Brazilian crypto streamer loses $50K by accidentally exposing private key

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Brazilian crypto streamer loses $50K by accidentally exposing private key
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Brazilian streamer Fraternidade Crypto said he lost his entire life savings in Polygon to an accident on a YouTube live stream.

In the middle of the livestream related to Bitcoin and blockchain games, Bianco apparently tried to access his passwords for the blockchain games platform Gala Games through a text file on his computer.

Shortly after accidentally opening the text file — which exposed two private keys for his cryptocurrency wallets — Bianco closed the live stream but apparently it was already too late to recover the funds for the streamer.a new live stream, claiming that one of his viewers managed to access his MetaMask wallet through the private key and stole his entire Polygon stash of 86,000 MATIC. At the time of the accident, the amount was worth around $50,000.

Bianco claimed that he lost his entire life savings to the accident, pleading with the stream viewer to return the money for a reward. The YouTuber also said that he was planning to file a complaint to the local police, noting that about 70 people were watching his unfortunate live stream.

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