{"id":34813,"date":"2021-01-15T16:51:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T14:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=34813"},"modified":"2025-08-28T22:18:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:18:04","slug":"russian-buys-bitcoin-and-cosmos-with-money-saved-from-school-lunches-asset-value-rises-to-37-million-rubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/russian-buys-bitcoin-and-cosmos-with-money-saved-from-school-lunches-asset-value-rises-to-37-million-rubles\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian buys Bitcoin and Cosmos with money saved from school lunches; asset value rises to 37 million rubles"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 24-year-old Russian man told the story<\/a> of how he managed to earn money from crypto assets using a hodl strategy.<\/p>\n

According to him, he learned about cryptocurrencies in 2013 on one of the computer forums:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI had absolutely no money, but I saved from school lunches and birthday gifts from my parents. I was really inspired by the idea of Bitcoin, and I decided to buy only Bitcoin and not sell under any circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At Bitcoin’s price peak, the value of his savings reached 37 million rubles.<\/p>\n

\"Russian<\/p>\n

Source: Smart-lab.ru<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The chart shows changes in the user’s portfolio over the past two years.<\/p>\n

The hodler noted that he intends to wait until the amount in his account grows to $1 million, after which he plans to withdraw the money and reinvest it in various asset classes, including ETFs and commercial real estate.<\/p>\n

Earlier, an engineer from the British town of Newport offered local authorities $72 million to search a landfill for a hard drive<\/a>, on which 7,500 BTC were stored.<\/p>\n

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