A TRADER has shared how he became a millionaire after investing in cryptocurrency- but only for five minutes as he lost everything when the coin crashed.
The anonymous Reddit user claimed he made $1.3million after investing in SQUID, the digital currency inspired by the Netflix series Squid Game.
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The cryptocurrency surged as high as $2,681 before plummeting to $0, down by 99.99% last month.
Tech website Gizmodo had previously warned that the coin was likely to be a scam, commonly known as “rug pull” that happens when the creators of the new crypto quickly cash out their coins for real money.
The Redditor said that he was “intrigued” and wanted to invest in the Squid Game for “research.”
He said: “I thought, let me put 10$ in this just for funnies. I got around 661 SQUID.
“As the days went by, I started seeing it climb, 1$, 2$, 5$, 10$, 30$, and I was thinking… Imagine if I can take this money out.
“Of course, I knew that I wouldn’t ever take the money out, I was fully convinced of that, but it was fun to see it happen.”
The investor continues by saying that two days later the SQUID’s price had risen to 2000$, which meant he would have made $1.3million.
However, five minutes later the coin crashed to nothing and he lost everything.
“I’m now able to say I was a crypto millionaire at some point of my life,” he said.
The trader concluded that he was “fully aware” of the scam and advised other investors to never “put money on scam coins, always do your research and be careful on what you invest.”
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