Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
I believe Micon has very little BTC.
He went all-in on Bitcoin Cash a few years ago. This is partially due to the fact that he worships Roger Ver, who is a prominent figure in the Bitcoin Cash scene. Remember when Micon was pictured on a private jet? That belonged to Roger Ver. I believe he traded all of his BTC in for Bitcoin Cash, around the time of the fork.
Unfortunately for Micon, Bitcoin Cash hasn't seen the 2020 appreciation which bitcoin has. Bitcoin Cash is actually LOWER now than it was in mid-February, but bitcoin has tripled since then.
I believe most of Micon's net worth came from accumulating BTC while running Seals (including its successor which was supposedly run by someone else). I don't believe it came from being an early adopter of bitcoin, and then sitting on them.
Strangely enough, from what I knew of Micon's personality at the time, he could be astoundingly rich if he just didn't have a gambling problem. He was a staunch believer in bitcoin in 2011 when it was $5, but he shot off all or most of them gambling. Otherwise, he's totally the type who I could have seen holding them, believing they'd be worth $100k each one day. Amazingly, we're more than 25% of the way there.
I think he'd be broke if it weren't for Seals. However, since Seals fed him a constant stream of BTC, and BTC rose dramatically during that time, that probably set him up for life.
That's my best guess.