A loan from 2014 has now become a nearly 1 billion RMB unresolved case.
Back then, Xu Mingxing lent 1,500 Bitcoins to Li Feng, and the debt remains unsettled to this day. At current prices, these coins are worth $135 million—what was likely a casual favor between friends in the circle ten years ago has now become a sky-high asset in real monetary terms.
What’s even more surreal is the current status of the debtor: Li Feng is now a co-founder of Moore Threads, a company listed on the A-share market. Its IPO price was 114 RMB per share, and it soared to 688 RMB on the first day of trading. The company’s total market value now stands steady at 285 billion RMB. Despite running such a massive business, he still owes a decade-old crypto debt.
Bitcoin has risen from a niche toy back then to a hard currency today, and the nature of this old debt has completely changed. The whole crypto community is watching: how will these 1,500 Bitcoins ultimately be settled?
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CryptoTherapist
· 12-09 03:51
ngl this is giving major "buried trauma resurfaces when the market cycles" energy. 1500 btc was probably vibes back then, now it's a whole psychological portfolio liability waiting to detonate. li feng's probably in denial about his emotional resistance levels on this one tbh... the market always forces you to reconcile your past trades eventually, that's just the healing journey fr fr
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consensus_failure
· 12-09 03:51
A personal favor from ten years ago has now turned into a hot potato worth a billion... This is just absurd.
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TokenAlchemist
· 12-09 03:51
nah this is classic inefficiency vector right here—debt instruments denominated in volatile assets pre-dating formalized settlement layers. 1500 btc in 2014 was basically dust tier, now it's a legitimate liquidation cascade waiting to happen. the arbitrage surface on this dispute alone is wild if you know the right people lol
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0xInsomnia
· 12-09 03:41
A favor from ten years ago has now turned into a $135 million hot potato—this is the crypto world for you...
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DEXRobinHood
· 12-09 03:31
A favor from ten years ago becomes a sky-high debt ten years later—this is the crypto world.
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ArbitrageBot
· 12-09 03:28
How are you going to repay this debt? The company has already gone public and you still want to default?
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PaperHandSister
· 12-09 03:25
Oh my, the favors from ten years ago are now worth over a billion. Who could handle a deal like this?
A loan from 2014 has now become a nearly 1 billion RMB unresolved case.
Back then, Xu Mingxing lent 1,500 Bitcoins to Li Feng, and the debt remains unsettled to this day. At current prices, these coins are worth $135 million—what was likely a casual favor between friends in the circle ten years ago has now become a sky-high asset in real monetary terms.
What’s even more surreal is the current status of the debtor: Li Feng is now a co-founder of Moore Threads, a company listed on the A-share market. Its IPO price was 114 RMB per share, and it soared to 688 RMB on the first day of trading. The company’s total market value now stands steady at 285 billion RMB. Despite running such a massive business, he still owes a decade-old crypto debt.
Bitcoin has risen from a niche toy back then to a hard currency today, and the nature of this old debt has completely changed. The whole crypto community is watching: how will these 1,500 Bitcoins ultimately be settled?