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Sergio Lar
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Beyond the Blockchain: How Billionaires Spend Their Bags Off-Chain

As Bitcoin continues to rise and reassert its dominance as digital gold, it’s not just prices that are making headlines — it’s the billionaires behind the coins. While diving into various articles and reports, including a deep look into Luxury Lifestyle Magazine, I explored how some of the wealthiest figures in crypto are spending their fortunes.

Here’s a snapshot of some of the boldest, most unexpected crypto-fueled splurges we've seen lately:

Volodymyr Nosov – $900,000 + £250,000
🏆 Bought the Eurovision trophy (500 ETH), then added Freddie Mercury’s Rolls-Royce to his garage. Also bought a football club.

John Collins-Black – $2 million
🪙 Buried five treasure chests across the U.S., containing rare items like a Casascius Bitcoin and a Pokémon Charizard card. Clues are hidden in his book There’s Treasure Inside.

Justin Sun – $5 million
🍌 Ate the infamous banana artwork Comedian during a live PR stunt. Original cost: $120,000. Total production: ~$5M. Peak absurdist marketing.

Chun Wang – $55 million
🚀 Funded and boarded a SpaceX mission over both poles in March 2025. Conducted experiments including the first X-ray in space.

Djordje Novakovic – £30+ million net worth
🦧 Keeps an orangutan and a baby tiger as pets. His estate and social media feed look like a Bond movie meets a meme coin campaign.

These crypto billionaires are rewriting the rulebook on wealth, power, and influence — blending eccentricity with ambition, and sometimes turning spending into a public spectacle.

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