The world’s richest Bitcoin investor has seen their fortune hit a staggering $15 billion – a $2 billion increase in just 24 hours, U.K. media reported yesterday.
After days of huge rises, Bitcoin has neared its all-time high on Wednesday (yesterday, Macau time).
At one point, Bitcoin – the world’s most popular crypto coin – has skyrocketed to $60,650.
It’s close to its all-time high value of $67,707 that it reached on November 9, 2021 when many people turned to bitcoin in the pandemic.
The mysterious trader’s stake was valued at $13 billion just a day prior, The Sun says.
But at the time of writing, that holding is currently worth $15.1 billion – a gain of $2 billion, according to BitInfoCharts.
The anonymous trader’s fortune peaked at more than $19bn with some 288,000 BTC back in September 2021.
The recent hike in Bitcoin has earned its owner a place in Forbes top 130 rich-list overnight.
The unknown investor has joined ranks of the world’s richest, overtaking WhatsApp co-founder, Jan Koum, who is valued at $13.7 billion.
This comes after the mysterious trader has seen their fortune crumble by $6 billion in just two months in 2022 as the cryptocurrency plummeted.
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