Charlie Shrem

A lot of people say that I took the first shot for Bitcoin. The first person to walk through the door always…

— Charlie Shrem

Bitcoin is my baby; it's my whole world and my whole life. It's what I was put on this earth to do.

— Charlie Shrem

A lot of people have, like, 95 percent of their wealth in bitcoin. Great for them, but I got to be smart.

— Charlie Shrem

My brain is here for the picking, and a lot of people are calling me to see what I think about their…

— Charlie Shrem

In prison, you have to forget about the world on the outside. You have no Internet, no communications, and you're cut off…

— Charlie Shrem

I'm investing. I'm taking a lot of bitcoin, selling it as the price goes up, and putting it into real estate. Because…

— Charlie Shrem

Before I went to prison, there were not really many blockchain products. It was only bitcoin.

— Charlie Shrem

The hardest obstacles for Bitcoin companies are banking and regulation.

— Charlie Shrem

My word is gold, And I make sure everyone gets paid.

— Charlie Shrem

I spend thousands of dollars on lawyers every day just to make sure that I'm not gonna go to jail.

— Charlie Shrem

Good-quality protein is very hard to come by in prison. Tuna is good, but tuna doesn't have texture. Mackerel is meaty.

— Charlie Shrem

I was, like, 22 years old. I had half a million dollars sitting in the bank. I had no expenses. Life was great.

— Charlie Shrem