Student's cryptocurrency investment explodes to over $1trillion
A nursing student in Georgia woke up to find the $20 he invested in the cryptocurrency Rocket Bunny exploded in value to over $1trillion due to a glitch in the Coinbase app - but sadly he won't be able to cash in.
Chris Williamson shared his stunning story last week after he checked his investment on Tuesday morning and saw that it had ballooned to $1,189,313,417,915.16.
'I woke up, it's like 9am and I always check my phone to check how my crypto to see how it's doing and I'm just like, "Naw, I'm sleeping,"' Williamson told FOX 5.
Unfortunately when Williamson attempted to move the newly-found crypto fortune into another digital wallet, it showed a much lower price.
Describing his frantic phone call to a friend, Williamson said: 'I got him on the phone and I’m like: "Dude, you need to help me figure out how to sell this now!" He's like: "Chris, something's wrong."'
He contacted both Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange platform he uses, and Rocket Bunny. A representative from Coinbase simply replied that they were looking into the issue, while Rocket Bunny did not immediately respond, Williamson said.
