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The latest issue · Saturday 31 October
Today's puzzle
Today's Cryptle and Scam or Legit? are live
Guess the crypto word in six tries, then spot which of five messages, sites and offers are scams. About three minutes, no sign-up.
Scam to spot
Yesterday's sneakiest card: a website
It was a scam. The real one is ic3.gov. This one ends in .com, with "gov" squeezed into the name. Fake versions of the FBI's own complaint site exist.
Yesterday's word
One of yesterday's words was LEVERAGE
Leverage is trading with borrowed money so a position is larger than the funds you put up.
Word of the day
What is fully diluted valuation?
Fully diluted valuation (FDV) is a token's current price multiplied by its maximum or total supply, including units that are locked or not yet created. It shows what the market cap would be if every token existed and traded at today's price.
Quiz of the day
What kind of business was FTX, which collapsed in November 2022?
A) A US state bank B) A hardware wallet maker C) A crypto exchange D) A bitcoin mining company
Yesterday's question: You change one character of a digitally signed message. What happens when the signature is checked? The answer was B) The check fails.
What moved
Bitway (BTW) fell 22.1% in 24 hours
The biggest move among the 100 largest coins, as the market data stood at 03:20 CT on 31 October. Its page shows what it does, who runs it and what selling it costs.