Early BTC buyer cashes out $10M from 2012 gold bar
Bitcointalk user JohnGalt bought a Casascius gold Bitcoin bar in 2012 for $500, containing 100 BTC.
On May 13, 2025, he finally peeled it and moved the coins — now worth over $10 million.
“Holding something that valuable was stressful. I didn’t want to spend it, but at $10M, I knew I couldn’t sit on it forever.”
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Bitcointalk user JohnGalt bought a Casascius gold Bitcoin bar in 2012 for $500, containing 100 BTC.
On May 13, 2025, he finally peeled it and moved the coins — now worth over $10 million.
“Holding something that valuable was stressful. I didn’t want to spend it, but at $10M, I knew I couldn’t sit on it forever.”
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An Ethereum ICO participant sold another 501 $ETH 9 hours ago.
He bought 16,000 $ETH(cost $4,960) at ~$0.31 through 2 wallets during the GENESIS, and later purchased 804 $ETH(cost $369K) from exchanges at $459 in 2017.
Since April 2021, he has sold 14,394 $ETH($50.11M) at an average price of $3,482.
He still holds ~2,410 $ETH($5.85M).
Total profit: $55.6M — a 149x return
He bought 16,000 $ETH(cost $4,960) at ~$0.31 through 2 wallets during the GENESIS, and later purchased 804 $ETH(cost $369K) from exchanges at $459 in 2017.
Since April 2021, he has sold 14,394 $ETH($50.11M) at an average price of $3,482.
He still holds ~2,410 $ETH($5.85M).
Total profit: $55.6M — a 149x return
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Trader 0xFa5D closed his $ETH long today with a $3.55M loss and left Hyperliquid with all 15.66M $USDC.
But he wasn't ready to walk away with a loss — determined to make it back.
Just 2 hours later, he came back with the 15.66M $USDC and flipped short on $ETH with 10x leverage.
But he wasn't ready to walk away with a loss — determined to make it back.
Just 2 hours later, he came back with the 15.66M $USDC and flipped short on $ETH with 10x leverage.
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