Erik Finman
- Bitcoin Investor
- $2+ million from bitcoin investments
- Published July 22, 2020 by Niall Doherty
How did Erik make money online?
This 2017 video from BuzzFeed News tells the story:
In short, Erik started investing in bitcoin back in 2011 when he was just 12 years old and bitcoin was worth just $12 per token.
Six years later, the value of bitcoin had increased almost 500x, and 18-year-old Erik was sitting pretty as the owner of 400+ tokens.
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How much money did Erik make?
At the time the above video was published each bitcoin token was worth $5698, making the value of Erik’s wallet greater than $2 million.
It’s unclear how much bitcoin Erik has cashed out since.
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How did Erik get started?
As per a 2017 feature on CNBC:
Erik used his early windfall to start an online educational company called Botangle, which he later sold for more bitcoin:
What type of online business does Erik have?
It looks like Erik is making money online in a variety of ways.
But if we just take the bitcoin aspect, then according to our framework this would fall into the Investing category, and we’d consider it a Level X online business.
Other ways to make money online
There are many other ways to make money online, to work from home or anywhere in the world.
