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Ex-Binance CEO sold his apartment in 2014 to buy 1,500 Bitcoin and his mom called him 'stupid', now it's worth huge amount
A crazy decision at the time, but it paid off big time
California man who's put $5 a day into Bitcoin shares what it's like 429 days in
It’s a very good strategy
Man who gave up on recovering lost Bitcoin in UK landfill says goodbye to $1 billion
It must be heart-breaking
Man forgot he invested $22 in Bitcoin and came back to mind-blowing amount when he remembered years later
He had no idea he was sitting on a fortune
Man regains access to his $3M Bitcoin wallet after 11 years thanks to hacker offering solution
Not all hacking stories are bad
Man has just two guesses left to recover his $790M in Bitcoin or lose it forever
After forgetting the password to his encrypted USB drive, Swiss businessman Stefan Thomas has just two guesses left to recover his $777M Bitcoin empire, or lose it forever. Forgetting a password is a headache. Even going through the ‘Forgotten password’ emails is a pain in the backside, and sometimes enough to put people off even […]
The amount of Bitcoin these 3 people lost adds up to an astonishing $2 billion
Imagine knowing you missed out on billions of dollars
Man who's been putting $5 a day into Bitcoin shows what it's like 323 days in
A good strategy, but we bet there’s something this guy wishes he’d done differently
Tesla loses out on billions of dollars by dumping 75% of its Bitcoin at the worst time
The timing wasn’t great
Man who was given over $830m in Bitcoin in 2011 when it was worth just thousands lost his password to access it
In what sounds like the heartbreaking crypto sketch in The Big Bang Theory, one man has lost access to his $829m Bitcoin empire that he started with a few thousand dollars in 2011. Back as kids, we used to throw pennies into a jar in the hope that enough spare change would amount to a […]
Bitcoin has reached a record high, surpassing $120,000 ahead of 'Crypto Week'
Bitcoin has just reached a new all-time high ahead of what some people call Crypto Week. Ordinarily, crypto week refers to some weeks of the year that are densely packed with crypto events. But, on this occasion, it’s about something else entirely. And there’s also more news that made investors feel bullish. DISCOVER SBX CARS: The […]
Person who made $7,800 Bitcoin investment and left it untouched for 14 years finds it's now worth $1.1 billion
Not bad as far as investments go
Landfill where man tossed $780M in Bitcoin set to close after years of recovery attempts
You have to feel for the guy
12-year-old boy became a millionaire after being one of the first people to invest in Bitcoin
He became a millionaire by the age of 18, and he doubled up on his bet.
Ferrari to accept crypto as payment for its cars in the US
The brand hopes to attract people who aren’t Ferrari customers… but could afford one.