The man who paid for coffee with BNB and its cost is now a million dollars.
The story:
In late 2017, in the early days of the Binance platform, there was a young and enthusiastic programmer for cryptocurrencies named "Sami". Sami was one of the first believers in the future of BNB, not as a speculative asset, but as fuel for an upcoming financial revolution.
In one of the tech-friendly cafes in Tokyo, the cafe owner decided, as a form of advertising, to accept payment in some new cryptocurrencies, among which was BNB.
Sami was in a meeting with a group of programmers, and to prove his point about the ease of using cryptocurrencies in daily life (which was very difficult back then), he made a quirky and crazy gesture. He stood up and loudly said: "Today's coffee is on me, but in BNB!"
Everyone laughed and started ordering coffee and desserts. The process took a long time, and the transactions were somewhat slow, which amused his friends. In the end, the total bill amounted to the equivalent of 200 US dollars. At that time, the price of BNB was fluctuating around only 20 cents (0.20$). Sami paid the entire bill and sent 1000 BNB to the cafe owner's wallet.
Sami felt proud that he proved his point, while the cafe owner was confused by these cryptocurrencies whose true value he did not know, and everyone forgot the story.
... years pass quickly
We move to the peak of the bull market in 2021, and then to the subsequent rises. The price of one BNB token exceeded 600 dollars, sometimes soaring well above that at certain times.
One day, Sami was flipping through his old transaction history on the blockchain looking for a memory, when he suddenly stopped at an old transaction dated November 2017... the transaction of 1000 BNB.
He pulled out the calculator on his phone, his heart racing...
1000 BNB multiplied by today's price (let's assume it's 650 dollars as an example) = 650,000 dollars!
In a moment, Sami realized that the quirky morning coffee he paid for to impress his friends now cost over half a million dollars.
As for the Japanese cafe owner, it is said that he forgot about that wallet for years, and when he remembered it thanks to an article talking about the rise of cryptocurrencies, he found himself with unexpected wealth, turning his small cafe into a chain of upscale cafes.
The story of the "million-dollar coffee" (almost) became a legend in the BNB community, always told as a quirky and amazing example of how a spontaneous decision in the crypto world can turn into wealth, and the true value of "holding the coin" (HODL).
