US Based Nursing Student Wakes Up To See $20 Crypto Investment Turn Into Trillions, But There's A Cruel Twist

Ever heard of dreams coming true? Surely you must have. But what about dreams turning true and then into a nightmare? Sounds both bizarre and harsh, right?

That's exactly that's what happened with US-based Christopher Williamson, a crypto investor and a nursing student.

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That Dreamy Morning

It all happened on June 16th 2021. Christopher woke up in the morning to check his trading account on Coinbase, and fell out of bed! And why wouldn't he? After all, his trading account showed a balance of more than $1 trillion, which would have made him the first-ever trillionaire in the world!

Williamson told US-based Fox 5 Network ¡°I woke up, it's like 9 am and I always check my phone to check how my crypto is doing and I'm just like, ¡®Naw, I'm sleeping'. I look at it again and I'm like¡­ at that point, I fell out of my bed, literally.¡±

But his happiness was short-lived.

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The Cruel Twist

Upon seeing his crypto portfolio turn into trillions, Williamson went on micro-blogging site Twitter the same day to get a handle on things. He tweeted this.

I¡¯m gonna need someone to explain what the heck is going on and then write me a check. I got a mega yacht shaped like a penguin on standby. #cryptotrillionaire @RocketBunny2021 @coinbase @CoinbaseSupport @CoinbasePro pic.twitter.com/dyxKvx11WS

¡ª Christopher Williamson (@ccw991) June 16, 2021

Then, two days later it was found out that the $20 worth of RocketBunny cryptocurrency, which is a relatively new entrant in the crypto world, had turned into more than $1 trillion overnight due to a ¡®technical error¡¯.

The Coinbase Twitter handle apologized and replied to Williamson¡¯s tweet by saying ¡°Sorry -- the penguin yacht may have to wait -- our team is aware of the display error causing this wishful thinking for some ERC20s. They're working to fix, in the meantime, trading the asset will reflect its current market value¡±

Lol I¡¯m poor again. ?? also @coinbase say pretty please with 165 trillion dollars on top and I¡¯ll consider laying off y¡¯all for awhile. ???¡á? pic.twitter.com/9iggI4UnYz

¡ª Christopher Williamson (@ccw991) December 15, 2021

Christopher also replied to a tweet by someone suggesting him to have coffee with Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

He¡¯s giving me the cold shoulder. I¡¯m hoping we can have a stepbrother style friendship one day. @elonmusk I promise I won¡¯t put my nuts on your drum set. @OfficialWilllF pic.twitter.com/ObZYHKxsn1

¡ª Christopher Williamson (@ccw991) June 20, 2021

Williamson had stated that the ongoing joke right now between me and like my friends in Coinbase and one of the emails I sent them was like: ¡®Look, I need y'all to let me know what's going on because I got a mega-yacht company ready to build me a penguin-shaped yacht!¡±

Indeed, this incident was a dream turning into a nightmare for Williamson, from jumping out of his bed upon seeing his $20 crypto investment turn into trillions of dollars, to later finding out that it was a ¡®technical glitch¡¯, it might have been no less than a heartbreak for him.

After all, who doesn't wish to be a trillionaire!

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