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Markus Sold All His Crypto in 2015 After Getting Laid Off
“So I sold all my cryptocurrency in 2015. Like when there's this big bear market included. Yeah, Bitcoin. I had a bunch of Bitcoin, a bunch of light coin, and I was just like, whatever like this is a bear market was like three years. At that point. So, you know…”
Markus Denies Viral Story That He Sold Crypto for a Honda Civic
“So the Honda Civic thing is hilarious, because it's usually a picture of Jackson, my co-founder, and then saying, like, Billy Marcus sold all his holdings for a Honda Civic, and that was, like, kind of a misquote, because I didn't want to say the exact amount,…”
Markus Sold 10 Bitcoin for a $20 Profit in 2013
“I also have very embarrassing trades on Coinbase that are like me purchasing like 10 Bitcoin. And then, like, three days later, me selling the 10 Bitcoin for, like, 20 dollar profit”
Markus Created Only Two Cryptocurrencies: Bellscoin and Dogecoin
“And I released bells coin. This is my first cryptocurrency. My only other one, other than doge coin.”
Markus Built Dogecoin in Hours by Modifying Bitcoin With Comic Sans
“I just took the next couple hours, and like, all I wanted to do was change the regular bitcoin client to Be Comic Sans font, and then, like, have some custom stuff on it, like, instead of mining, it was, like, dig, and other stupid things like that, and, like,…”
Markus and Palmer Expected Dogecoin to Die Within Days of Launch
“Oh, no, we had no foresight whatsoever. And not only that, it was just a complete joke. It was just like, this thing's gonna die in like a couple days. It's obviously stupid. No one's gonna buy this. Like, this is just a gag because it was funny.”