5 Crypto Millionaires Who Started From Nothing And Made It Big

While most of us came to know about crypto investments over the last two years, crypto veterans have been associated with the community since 2011. And as you would expect, they are richer than most investors today. But there are a few stories of ordinary men who started from scratch (but at the right time) and made it big in the wild west of crypto currencies. Here are some crypto influencers who started from nothing and made it really big in crypto. Ian Balina © ianbalina Ian Balina is considered an oracle amongst the crypto elites. His predictions of fast growing ICOs (Initial coin offerings) have become some kind of a legend. Balina made almost $4 million last year by crunching numbers and investing in crypto currencies that had the potential to make it big. He has 132K followers on Twitter who religiously follow his investment advice. Erik Finman © newshub At the age of just 18, Erik Finman is worth more than $4 billion. Erik owned 403 bitcoins at the age of just 12 and made a bet with his parents that if he turned a millionaire before turning 18, he would not attend college. He now had other smaller investments in other cryptocurrencies including Ethereum and Litecoin. Jeremy Gardner © business insider Jeremy Gardner's success story is one that defines the true extent of how successful you can actually get in this industry. He first invested in crypto in 2013 and soon leapt head first into the world of cryptocurrency. Within a short time he became a true crypto evangelist and in 2013 launched Augur, a blockchain based forecasting tool, raising $5.3 million in the ICO. Mpho Dagada © destinyman Mpho Dagada first started to invest in crypto back in 2013. While he was in college, he started to invest bits of his income from the cleaning and laundry business into cryptocurrencies. His entrepreneurial mindset helped him take a balanced approach to crypto at a time when the market was highly volatile. He's made more than a million Rand (South African currency) in crypto profits and now owns a chain of fast food restaurants and a logistics company. Roger Ver © bitcoinist Roger Ver is one of the most influential bitcoin proponents in crypto. He is known as the Bitcoin Jesus in the crypto community mainly because he was one of the first adopters of the technology as early as 2011. Ver, despite being a crypto millionaire, is also one of the most polarising figures in the community. He has been very vocal about Bitcoin Cash being the correct version of bitcoin and has been a very strong proponent of the same that has earned him the wrath of bitcoin faithful.