Early Bitcoin investor Kristoffer KochKristoffer Koch (Photo via Twitter/X)
A student who completely forgot his meager Bitcoin investment returned to a massive fortune he would have never thought possible several years later.

Norway native Kristoffer Koch was 25 years old when he bought a few dollars’ worth of BTC for a school project back in 2009. He decided to purchase the cryptocurrency during its infancy after reading an old document written by supposed creator Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008.

He ended up buying 5,000 tokens, which, according to Divergent, ranged between $22 and $27.

Then he forgot about it…

Per Binance Feed, Koch never meant to use the investment.

“The sole purchasable items in those days were alpaca socks, thus I proceeded with my life and relinquished thoughts of this venture to instead concentrate on securing gainful employment,” he explained.

However, four years later, he decided to check his wallet after stumbling across reports revealing that the coins had skyrocketed in value.

Kristoffer Koch Was Nearly Locked Out Of His Wallet

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It took Koch a while to remember the password to the cold wallet, but it was definitely worth it when he was greeted with $850,000.

That same investment is worth a lot more now, around $594.5 million.

“Not in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that they would have soared like this,” he said.

“It’s bizarre, these psychological reflexes that make us attach a value to something that doesn’t have any in itself.”

Koch chased out a fifth of his earnings in 2013 and, after paying taxes, bought himself a luxurious flat in Oslo.

If he kept the other four-fifths, which we hope he did, he would now be sitting on $475 million.

For a $22-27 investment, that’s not at all shabby.

Brittney Griner speaking to reporterBrittney Griner (Photo via Twitter)
WNBA star Brittney Griner was at the center of a new debate over what she allegedly said in a game against basketball phenom Caitlin Clark.

The Atlanta Dream center found herself at the center of social media controversy last month when some fans thought she disparaged Indiana Fever star guard Caitlin Clark upon fouling out.

The game’s broadcast focused on an upset Griner saying something as she returned to the Dream bench after fouling out of the game. While there’s no audio of this moment, some who tried to read Griner’s lips thought she called Clark a “trash f–king white girl.”

However, there’s no proof of Griner saying those actual words since others thought she stated something else.

It took weeks for someone to finally get a quote from her, and she provided much of nothing.

Brittney Griner was asked about this moment before her team’s June 15 game against the Washington Mystics and said, “I remember fouling out, being mad. I remember fouling out on, I believe it was [Natasha] Howard driving to the basket. They said I put my hand in.”

WNBA Chooses Not To Investigate Brittney Griner

Griner Drops F-Bomb, Apologizes Amid Clark Slur RowBrittney Griner (Photo By Dale Zanine-Imagn Images)
Moments before the conclusion of the Indiana Fever’s 81-76 victory over the Dream at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta weeks ago, cameras seemingly caught Atlanta Dream star center Brittney Griner labeling Caitlin Clark “trash” before calling her a “f***ing white girl” in frustration over a foul on Natasha Howard.

The clip of Griner speaking on the bench, lacking context, spread on social media and went viral.

Griner, who won a gold medal for Team USA at the Summer Olympics in Paris in 2024, essentially got away with whatever came out of her mouth because the league basically ignored the controversy.

This incident is not the only time Griner vocalized her frustrations this season. Following another game, she stormed off mid-interview, yelling at the referees to “be f—ing better.