He had it all. Then he lost everything โ not in a crash, but with a knock at the door.
Chris Larson (not to be confused with the Ripple co-founder) was just another early Bitcoiner.
In 2011, he bought a few hundred
$BTC on a whim โ tech curiosity, nothing serious. He forgot about it for years.
By 2017, the price was exploding.
He checked his old wallet: 354 BTC.
More than $7 million at the time.
He didnโt tell anyone. He moved to a quiet suburb near Oslo, Norway. He drove a used
#Toyota . Never flaunted a thing.
But someone noticed. Maybe a slip in a conversation. Maybe a shared IP.
Whatever it wasโฆ one night, there was a knock.
A man in a ski mask forced his way in.
Tied Chris to a chair.
Put a knife to his throat.
โTransfer the Bitcoin, or I start cutting.โ๐ช๐ฉธ๐ฉธ
It wasnโt digital loss. It was primal, physical, terrifying.
Chris obeyed. He sent all 354 BTC.
The attacker vanished before police could arrive.๐
The coins were laundered within hours through mixers.
Gone. Forever.๐ช
Chris survived, but he never logged in again.
He now lives abroad, under a different name. He wonโt talk to press.
He says the worst part isnโt the money.
Itโs that crypto was supposed to set him free โ not make him a target.
He played it safe.
He didnโt brag.
He didnโt leverage or
#YOLO into memecoins.
And still โ he lost it all.
Some say itโs a cautionary tale.
Others say itโs the price of being early.
But deep down, everyone feels the same thing:
How close we all are to being him.
A billion
$PEPE and
$XRP away.