{"id":56265,"date":"2021-04-25T09:02:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T09:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=56265"},"modified":"2021-04-25T09:02:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T09:02:55","slug":"dogecoin-investor-becomes-millionaire-in-2-months-inspired-by-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=56265","title":{"rendered":"Dogecoin Investor Becomes Millionaire in 2 Months, Inspired by Elon Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doge-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Dogecoin Investor Becomes Millionaire in 2 Months, Inspired by Elon Musk\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doge-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/doge-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/doge-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/doge-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/doge-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/doge-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/doge-190x107.jpg 190w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/doge-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/doge-760x428.jpg 760w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/doge.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>A dogecoin investor has shared his story of how he became a crypto millionaire in a little over two months after learning about the meme cryptocurrency and pouring all his savings into it. He said he was inspired by Elon Musk\u2019s tweets about dogecoin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>A Doge Millionaire Shares His Story<\/h2>\n<p>Glauber Contessoto, a 33-year-old who works at a music company in Los Angeles, has shared his story of how he became a dogecoin millionaire in just a little over two months.<\/p>\n<p>He invested over $180,000 in dogecoin on Feb. 5 when its price was about 4.5 cents, the investor told CNBC Make It in an interview published Friday. He learned about the meme cryptocurrency on Reddit and was inspired by Tesla\u2019s technoking <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/elon-musk-technoking-of-tesla-master-of-coin-cfo-zach-kirkhorn\/\">Elon Musk<\/a> who tweeted about DOGE on several occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Contessoto explained that he was drawn to dogecoin for a few reasons. Besides loving the Reddit community surrounding dogecoin, he said he appreciates that the crypto was inspired by Shiba Inu \u201cDoge\u201d meme. He is also very bullish on the coin\u2019s growth, believing that it could help him build \u201cgenerational wealth\u201d to pass on to his future family. \u201cI grew up really poor, so this is a huge deal for me,\u201d he opined.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, like many dogecoin holders, he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A reason why I put my savings into dogecoin is Elon Musk \u2026 I think the guy is a genius.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To invest in DOGE, Contessoto sold all of the stocks he owned, including shares of Tesla and Uber, and poured all his savings into the cryptocurrency. He then invested on margin by borrowing money from Robinhood via the app.<\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-454493\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-454493 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doge-price-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doge-price-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doge-price-300x89.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doge-price-1024x304.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doge-price-768x228.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doge-price-1536x456.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doge-price-2048x607.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doge-price-696x206.jpg 696w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doge-price-1392x413.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doge-price-1068x317.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doge-price-1416x420.jpg 1416w, https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doge-price-1920x569.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The price of dogecoin has skyrocketed over the past months. Source: Markets.Bitcoin.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A number of experts have warned about investing in dogecoin. Bitcoin bull Mike Novogratz of Galaxy Digital, for example, told CNBC this week that dogecoin \u201cliterally has two guys that own 30% of the entire supply.\u201d He added that bitcoin also has an extensive and well-funded ecosystem that does not exist with dogecoin, which does not have a supply cap like bitcoin does.<\/p>\n<p>It was a huge risk for Contessoto as he invested and held onto the cryptocurrency despite warnings from his friends, one of whom cautioned: \u201cDude, it\u2019s a pump-and-dump [scheme]. It\u2019s going to zero, eventually.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- growjs zone placement 31 --> <ins> <ins class=\"growjs-placement\"><\/ins> <\/ins> <!-- end of growjs zone placement --> <\/p>\n<p>About two months later, on the night of April 15, the price of dogecoin began to surge. It then spiked 400% and hit a market capitalization of $49 billion on April 16. Dogecoin ultimately reached a record high of around 45 cents. Contessoto\u2019s balance on April 16 on Robinhood was $1,081,441.29, which he posted on Reddit for others to see.<\/p>\n<p>Insisting that he doesn\u2019t intend to sell his dogecoins anytime soon, he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>My plan is, once I hit $10 million, then I\u2019ll take out 10%. This stuff is going to continue to grow.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The price of dogecoin is currently $0.284006 based on data from markets.Bitcoin.com. Despite the recent drop in price, Contessoto said his DOGE balance is still over a million dollars.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What do you think about this dogecoin investor\u2019s story? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dogecoin investor has shared his story of how he became a crypto millionaire in a little over two months after learning about the meme cryptocurrency and pouring all his savings into it. He said he was inspired by Elon Musk\u2019s tweets about dogecoin. A Doge Millionaire Shares His Story Glauber Contessoto, a 33-year-old who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}