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Despite $84 Million Worth Asset, Serena Williams’ Husband Alexis Ohanian Regrets Not Investing Enough in a Controversial Digital Movement

Published 02/27/2023, 7:40 AM EST

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There was a time when Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian once invested $84 million in NFTs. However, even after creating such big investments, it is something that the Reddit co-founder still regrets. He questions whether he should have done more investment at that time.

Even today, the 39-year-old American businessman is quite into the digital world of NFTs. Not only he has made investments in his name but also he left no room for regret for his daughter and his wife. And made sure that they also had a part of their own NFTs.

When Serena Williams’ husband regretted about not investing more in NFTs

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A few days back in an interview with Forbes, the Reddit co-founder, opened up about his investor side and the deep connection he has in the NFT world. And while talking about digital currency, the American investor talked about a cryptocurrency called ether, which was quite controversial at the time of its launch. He also revealed that he still regrets investing less into that crypto.

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He nearly bought 50,000 ethers with his investment of $15,000. Which is now almost equal to $84 million. Ohanian said, “In hindsight, I didn’t invest nearly as much as I should have.”  The Reddit co-founder felt that he could have done much better, as he knew that this would be one of the greatest Crypto Investments of the time.

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The 39-year-old businessman has a keen interest in investing in the digital world. However, NFTs played a huge part in the American businessman’s life way before his success in the entrepreneurial sphere. His first business income came through the NFT world.

Ohanian first income also came from something similar to NFTs

In the same interview, the tennis legend’s husband also talked about the first income that he got from collecting sports cards. He recalled that his first earning and his first business idea came when he was a teenager and had just started collecting rookie cards as a part of his first business idea.

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Moreover, he also remembered how he considered his first earning of $4 as huge. The co-owner of Angel City FC expressed his emotions after making a good amount of money as a teenager. And since then, nothing has stopped him and today he is one of the most active investors in NFTs.

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Pratishtha Prakash

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Pratishtha Prakash is a Tennis writer at EssentiallySports. She has completed her Bachelor’s degree in Mass Media and Journalism from MIT ADT University, Pune. In the past, she has interned at the sports desk of The Hitavada, a regional English daily newspaper.
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Tony Thomas