This dude spent his life savings in crypto, lost it all, and now gambling his life away
He was a gambler at heart who realized that he was a gambler
Alot of us took risks in the crypto markets without losing control and getting greedy
1 BTC = $8.2k, it’s up 735% this yr UPDATE 5/19: BTC @ $42k :damn:
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He was a gambler at heart who realized that he was a gambler
Alot of us took risks in the crypto markets without losing control and getting greedy
GnauzBookOfRhymes
Superstar
Governments are willing to steer clear of certain industries/sectors - currencies will never be one of them.
They have also peculiarly made Trevon James the face of the Bitconnect scandal. RealAmericans are not allowed to use his site BitMEX but many of them do via changing their IP when they sign up. so they’re trying to claim that he’s violating US law by not doing everything possible to end it.
Really they’re just assmad that a black man has a successful crypto trading platform that is profitable regardless of where crypto is, while they’re all hurting from the bear market.
vibes coming from reddit, as usual.
XRP
Still buying. 
It's either a really good deal/discount on future tech or a fire sale on useless tech
It's either a really good deal/discount on future tech or a fire sale on useless tech
£100m twins from south London created cryptocurrency in mum's kitchen
Steve Williams (left) and brother Sam have become multi-millionaires ( )
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Identical twins who grew up in a tough south Londonneighbourhood became multi-millionaires by designing one of the world’s leading cryptocurrencies in their mother’s kitchen.
Steve and Sam Williams, 39, whose parents emigrated from Nigeria in the early Seventies, spent four years working on the software behind their Populous PPT currency in the family home in Brockley.
It helps small and medium-sized businesses with cash flow. Within the first five days of launching in June last year, demand was so strong that the initial batch of tokens was worth more than £8 million.
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Populous is now rated as the 51st most valuable cryptocurrency in the world out of about 2,000, with a market value of about £100 million.
They own 16 million Populous “tokens” worth a total of $55.3 million (£42.3 million) at today’s price of 3.46 cents per token. At the peak of the Bitcoin frenzy at the start of the year their holding was valued at close to £1 billion.
The success means that Sam now lives in a Knightsbridge apartment and Steve, who lives in Essex with his wife and two young children, sends his six-year-old to private school. Their offices are in Mayfair and they have become friends with stars, such as rapper 50 Cent and boxer Floyd Mayweather.
Steve Williams (right) and brother Sam with rapper 50 Cent
In the brothers’ first newspaper interview, they told the Evening Standard that the outcome could have been very different as they were “always in trouble” as schoolboys.
Steve, who is older by one minute, said: “It was very tough in terms of gang violence. You had no choice: you either got bullied or you pretended to be part of one of the gangs to safeguard yourself.”
The three-bedroom terrace where they grew up with their mother, a chef, accountant father and sister, was so cramped that Sam sometimes had to sleep on the sofa.
Steve studied advanced business in sixth form in Lewisham, while Sam took a course in computer programming.
In 2008 Steve was charged and convicted of obtaining money transfers by deception and served 18 months of a three-and-a-half-year jail term.
He said the experience “made me learn a lot about what it means to be a victim of crime and how it impacts on them. It filled in some elements that were missing in me and opened my eyes to what could happen to me.”
Sam has since launched two other crypto coins called Zloadr and DocTailor, aimed at legal professionals. Steve added: “We have gone through a lot together as brothers and it is great that all our hard work has paid off.”
Steve Williams (left) and brother Sam have become multi-millionaires ( )
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Identical twins who grew up in a tough south Londonneighbourhood became multi-millionaires by designing one of the world’s leading cryptocurrencies in their mother’s kitchen.
Steve and Sam Williams, 39, whose parents emigrated from Nigeria in the early Seventies, spent four years working on the software behind their Populous PPT currency in the family home in Brockley.
It helps small and medium-sized businesses with cash flow. Within the first five days of launching in June last year, demand was so strong that the initial batch of tokens was worth more than £8 million.
ADVERTISING
inRead invented by Teads
Populous is now rated as the 51st most valuable cryptocurrency in the world out of about 2,000, with a market value of about £100 million.
They own 16 million Populous “tokens” worth a total of $55.3 million (£42.3 million) at today’s price of 3.46 cents per token. At the peak of the Bitcoin frenzy at the start of the year their holding was valued at close to £1 billion.
The success means that Sam now lives in a Knightsbridge apartment and Steve, who lives in Essex with his wife and two young children, sends his six-year-old to private school. Their offices are in Mayfair and they have become friends with stars, such as rapper 50 Cent and boxer Floyd Mayweather.
Steve Williams (right) and brother Sam with rapper 50 Cent
In the brothers’ first newspaper interview, they told the Evening Standard that the outcome could have been very different as they were “always in trouble” as schoolboys.
Steve, who is older by one minute, said: “It was very tough in terms of gang violence. You had no choice: you either got bullied or you pretended to be part of one of the gangs to safeguard yourself.”
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The three-bedroom terrace where they grew up with their mother, a chef, accountant father and sister, was so cramped that Sam sometimes had to sleep on the sofa.
Steve studied advanced business in sixth form in Lewisham, while Sam took a course in computer programming.
In 2008 Steve was charged and convicted of obtaining money transfers by deception and served 18 months of a three-and-a-half-year jail term.
He said the experience “made me learn a lot about what it means to be a victim of crime and how it impacts on them. It filled in some elements that were missing in me and opened my eyes to what could happen to me.”
Sam has since launched two other crypto coins called Zloadr and DocTailor, aimed at legal professionals. Steve added: “We have gone through a lot together as brothers and it is great that all our hard work has paid off.”
£100m twins from south London created cryptocurrency in mum's kitchen
Steve Williams (left) and brother Sam have become multi-millionaires ( )
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Identical twins who grew up in a tough south Londonneighbourhood became multi-millionaires by designing one of the world’s leading cryptocurrencies in their mother’s kitchen.
Steve and Sam Williams, 39, whose parents emigrated from Nigeria in the early Seventies, spent four years working on the software behind their Populous PPT currency in the family home in Brockley.
It helps small and medium-sized businesses with cash flow. Within the first five days of launching in June last year, demand was so strong that the initial batch of tokens was worth more than £8 million.
ADVERTISING
inRead invented by Teads
Populous is now rated as the 51st most valuable cryptocurrency in the world out of about 2,000, with a market value of about £100 million.
They own 16 million Populous “tokens” worth a total of $55.3 million (£42.3 million) at today’s price of 3.46 cents per token. At the peak of the Bitcoin frenzy at the start of the year their holding was valued at close to £1 billion.
The success means that Sam now lives in a Knightsbridge apartment and Steve, who lives in Essex with his wife and two young children, sends his six-year-old to private school. Their offices are in Mayfair and they have become friends with stars, such as rapper 50 Cent and boxer Floyd Mayweather.
Steve Williams (right) and brother Sam with rapper 50 Cent
In the brothers’ first newspaper interview, they told the Evening Standard that the outcome could have been very different as they were “always in trouble” as schoolboys.
Steve, who is older by one minute, said: “It was very tough in terms of gang violence. You had no choice: you either got bullied or you pretended to be part of one of the gangs to safeguard yourself.”
This gallery is selling its entire collection for cryptocurrency
The three-bedroom terrace where they grew up with their mother, a chef, accountant father and sister, was so cramped that Sam sometimes had to sleep on the sofa.
Steve studied advanced business in sixth form in Lewisham, while Sam took a course in computer programming.
In 2008 Steve was charged and convicted of obtaining money transfers by deception and served 18 months of a three-and-a-half-year jail term.
He said the experience “made me learn a lot about what it means to be a victim of crime and how it impacts on them. It filled in some elements that were missing in me and opened my eyes to what could happen to me.”
Sam has since launched two other crypto coins called Zloadr and DocTailor, aimed at legal professionals. Steve added: “We have gone through a lot together as brothers and it is great that all our hard work has paid off.”
We need more of this. Besides these guys, the Bitmex CEO, and Balina I can't think of any brothers who are really out there. I know when I look at the teams of damn near every coin it's all white and Asian. We need some developers.
Still buying.
It's either a really good deal/discount on future tech or a fire sale on useless tech
It’s the future keep buying you ain’t got shyt to lose getting the shyt for pennies on the dollar
This dude spent his life savings in crypto, lost it all, and now gambling his life away
It's been deleted, anybody have cliffs?
GnauzBookOfRhymes
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Is ETH ever coming back up brehs?
£100m twins from south London created cryptocurrency in mum's kitchen
Steve Williams (left) and brother Sam have become multi-millionaires ( )
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Identical twins who grew up in a tough south Londonneighbourhood became multi-millionaires by designing one of the world’s leading cryptocurrencies in their mother’s kitchen.
Steve and Sam Williams, 39, whose parents emigrated from Nigeria in the early Seventies, spent four years working on the software behind their Populous PPT currency in the family home in Brockley.
It helps small and medium-sized businesses with cash flow. Within the first five days of launching in June last year, demand was so strong that the initial batch of tokens was worth more than £8 million.
ADVERTISING
inRead invented by Teads
Populous is now rated as the 51st most valuable cryptocurrency in the world out of about 2,000, with a market value of about £100 million.
They own 16 million Populous “tokens” worth a total of $55.3 million (£42.3 million) at today’s price of 3.46 cents per token. At the peak of the Bitcoin frenzy at the start of the year their holding was valued at close to £1 billion.
The success means that Sam now lives in a Knightsbridge apartment and Steve, who lives in Essex with his wife and two young children, sends his six-year-old to private school. Their offices are in Mayfair and they have become friends with stars, such as rapper 50 Cent and boxer Floyd Mayweather.
Steve Williams (right) and brother Sam with rapper 50 Cent
In the brothers’ first newspaper interview, they told the Evening Standard that the outcome could have been very different as they were “always in trouble” as schoolboys.
Steve, who is older by one minute, said: “It was very tough in terms of gang violence. You had no choice: you either got bullied or you pretended to be part of one of the gangs to safeguard yourself.”
This gallery is selling its entire collection for cryptocurrency
The three-bedroom terrace where they grew up with their mother, a chef, accountant father and sister, was so cramped that Sam sometimes had to sleep on the sofa.
Steve studied advanced business in sixth form in Lewisham, while Sam took a course in computer programming.
In 2008 Steve was charged and convicted of obtaining money transfers by deception and served 18 months of a three-and-a-half-year jail term.
He said the experience “made me learn a lot about what it means to be a victim of crime and how it impacts on them. It filled in some elements that were missing in me and opened my eyes to what could happen to me.”
Sam has since launched two other crypto coins called Zloadr and DocTailor, aimed at legal professionals. Steve added: “We have gone through a lot together as brothers and it is great that all our hard work has paid off.”
lol why do they look nervous in the 50 cent picture?
Is ETH ever coming back up brehs?
It went up as high as 18% today. Long term I can see another platform replacing it.
Look up the stablecoin the Winklevoss twins are cooking up that is represented on-chain by ETH. ETH will be fine.Is ETH ever coming back up brehs?
DrHackenbush
Happy wars/sad love songs
Quant looks like a great project..Wish I had got in a few weeks ago, anyone interested do a quick google search
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