cryptomillionaire

plural cryptomillionaires

1. A millionaire in cryptocurrency.

   Keep an eye on new technologies, famous people, industry and financial news. Try to sort out this chaos. After all, think: if you knew about Bitcoin, for example, in 2010 and invested at least $1,000 in it, now you would be a cryptomillionaire.

   2018 December 12 (indicated as 2019), Alex Greench [Oleksandr Gerasymovych], “Some tips”, in Digital Gold: Earn Money on the Web, [Moscow]: [Litres], →ISBN

   3 more examples

   This one’s illustrated with a photograph of several Lamborghinis parked in front of a blockchain conference in NYC’s Blockchain Week, which features conferences, debates, lots of parties, and many Lambos—the crass automotive symbol of cryptomillionaires, of which there seem to be many.

   2019, Stephen P. Williams, “Next”, in Blockchain: The Next Everything, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN

   The polar opposite of the cypherpunks are the Crypto Bros who believe everybody could become cryptomillionaires if only they too accepted and subscribed to the unbridled markets of cryptocurrency with the faith and zeal any Ponzi scheme requires.

   2022, Colin L. Read, “Introduction”, in The Bitcoin Dilemma: Weighing the Economic and Environmental Costs and Benefits, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page xvi

   These narratives began to unravel first in the financial crisis, and once again during the pandemic. Today, these feelings are reflected in shows like Beef (2023) on Netflix, where young men claim they want to ‘be a cryptomillionaire and travel the world with my bros’, […]

   2025, Rachel O’Dwyer, “Afterword”, in Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform, London; New York, N.Y.: Verso, →ISBN, page 283