Meet 12-year-old Benyamin Ahmed who made $1 million creating NFTs

He learned about NFTs when a friend of his father, who is a programmer for the London stock exchange, bought a Rare Pepe image for $27,000.

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He learned the basics of coding when he was just five, taught himself how to use Open Sea, the largest online NFT marketplace, and how to generate his own profile pictures.

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Ahmed posted a Twitter thread about creating his whales. His posts went viral and he became something of a celebrity in the NFT universe.

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The 8th grader, who enjoys swimming and taekwondo when he’s not fattening his crypto wallet, initially wanted to keep quiet about his staggering success.

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But when his story began to make headlines, friends and family found out and began congratulating him in droves.

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Don’t you want to make your own nft, and earn like this boy?

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So, Why wait?? - Develop your own NFT Now,

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