This is what many people would have done with stocks, but the stock market is rigged to favor large participants. Despite what conventional wisdom holds mainly due to corporate media, stock markets are highly regulated.
So these people weren't able to take advantage of the stock market. Foreign exchange of currencies (ForEx) would have been easier and better for these people, but there are only so many foreign currencies in use.
Mining precious metals and precious gems is a proven way to stake one's claim to wealth, but it is extremely hard work. It's also a young man's line of work.
So they turned to cryptocurrency to create their wealth. They reached the point where they can make investing their "day job," so they quit the 9-to-5 they had. As a bonus, they acquired !@#$-you money, and that's priceless.
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