This seems to have been a motiveless crime: no money was stolen, and nobody had cause to hate the victim.

Mr. Auslander is a logodaedalus — a wizard of words — whose adjectives possess an unerring salience, whose vigor is as undinted as he bronze of a Thracian shield.

This success would look like chance, if it were perpetual, and always of the same tenor.

When it comes to blockchain, never invest more than you can afford to lose. One hundred percent. High-risk gambling, day trading, speculating—that's the way of the crypto bros.