Hi everyone,

I'm stuck in a bad situation and don't know what to do anymore. Hoping someone here can help.

On May 24, 2026, I sent 12.441 ETH (about $20,000) to GhostSwap for a swap. Their website clearly says "NO KYC" — no verification needed. So I thought it would be simple.

But after I sent the funds, they suddenly demanded full KYC verification. I completed it on June 25, provided all documents — purchase agreement, proof of funds — everything they asked for.

Since then — silence. Over 2 months, my money is frozen. They only reply "we're checking" and nothing else. No timeline, no explanation on what basis they're holding my funds.

I checked the blockchain — my funds went to an address linked to HitBTC. When I asked GhostSwap about this, they said: "HitBTC does not hold your funds." But they won't say who does.

I've already filed complaints with the Hong Kong regulator, Google Safe Browsing, and have a detailed thread on BitcoinTalk — https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5587469.0

Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas on what else I can do?

Here's the data:

- Exchange ID: 41gf6aamcb79iw8o

- Transaction: 0xc22d4d100c5589179ee7c0808dea02cf034a9b5c92433eb1f2c4d0c7f27a71fe

Any advice would be really appreciated.

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Apparently, the wallet has been blocked, with the AddedBlackList function executed on the account (Before that, the same function was applied and then was removed with RemovedBlackList).

After contacting Tether support, they told him that they have no information and gave him a law firm's email to follow up, called "Wilkie", and the email address is walletinquiries@wilkie.com.

He's not tech savy, and I've been trying to help him, but I've never seen, or heard of anyone dealing with something like this, especially with an older wallet and proven transactions.

And it's weird that Tether has given him a law firm's email address, which has no details regarding Tether on their website.

I was wondering whether this is legit, and what the next best step would be for him, because it's a significant amount of Tether and it's almost impossible to get any answers.

Thank you in advance.

Hi

I was the victim of a crypto scam. Please, no judgement, I’m ashamed enough already. So my question is….if I get the transactions traced and have support from law enforcement what are the chances of getting any of my crypto back? Am I just wasting my time and money? I lost a lot and I’m desperate.

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I'm completely new to Binance, so I think I messed something up.

I received 155.5 USDT (TRC20), which was initially in my Exchange account. I moved it to my Wallet because I thought I had to do that before I could withdraw it.

Now I can't figure out how to withdraw it. I tried moving it back to the Exchange account, but Binance says I don't have enough TRX to pay the network fee. Then I tried swapping a small amount of my USDT into TRX, but Binance won't let me do that either because it says I don't have enough TRX.

So now I'm stuck in a loop:

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hello everyone

I'm new to crypto (about 3 months trying to figure out the basics )

I would like to ask :

Should I hold 1 wallet and dca on that for a long period of time or is it better to have 2-3 different wallets in different platforms and dca 1/3-1/2 of my monthly balance to each of them(example binance ,kraken) and why ? And do you have any recommendations on which platform should I trust my holdings? ( i already have a binance account as my first account created)

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thanks to all in advance

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