{"id":15314,"date":"2023-01-04T18:52:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T22:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/?p=15314"},"modified":"2023-01-04T18:52:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T22:52:46","slug":"how-this-25-year-old-traded-2-billion-in-crypto-from-his-parents-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/2023\/01\/04\/how-this-25-year-old-traded-2-billion-in-crypto-from-his-parents-home\/","title":{"rendered":"How This 25-Year-Old Traded $2 Billion In Crypto From His Parents\u2019 Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Per public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/crypto-investor-traded-2-billion-from-parents-suburban-home-2023-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filings<\/a> with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, a 25-year-old registered a million-dollar-worth trading company at his parents\u2019 house. According to a report, the company successfully traded over $2 billion in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The trading desk is PO Street Capital, and its founder Darren Nguyen lives in an Australian suburb. The report claims that Nguyen and his company tried to keep a low profile and avoided attracting attention over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>However, public records were discovered by journalists showcasing a $7 million profit in 2021 and a 1,400% profit when compared with 2020. The trading desk then scored a $460,000 profit as the crypto bear cycle ended.<\/p>\n<h2>Crypto Trader Scores Record Profit In 2021 Bull Market<\/h2>\n<p>In late 2020, Bitcoin revisited its previous all-time high at $20,000. In subsequent months, the cryptocurrency went on a massive bull run.<\/p>\n<p>By February 2021, the Bitcoin price was trading at $30,000 before moving upward and reaching a new all-time high north of $60,000. As the cryptocurrency doubled in price, the small Australian trading desk saw its profits swell.<\/p>\n<p>As BTC\u2019s price traded to the upside, other cryptocurrencies saw similar or higher profits. The second crypto by market capitalization, Ethereum, rose from under $100 to an all-time high of $4,500.<\/p>\n<p>The report claims that PO Street Capital disclosed its performance with the Australian regulator in 2022. However, there is no record of its current profits or trading activity.<\/p>\n<p>With the Bitcoin and Ethereum price trending to the downside, an unfavorable macroeconomic condition, high inflation, and an overall downside trend in risk-on assets, PO Street Capital might have seen its profits dwindle.<\/p>\n<p>These conditions have led to the downfall of major companies in the nascent sector. From once-a-billion dollar hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) and the second largest crypto exchange in the world, FTX, prominent companies have had to halt operations or declare bankruptcy protection.<\/p>\n<p>As of this writing, Bitcoin trades at $16,900 with a 2% profit in the last 24 hours. Other cryptocurrencies in the crypto top 10 by market cap record similar profits and seem poised for further appreciation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Per public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/crypto-investor-traded-2-billion-from-parents-suburban-home-2023-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filings<\/a> with the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, a 25-year-old registered a million-dollar-worth trading company at his parents\u2019 house. According to a report, the company successfully traded over $2 billion in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The trading desk is PO Street Capital, and its founder Darren Nguyen lives in an Australian suburb. The report claims that Nguyen and his company tried to keep a low profile and avoided attracting attention over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>However, public records were discovered by journalists showcasing a $7 million profit in 2021 and a 1,400% profit when compared with 2020. The trading desk then scored a $460,000 profit as the crypto bear cycle ended.<\/p>\n<h2>Crypto Trader Scores Record Profit In 2021 Bull Market<\/h2>\n<p>In late 2020, Bitcoin revisited its previous all-time high at $20,000. In subsequent months, the cryptocurrency went on a massive bull run.<\/p>\n<p>By February 2021, the Bitcoin price was trading at $30,000 before moving upward and reaching a new all-time high north of $60,000. As the cryptocurrency doubled in price, the small Australian trading desk saw its profits swell.<\/p>\n<p>As BTC\u2019s price traded to the upside, other cryptocurrencies saw similar or higher profits. The second crypto by market capitalization, Ethereum, rose from under $100 to an all-time high of $4,500.<\/p>\n<p>The report claims that PO Street Capital disclosed its performance with the Australian regulator in 2022. However, there is no record of its current profits or trading activity.<\/p>\n<p>With the Bitcoin and Ethereum price trending to the downside, an unfavorable macroeconomic condition, high inflation, and an overall downside trend in risk-on assets, PO Street Capital might have seen its profits dwindle.<\/p>\n<p>These conditions have led to the downfall of major companies in the nascent sector. From once-a-billion dollar hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) and the second largest crypto exchange in the world, FTX, prominent companies have had to halt operations or declare bankruptcy protection.<\/p>\n<p>As of this writing, Bitcoin trades at $16,900 with a 2% profit in the last 24 hours. Other cryptocurrencies in the crypto top 10 by market cap record similar profits and seem poised for further appreciation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blockchain"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptocornercafe.com\/cafe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}