Where Are the Earliest Bitcoin Investors Now? | CRYPTOLAND Episode 1 @Motherboard

Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

In 2013, one of the earliest Bitcoin conferences was held in San Jose, when one Bitcoin was worth $118. Now, 1 BTC goes for nearly $40,000, and the cryptocurrency industry has minted a new class of millionaires and billionaires with grand aspirations for the industry and the power it wields.

In this episode of Cryptoland, Motherboard catches up with some of the earliest investors present at the Bitcoin 2013 conference and reckons with how the cryptocurrency industry has evolved over the past decade and looks at where it's going.

Watch all 8 episodes of CRYPTOLAND here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTlJK3kwZIbRB_fgZhKA6IXrJOMrVgT9S

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