Article 3S6VV Meet Erik Finman, the teenage bitcoin millionaire

Meet Erik Finman, the teenage bitcoin millionaire

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Arwa Mahdawi
from Technology | The Guardian on (#3S6VV)

Finman used his fortune to fund an educational business - and he's not as awful as he seems on Instagram

Erik Finman is one of the world's youngest bitcoin millionaires - an achievement he's not shy about flaunting. The 19-year-old's Instagram feed is full of ostentatious photos of himself stepping out of private jets or lying on beds covered in money with captions like: "Cash so worthless compared to Bitcoin I'm sleeping on it ""

In one photo he is pictured smoking, with the caption: "Sometimes you just need a good smoke to relax when you have to live with the exhausting burden of so much money and too many beautiful women." After one of his fans admonishes him, he replies: "Don't worry guys. It's not a real cigarette. Just a hundred. Don't smoke!"

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