๐จ The INSANE Story of the Teen Who Lost 99,000 BTC (Now Worth $11B!) ๐ฑ๐ธ
Back in 2010, a curious Chinese teenager named Wei Zhang dropped just $10 into a weird little digital currency called Bitcoin ๐ช โ when it was worth less than a penny. That $10 turned into 99,000 BTC... and today? Thatโs worth $11.4 BILLION ๐ฐ๐ฅ
Wei wasnโt just earlyโฆ
By 19, he launched the first-ever crypto margin trading platform โ CryptoLeap ๐
The guy was on top of the worldโฆ until one click changed EVERYTHING. โ ๏ธ
In 2018, an email from a โVC firmโ promised a massive partnership ๐ผ
Wei clicked the link without thinking...
๐ It was a phishing attack. Hackers drained all 99,000 BTC from the exchange. Gone. Vanished. In minutes. โณ
Panic hit the crypto world. Bitcoin tanked ๐
Wei lost everything โ his fortune, his company, his reputation.
Regulators came crashing down, lawsuits piled up ๐โ๏ธ
CryptoLeap shut down. The dream was over.
But Wei didnโt quit. ๐ก๏ธ
He came back stronger, focused on cybersecurity and protecting others from the same fate.
From billionaire to brokeโฆ to a beacon of wisdom in the crypto world.
๐ A $10 investment. An $11B loss. A lifetime of lessons.
Wei Zhangโs story is one youโll never forget.
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