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Man Invests $20 in Obscure Cryptocurrency, Becomes Trillionaire Overnight, at Least Temporarily

Eric Maina by Eric Maina
August 17, 2022 - 9:35 am
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A man invests $20 in obscure crypto currency, and he wakes up to discover he is now worth $1.4 trillion. However, he later discovers it was a glitch, and shares the news on his Twitter account.

A man invests $20 in obscure crypto currency and becomes an overnight trillionaire was one of the most interesting news stories of 2021 by NewsWeek. While his newfound wealth was only temporary, it was still quite interesting how it happened.

Chris Williamson had no dreams of ever becoming a trillionaire when he invested $20 in the Rocket Bunny cryptocurrency. However, that is exactly what ended up happening. Before his investment turned into a trillion, Chris Williamson had dabbled in the crypto market for around eight months. Williamson, a student at the Georgia nursing school, had been investing in cryptocurrency via Coinbase.

His $20 investment grew to over $1.4 trillion. According to Williamson, he woke up at around 9 AM the following day to check how his crypto portfolio was doing. When he saw how well he was doing, he thought he was dreaming. He told Fox 5 that “and I’m just like, ‘Naw, I’m sleeping.’”

How He Reacted to the News

After the initial shock, Williamson rushed to open his Coinbase cryptocurrency app. However, a different price showed up when he tried to shift the funds outside the Coinbase app. So he got in touch with the company to know what happened. The student said that Coinbase told him they would look into it. At the same time, he tried to contact Rocket Bunny. However, they never replied.

The nursing student decided to have some fun with the development on Twitter. He said that by that point, he was sure there was no way his investment had grown to its current amount. The nursing trainee expected the exchange would soon correct the error. However, the amount kept increasing. He checked again to confirm that a fake coin was not scamming him, and it was true.

Soon, the nursing trainee from Georgia was tweeting Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO, asking him what to do with his newfound cryptocurrency wealth. He said that since Musk sometimes trolls people who reply to him, he hoped the Tesla CEO would see it and respond.

What He Would With the Amount

The nursing trainee said that 1.4 trillion was a large sum of money, which he could not spend in one lifetime. As such, he would seek to do good with the money.

The exchange later told him that withdrawing the cryptocurrency from his digital wallet was impossible. According to what they told him, it wasn’t the actual amount in the account. Staff said they were working to resolve the glitch. 

While it made for a good story, he does not believe that it was true he had amassed a huge fortune in one day. He said that a friend of his from Jasper tried to buy some cryptocurrencies, but they did face the same issue. However, others online claimed to have experienced a similar glitch. While you may not make anything close to a billion from a small crypto investment, there are still many compelling reasons to invest in crypto. 

Font - Christopher Williamson @Christo44044658 I'm gonna need someone to explain what the heck is going on and then write me a check. I got a mega yacht shaped like a penguin on standby. #cryptotrillionaire @RocketBunny2021 @coinbase @CoinbaseSupport @CoinbasePro
Font - 1:39 1 ull LTE 4 Rocket Bunny $1,105,863,834,221.68 73,844,880,105.42093735 BUNNY Send Receive More
Font - Coinbase Support CS 12:05 PM To: ccw_91@icloud.com > Hi Christopher, Thanks for reaching out to us. Our team is currently reviewing your account to find the best solution. We will follow up with you on the original email thread as soon as we have an update. Thank you for your patience. Regards, Coinbase Support
Font - Coinbase Support @CoinbaseSupport Replying to @Christo44044658 @RocketBunny2021 and 2 others Sorry @Christo44044658 - the penguin yacht may have to wait - our team is aware of the display error causing this wishful thinking for some ERC20S. They're working to fix - in the meantime, trading the asset will reflect its current market value. 11:00 AM · Jun 18, 2021 · Twitter Web App

Azure - Christopher Williamson @Christo44044658 Day Three - Still a trillionaire according to @coinbase. l'm gonna need an emotional support penguin if this goes into Day Four. a 10:04 1 @ccwilliamson $1,339,780,268,545.39 Send Receive TradeFont - Christopher Williamson @Christo44044658 Day 5 - @coinbase @CoinbaseSupport - do y'all remember that scene in the movie Shrek where the little cookie man talks about his gum drop buttons... That's my energy towards y'all right now and l'm gonna need a bus load of emotional support penguins. O 1:21 1 ושמ @ccwilliamson $183,653,497,581,923.62 Send Receive Trade

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Eric Maina has been working as a freelance content and copywriter for over three years. He is passionate about blockchain, crypto, and fintech. His articles on the crypto industry have been widely read. He takes his role of informing readers about events in the crypto industry very seriously. Eric aims to provide accurate and timely information in every article he creates on the crypto industry. He conducts in-depth research on the topics on which he writes to provide his readers with as much insight a possible into the nascent crypto industry.

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