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TRX Reddit user asks if friend's Bybit fee explanation for stuck Bitcoin funds is legitimate
A Reddit user says they gave a friend about $3,600 to invest in Bitcoin at $86K and that the friend now claims Bybit fees prevent returning the full amount. The user asks whether Bybit charges ongoing fees for holding Bitcoin or whether the explanation is an excuse.
Why “Rumor”
- Only community or trader posts: r/Bitcoin
0 independent source groups across 1 posts · evidence score 9/100. How labels work
Market around the story
| Asset | Price at first report | 6h before | 1h before | 1h after | 6h after | 1h move vs normal | 24h volume vs median |
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| BTC | Measured six hours after the first report. | ||||||
Returns are measured from the moment the story first appeared. “vs normal” compares the move with the asset's typical hourly move over the previous 30 days.
What the sources claim
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The poster says they gave a friend approximately $3,600 to invest in Bitcoin when it was at $86K around 10-11 months earlier. BTC
“I gave a friend approximately $3,600 to invest in Bitcoin when it was at $86K”
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The poster says the friend claimed Bitcoin crashed and that was why the money could not be returned. BTC
“he’s made excuses, saying Bitcoin crashed and he couldn’t return it”
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The poster says the friend claimed Bybit charges ongoing fees that accumulate while the money is stuck, so withdrawing now would deduct fees from the original $3,600. BTC
“the app keeps charging fees and adding them up. If I withdraw the money now, those fees will be deducted”
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The poster says the friend wants Bitcoin to stay above $86K for a few days or a week to recover the fees and return the full $3,600. BTC
“I want Bitcoin to stay above $86K for a few days or a week, so I can recover those fees”
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The poster asks whether Bybit actually charges ongoing fees for holding Bitcoin. BTC
“Does Bybit actually charge ongoing fees for holding Bitcoin?”
r/Bitcoin
Sources
Summary and claims extracted by deepseek/deepseek-flash with prompt analyze-story@3 on 2026-10-04 02:20 UTC. Labels are computed from the sources, not by the model.