Early Ether investor sells all his ETH, plans to buy parents a house

Early Ether investor sells all his ETH, plans to buy parents a house

Early Ether buyer liquidates ETH stash “hodled” for five years. A Redditor named “u/FollowMe22”, 27, says he has finally sold off the last of his Ether (ETH) stash acquired back in 2016. According to the Reddit post, he began buying ETH back in 2016 when the price was slightly above $2, adding:“I put my whole tax return in 2016 and threw a couple hundred at it whenever I could. I didn't buy a car and biked to work to save money. I remember at the time thinking there was about a 1/3 chance it would 100x, so there was an asymmetrical risk/reward in my opinion.”The Redditor said that he sold....


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