#Cryptocurrency Celebrity Record & First Issue

This is Jimmy Zhong.

In 2012, he discovered a loophole in the dark web Silk Road and quietly stole 51,680 bitcoins.

For the next ten years, he hid these bitcoins in a popcorn can, unknown to anyone.

Until he called the police and turned himself in:

Jimmy was born in 1991; his parents immigrated from China to the United States and lived in hardship.

His mother was a night-shift nurse, and his father made a living by scavenging, later resulting in a broken marriage.

As an Asian American, Jimmy was not popular in school and often bullied.

He stated that the most humiliating moment was when his pants were pulled down in public during a football game.