{"id":45811,"date":"2021-07-09T12:53:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T09:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=45811"},"modified":"2025-09-01T13:11:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:11:20","slug":"hamster-on-twitch-trading-cryptocurrencies-from-his-cage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/hamster-on-twitch-trading-cryptocurrencies-from-his-cage\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamster on Twitch, &#8216;trading cryptocurrencies&#8217;, from his cage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The hamster&#8217;s owner, Mr. Goxx, has created a special cage for him, from which <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/mr_goxx\/videos?filter=clips&#038;range=7d\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">the rodent &#8216;trades&#8217; on the cryptocurrency market<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The developer connected a running wheel and two tunnels to optical sensors that detect movement.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\"><p>\\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Let\u2019s have a look inside the office\u2026 <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/oTEGiKL0bo\\\">pic.twitter.com\/oTEGiKL0bo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 mrgoxx (@mrgoxx) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrgoxx\/status\/1412488545403539466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">July 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>By turning the wheel, the hamster &#8216;selects&#8217; a particular cryptocurrency for trading. The program will sell the coin when the rodent runs through the left tunnel, and buy when it passes through the right.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<div style=\\\"width: 1920px;\\\" class=\\\"wp-video\\\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\\n<video class=\\\"wp-video-shortcode\\\" id=\\\"video-141969-1\\\" width=\\\"1920\\\" height=\\\"1080\\\" preload=\\\"metadata\\\" controls=\\\"controls\\\"><source type=\\\"video\/mp4\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/zagruzheno.mp4?_=1\\\" \/>https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/zagruzheno.mp4<\/video><\/div>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>All of Mr. Goxx&#8217;s trades are streamed on Twitch. Additional statistics are published on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/mrgoxx\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Reddit<\/a> and <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrgoxx\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener\\\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The hamster&#8217;s portfolio includes 10 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP. The rodent bought 34 times and sold 15 times, with a total trading volume of \u20ac1327. Losses at the time of writing amount to \u20ac12.89.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The owner of the rodent stressed that Mr. Goxx is not experiencing discomfort and lives an ordinary hamster&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The developer warned that he created the project for entertainment and did not recommend investing based on the animal&#8217;s &#8216;forecasts&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2018, Coinspot launched a YouTube show Hamster Insider, in which the rodent predicted the market direction for the next 10 days. The channel produced only two episodes.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news, infographics and opinions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hamster&#8217;s owner, Mr. Goxx, created a special cage for him, from which the rodent &#8216;trades&#8217; on the cryptocurrency market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1267,1718,2212],"class_list":["post-45811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-trading","tag-fun","tag-twitch"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"22","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45813,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45811\/revisions\/45813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}