CZ Binance says that the first time he bought Bitcoin he sold his apartment for $900K to buy the dip at $400 and he didn’t even have a job at the time.
Newly released Epstein files show he was familiar with the crypto market and took part in several areas during its early years.
He studied Bitcoin in the early adoption phase and joined private discussions about its role in the monetary system. There was also interest in the infrastructure layer behind the network.
➡️ Invested around $3M in Coinbase’s 2014 round via IGO LLC ➡️ Later exited the stake with a large profit ➡️ Early investor in Blockstream, a Bitcoin infrastructure firm ➡️ Emails referenced an invitation to CEO Adam Back to Epstein’s island
He also interacted with crypto influencers and attended industry events.
In 1993, Arsyan Ismail registered AI.com for $100. He was 10 years old. The letters matched his initials. He held the domain for 32 years.
Ismail built early internet projects in parallel. He released Orenscript as a teenager, shipped popular mIRC tools, launched a local social network, founded 1337 Tech, and became an early Bitcoin user with marketplace experiments.
Over time, AI.com became one of the rarest domains online. Two letters tied to the most valuable tech narrative. By 2023, it was redirecting between giants like ChatGPT and xAI, watched as a digital trophy.
In 2026, the sale closed. Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek bought AI.com for $70,000,000, paid fully in crypto. The deal was brokered by Larry Fischer.