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<h4><strong>This financial setback happened after he made a risky bet on the price of Ether compared to Bitcoin.</strong></h4> 
<p>James Fickel, who has a lot of Ether (a type of digital currency), made a big crypto trading bet in January 2024.</p> 
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<p>He borrowed $172 million worth of <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/wrapped-bitcoin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC)</a> and bet that the price of Ether would go up compared to Bitcoin. Sadly, things didn’t go as planned.&nbsp; Since then, Fickel’s debt has soared to $132 million on the decentralized lending platform Aave, and his losses have topped $43 million.</p> 
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 <p dir="ltr" lang="en">James Fickel(<a href="https://twitter.com/jamesfickel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jamesfickel</a>) lost ~18,000 <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24ETH&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">$ETH</a>($43.7M) by going long the BTC/ETH trading pair!</p> 
 <p>From Jan 10 to July 1, he borrowed 3,061 <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24WBTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">$WBTC</a>(172M) from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Aave?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Aave</a> and exchanged it for 56,445 <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24ETH&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">$ETH</a> at a rate of 0.05424.</p> 
 <p>Since Aug 7, he spent 12M <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24USDC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">$USDC</a> to buy 211 <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24WBTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">$WBTC</a> and exchanged… <a href="https://t.co/9DgLjisPgp">pic.twitter.com/9DgLjisPgp</a></p> 
 <p>— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) <a href="https://twitter.com/lookonchain/status/1834849876171276389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2024</a></p>
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<p>Fickel’s bet was based on his belief that Ether’s price would rise faster than Bitcoin’s. But, instead of going up, Ether’s value fell or didn’t rise as much as he hoped. This mismatch between what he expected and what happened led to huge losses. Imagine betting on your favorite team to win the championship, but they lose every game instead. That’s a bit like what happened to Fickel but with digital money.</p> 
<h5><strong>What Is Aave?</strong></h5> 
<p><a href="https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/?s=aave" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aave</a> is a place where people can lend and borrow digital money. It’s called a decentralized lending platform because it doesn’t have a central bank like traditional banks do. Instead, it uses technology to let people borrow and lend directly. Fickel’s massive debt on Aave shows how risky this type of trading can be. Here is a very important news from Aave:</p> 
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 <p dir="ltr" lang="en">DAO proposal to add <a href="https://twitter.com/coinbase?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@coinbase</a>‘s cbBTC on Ethereum and <a href="https://twitter.com/base?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@base</a> to <a href="https://twitter.com/aave?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@aave</a> V3 upon launch. Aave has become the preferred protocol for supporting Tier-1 asset launches. <a href="https://t.co/awQ22efItT">https://t.co/awQ22efItT</a></p> 
 <p>— Stani (@StaniKulechov) <a href="https://twitter.com/StaniKulechov/status/1833688389889269955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2024</a></p>
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<p>Fickel’s situation serves as a warning that even experienced investors can lose big. He’s still a wealthy person, holding more than $4.8 million worth of Eth, but his huge gamble didn’t pay off. It’s a classic case of “the bigger they are, the harder they fall,” showing that high stakes can lead to big losses.</p> 
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