”
That statement hasn’t fared too well in 2022.
Amid its Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, users have had zero access to their locked-up funds, while profits are in doubt, too, considering they might not get all the funds back.
If you don’t have free and unlimited access to your own funds, are they really…
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