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I bought my first Bitcoin in mid-2017, after watching this Andreas Antonopolous video on Youtube. I bought my first Bitcoin when it was at $1,500.
After watching Andreas’ speech, I was hooked.
It made me read a lot, and the second coin I bought was Ethereum.
In retrospect, it was pure luck that I got in at that time because all prices started to increase till about the end of 2017.
Then, in Feb 2018, I invested 200,000 USD in a long-only crypto fund, after Bitcoin came down to 12k from 20k USD. I felt super smart because I did not invest at the top!
A few months later, Bitcoin fell to 3,500 USD, and the crypto fund managed to be down by more than 90%. MAJOR EFFING OUCH. That really really sucked.
My 200k became 19k USD. As it was a closed-end fund with a three-year lockup, I couldn’t sell any shares.
So I decided to jump down the rabbit hole and study the space even more, and really try to learn as much as I could.
I then bought 5x Bitcoin at 4,000 USD, and 10,000 USD worth of ETH (avg. price 198 USD).
Three years later, the fund’s 200k USD grew to 1,05 Mio USD, and things surely look better. Ultimately, the fund was closed in 2022, and I got 700k USD.
I actively use each chain and protocol, be it simply for using its DAPPs, staking, liquidity mining, on-chain governance, or to pay for gas fees.
I recommend you to really “use” and “test” the protocols you are invested in. I learn a lot through that.
At the moment, I do a lot on Base and Solana.
Check out my full passive income on my Dividend Calendar page.
I generated $180,000 US in passive income in 2025.
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