Crypto Superpowers: 5 People Who Became Millionaires Overnight

Aayushi Jain

Erik Finman invested US$1,000 in Bitcoin in 2011. By 2017, his investment grew to about US$4 million, making him a teen millionaire.

Kristoffer Koch bought Bitcoin for just US$27 in 2009. In 2013, he rediscovered his investment, which had grown to US$886,000.

Jeremy Gardner, co-founder of Augur, saw overnight crypto success with his investment in Ethereum. He became a crypto millionaire by age 25 in 2016.

Olaf Carlson-Wee, the first employee at Coinbase, used his salary to buy Bitcoin. His investments hit US$60 million by late 2021.

Eddy Zillan started with a US$12,000 investment in 2017. By 2018, strategic crypto investment trading helped him grow it to over US$1 million.

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