3 people who unexpectedly became crypto millionaires… and one who didn’t

Crypto has the potential to make ordinary people hilariously rich. Here’s three real life tales, and one guy who sold free Bitcoin too early.

A surprise manila folder with millions of Bitcoin, a memecoin that went to the moon and a series of high-stakes poker games these are some true-life tales of people who struck it rich with crypto.

While there are many stories of skilled traders, miners and gamers who became self-made crypto millionaires, the more interesting ones are those who stumbled into crypto and accidentally struck digital gold.

It was 2013. Two freshman students were sitting at a bar. The guy, a nerdy computer type, was interning at Goldman Sachs. He told the girl lets call her Anna You should invest in Bitcoin. The girl, who had the resources, said, Sure.

$10,000 was exchanged, and Anna forgot about it. 

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