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Charlie Shrem Biography

Charlie Shrem is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on November 25, 1989 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Entrepreneur and advocate for Cryptocurrency who is famous for co-founding BitInstant and being an early part of the Bitcoin Foundation. He is also well-known for having been the co-founder of cryptocurrency advisor CryptoIQ.

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While in high school, Shrem started Epiphany Design and Production, a company that fixed printers and computers. In 2009, while attending Brooklyn College, Shrem launched the start-up Daily Checkout, a daily deal website that sold refurbished used goods. The company was acquired by BlueSwitch in 2012.

As a college senior in 2011, Shrem started investing in bitcoin. Soon after, the bitcoin service Shrem was using crashed, and he lost his bitcoins. Shrem and Gareth Nelson, a friend he met online, had similar frustrations with the length of time it took to buy and sell bitcoin on exchange sites. They started BitInstant, a more user-friendly company that charged a fee for users to purchase and make purchases with bitcoins at over 700,000 locations, providing temporary credit to speed up transactions. Initially a side project, BitInstant soon needed to grow, at which point Shrem received a $10,000 loan from his mother. Shortly thereafter, BitInstant received $125,000 from angel investor Roger Ver, and, in the fall of 2012, $1.5 million from a group of investors led by Winklevoss Capital Management. By 2013, BitInstant was processing approximately 30% of all bitcoin transactions. BitInstant operated from September 2011 until July 2013.

He was was raised in Brooklyn, New York and was married to Courtney Warner in 2017.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Shrem is featured in The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin, a documentary directed by Nicholas Mross that explores the origins and development of bitcoin, and premiered at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. He is also featured in the 2016 documentary Banking on Bitcoin, directed by Christopher Cannucciari. He was featured on a 2017 episode of NPR’s Planet Money podcast, called “Blockchain Gang”. He has been written about in the 2015 book Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money by Nathaniel Popper, which covers the rise of bitcoin; in the 2017 book How Money Got Free: Bitcoin and the Fight for the Future of Finance by Brian Patrick Eha, about the impact of digital currency; and in the 2019 book Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption by Ben Mezrich, which covers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss’ investments in Bitcoin (including BitInstant).

Charlie Shrem Net Worth

Charlie Shrem is one of the richest Entrepreneur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Charlie Shrem's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His graduation at Brooklyn College in 2012 with his degree in Economics and Finance. He began investing in bitcoin back in 2011 and, in 2013, he gave a speech during the Bitcoin Conference in San Jose.

He was on the documentary The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin that premiered in 2014 at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Charles Shrem IV (born November 25, 1989) is an American entrepreneur and bitcoin advocate. He co-founded the now-defunct startup company BitInstant, and is a founding member of the Bitcoin Foundation. In 2014 he was sentenced to two years in prison for aiding and abetting the operation of an unlicensed money-transmitting business related to the Silk Road marketplace. He was released from prison in 2016. In 2017, he joined Jaxx and served as its chief operating officer, and founded cryptocurrency advisory CryptoIQ.

Shrem was indicted on April 10, 2014 on accusations of “operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, money laundering conspiracy and willfully failing to file suspicious activity reports with banking authorities.” On September 4, 2014, he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of aiding and abetting unlicensed money transmission. On December 19, 2014, he was convicted of the reduced charge, ordered to forfeit $950,000, and sentenced to two years in prison.

On January 26, 2014, on returning from an e-commerce convention, Shrem was arrested at JFK Airport. Prosecutors alleged that Shrem and Robert Faiella conspired to launder $1 million worth of bitcoins to help users of the Silk Road marketplace anonymously make illegal purchases. Shrem was also charged with failing to report suspicious banking activity and operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business. He was released on $1 million bail on January 28, 2014, on the condition that he submit to electronic monitoring and live with his parents in their Marine Park, Brooklyn home.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Shrem was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He is an alum of Yeshivah of Flatbush, and graduated from Brooklyn College in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance. He is of Syrian Jewish descent.

Shrem has described himself as a bitcoin purist, who believes in bitcoin as a technology that will help the world by allowing citizens to protect their money without banks and other traditional financial institutions. He is a founding board member of the Bitcoin Foundation, founded in 2012 with a mission to standardize and promote bitcoin. He was formerly vice chairman, resigning after his January 26, 2014 arrest.

Who is Charlie Shrem Dating?

According to our records, Charlie Shrem is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Charlie Shrem’s is not dating anyone.

After his release from house arrest in May 2014, Shrem spoke at bitcoin industry events, worked as a business development consultant for payments startup Payza, and advised two Brooklyn Holiday Inn hotels on preparations to accept bitcoin for payment. He is a co-owner of Manhattan bar EVR, which opened in 2013 and, in April of that year, became the first bar in New York to accept bitcoin as a form of payment.

Facts & Trivia

Charlie Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Charlie Shrem celebrates birthday on November 25 of every year.

He surrendered to authorities on March 30, 2015, and subsequently entered Lewisburg Federal Prison Camp in Pennsylvania. He was released from prison around June 2016.

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