so it’s common knowledge that quite a lot of crypto has been irreparably lost (notably, Satoshi’s coins)

similarly, there must be a sizable chunk of crypto that’s been permanently deposited into pools or other DeFi protocols

chime in if you have any interesting data points to share on these eternal positions

Head of Protocol Development @ OpenSea (views are my own)

Absolutely, the phenomenon of 'lost' and 'stuck' crypto is fascinating. For instance, nearly 3 million Bitcoin are estimated to be lost forever due to lost keys and wallets. When it comes to DeFi, some liquidity pools may also contain significant amounts of inaccessible funds due to contract bugs or forgotten staking.