Craig Jones, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighter based mostly in Australia, has revealed he was one of many poor souls who missed out on the Bitcoin all-
Craig Jones, a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighter based mostly in Australia, has revealed he was one of many poor souls who missed out on the Bitcoin all-time excessive in 2017 after misplacing his cash.
In keeping with a July 16 put up on the CoinJar weblog, the 29-year-old former Worldwide Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation World No-Gi Champion and two-time Abu Dhabi Fight Membership Trials champion bought Bitcoin (BTC) in 2015 when the value was roughly $200-400. Nonetheless, he couldn’t money in when the value topped $20Ok in December 2017. Jones stated:
“Me and a few mates purchased some bitcoin for s—-s and giggles after which forgot about it virtually instantly. Then when issues went loopy a few years later we had been all frantically attempting to work out who had the password however no one might bear in mind get our account again.”
Jones, who is understood for using leg locks to take down his opponents, has additionally been paid prize cash in crypto belongings. The fighter was awarded $1,000 in Bitcoin Money (BCH) as a part of a prize for profitable a match within the UK. Melbourne-based crypto alternate CoinJar additionally introduced that they’d be sponsoring Jones with crypto through his alternate account.
Crypto no stranger to fighters
Many distinguished names in combating organizations worldwide have been turned onto cryptocurrency and digital funds. Final Preventing Championship (UFC) fighter Jon Fitch turned one of many first in MMA to be paid in BTC again in 2015. Cointelegraph additionally reported in April that UFC fighter Ben Askren used his Twitter account to advertise the Bitcoin rewards halving on Might 11.