Teen's $10M Crypto Protocol
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A story about a teenager who went from chatting on Shaan's startup platform to making millions in crypto.
"There was a kid who I used to know from my product called Blab. He was 13 at the time and would come home every day from school to chat in our rooms because he loved technology and startups. He didn't hang out in rooms with other 13-year-olds - he wanted to be in the startup scene.
Fast forward 6 years, he's around 21 now. He created a protocol anonymously on one of these side chains - it was some derivatives perpetual contract for adding liquidity. The market cap of it reached $900 million at one point. He managed to cash out $10 million from it. When the market cap later dropped to $200 million, he had already secured a life-changing amount.
He reached out to me because he heard us talking about charities and charity water. He told me he set aside 7 figures to donate. I was blown away - this was the same kid I used to talk to when he would come home from 8th grade, and now he's donating millions to charity."
Shaan Puri
Host of MFM
Shaan Puri is the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Milk Road. He previously worked at Twitch as a Senior Director of Product, Mobile Gaming, and Emerging Markets. He also attended Duke University.