Brenda Gentry, 46, a cryptocurrency speculator from San Antonio, mentioned she began shopping for Bitcoin in 2020 earlier than switching her focus to lesser-known tokens like Bund, which is tied to a decentralized sports-betting community. Ms. Gentry’s Bund trades netted her round $400,000 in income, she mentioned, and her whole portfolio is now within the mid-six figures, after taking a success from the current drop in costs.
“It’s like a toddler strolling right into a sweet retailer,” Ms. Gentry mentioned, noting that she will purchase one token, then convert it into one other, after which one other.
On prime of her cryptocurrency investments, Ms. Gentry, a former mortgage underwriter, has discovered work as a marketing consultant advising DeFi and NFT initiatives. She’s planning to make use of her cryptocurrency revenue to purchase an acre in San Antonio. She desires to construct a home, with a crypto mining operation in a storage unit subsequent door.
Many individuals who’ve gotten rich via little-known cryptocurrencies mentioned they didn’t plan to money out. They mentioned they most popular to HODL, or maintain on for pricey life, and preserve speculating.
Think about Mr. vantKruys, the Luna investor. He mentioned he just lately used about $1 million of his cryptocurrency holdings to purchase a home for a cherished one. However he has no real interest in promoting his stash of Luna, regardless of market volatility that led to a drop from $99 to under $50 per coin between December and January.
“My thought is Luna goes to be $500 in 5 years,” mentioned Mr. vantKruys, who’s 45. “That’s the horizon we’re taking part in with.”
Lately, he has turn out to be fixated on one other obscure token, Pocket Community, that provides digital infrastructure for a variety of blockchain initiatives. (Mr. vantKruys, the managing accomplice on the crypto fund TRGC, is an adviser on the Pocket Community challenge.)
