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Someone invested over $7,000 into Bitcoin 14 years ago and what it's worth now is almost incomprehensible
It’s worth an absolute fortune
Idaho man who became Bitcoin millionaire at 18 after $1,000 investment at 12 now has enough money to never work again
He made his first million at 18
Man who told everyone to buy just $1 of Bitcoin in 2013 now lives an incredible life after his prophecy came true
How has life gone for him in the last decade?
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
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
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.
Man whose £165m worth of Bitcoin was mistakenly thrown into landfill unveils new plan to retrieve
Caught up in a decade-long battle to find his Bitcoin millions, he’s decided ‘to go to battle’ to recover the lost hard drive and his digital fortune.
This man has just 2 guesses to recover $240 million in Bitcoin
Having forgotten the password to his encrypted IronKey hard drive, Stefan Thomas has just two guesses remaining to access his $240 million Bitcoin fortune.