Chris Williamson a Georgia nursing school student, invested $20 of his own money in order to buy the Rocket Bunny cryptocurrency, after studying about cryptocurrencies for about eight months.
"I woke up, it's like 9 a.m. and I always check my phone to check how my crypto, to see how it's doing and I like looked at it, I'm waking up, and I'm just like, 'Naw, I'm sleeping,'" Williamson recalled.
But then, when he opened the Coinbase cryptocurrency trading app, he realized that he was not dreaming.
He couldn't believing what he was seeing.
All in a sudden and just overnight, his $20 had multiplied 65 billion times to more than $1.4 trillion.
This made him the first ever cryptocurrency trillionaire, or the first ever trillionaire in this modern digital world.
I’m gonna need someone to explain what the heck is going on and then write me a check. I got a mega yacht shaped like a penguin on standby. #cryptotrillionaire @RocketBunny2021 @coinbase @CoinbaseSupport @CoinbasePro pic.twitter.com/dyxKvx11WS
— Christopher Williamson (@Christo44044658) June 16, 2021
Just like anyone else who invested money on something, Williamson was expecting huge income from investing on Rocket Bunny.
When he found that he became a trillionaire, Williamson then attempted to move this huge amount of money to another wallet, so he can withdraw it.
But since it was not showing the same price, he contacted Coinbase.
Coinbase replied with a short answer, saying that it was looking into the issue, and tried to contact Rocket Bunny.
Williamson waited and waited, but never heard anything back.
His dreams of having the large sum of money didn't come to realization, because the sum quickly disappeared.
Williamson's account has been frozen by Coinbase, meaning that he cannot withdraw, purchase, or trade using his account.
"So, that's when I'm like, 'Okay, I'm just going to have fun with it at this point.' So, I went to Twitter," Williamson continued.
"You know when you look at it, it's like you know there's no way I'm ever going to get this amount of money," he said.
Day Three - Still a trillionaire according to @coinbase . I’m gonna need an emotional support penguin if this goes into Day Four. pic.twitter.com/KKaRqKVGWA
— Christopher Williamson (@Christo44044658) June 18, 2021
At first, Williamson was certain that he bought into the correct cryptocurrency, and not just some scam.
The Georgia student even tweeted to billionaire Elon Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO who frequently posts to social media about cryptocurrencies, hoping that he could provide him advice about his newfound fortune.
"I thought for sure because he trolls people all the time," Williamson said. "I am hoping he's actually saw it and maybe he's been following it, but I don't know. That is an Elon Musk wallet."
Williamson said if he had that kind of money, he would use it to help people, like by taking care of his family, paying off his sisters' homes, and maybe start free medical clinics.
"That's a lot of money that I could never spend in a lifetime, so I would do good with it," Williamson said.
Williamson believes that his amassed 13-figure fortune was just a glitch.
“I know I’ll never get $1 trillion, but I hope something comes out of it if that makes sense,” Williamson explained.
Day 4 as a Trillionaire… @coinbase @CoinbaseSupport - I now understand how @BillMurray was truly feeling in the movie Groundhog Day. I’m gonna need that emotional support penguin now. #stopmessingwithmeporkchop pic.twitter.com/Ivjr1x6cpL
— Christopher Williamson (@Christo44044658) June 19, 2021