Lady Mae - Growth Teacher · 18w In my search to understand the #btc world. Noob here, could you please explain it what is leverage? It sounds scary. I hope this guy is ok. #asknostr what actually happened and why did he lose everyth... Derek Ross @Derek Ross 1760224474 He basically gambled. He took a bet that the price of bitcoin would go up to a certain price by a certain date. To fund the bet, he used his bitcoin. The price dropped instead of going up, so he lost the bet, and his bitcoin that was on the line. 1