{"id":"tp-9238","type":"article-newspaper","title":"$4.2B of lost Bitcoin due to forgotten crypto wallet passwords can still be recovered","author":"Mark Jason Alcala","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/9238","datePublished":"2021-09-08T07:34:33.000Z","dateModified":"2021-09-08T07:34:33.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"Cryptocurrency data firm Chainalysis estimates that 20 percent of the existing 18.5 million Bitcoin or around 3.7 million BTCs appear to be lost due to forgotten passwords.","section":"Insights & Views","references":[{"title":"Cryptovantage","url":"https://www.cryptovantage.com/cryptocurrency-storage-security/"},{"title":"New York Times","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/business/tens-of-billions-worth-of-bitcoin-have-been-locked-by-people-who-forgot-their-key.html"},{"title":"Business Insider","url":"https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/locked-crypto-wallet-password-recovery-cryptocurrency-chris-charlie-brooks-btc-2021-9"},{"title":"TokenPost","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com"}]}