How Jimmy Zhong Stole Billions in Crypto

Published August 14, 2025 by Jim Wang

One pleasant side effect of short form video (like reels on Instagram and shorts on Youtube) is that you now have creators who take long stories and condense them into a minute or two.

Here’s a quick hitter about Jimmy Zhong, the guy who stole $5 billion in crypto from Silk Road, but got caught over $800.

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Jim Wang was born and raised in New York and founded Wallet Hacks in 2015 and Bargaineering in 2004. As a long-time fan of the personal finance community, he felt the absence of a strong content curation service and sought to build Apex Money to fill that void.

J.D. Roth was born and raised in Oregon and founded Get Rich Slowly in 2006. JD loves to write, and it shines in his work on Get Rich Slowly, but he also loves to read. As the chief content curator of Apex Money, it’s this love that shines through in the content we share.