On January 25th, 2014, the CEO of BitInstant, an early Bitcoin exchange, was arrested at JFK International Airport on money-laundering charges. After a year in court, 25-year-old Charlie Shrem was found guilty of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, and sentenced to two years in prison.

After his release in 2016, Shrem rejoined the cryptocurrency industry with projects such as Jaxx wallet and the information website Crypto.IQ.

Shrem also runs the popular crypto podcast "Untold Stories," sharing an "oral history" of Bitcoin and its legacy.

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About this Series

"Bitcoin: A Visual History" is a series of 21 illustrations and cinemagraphs commemorating remarkable people and landmark events throughout Bitcoin history. BVH is divided into 3 series of 7 illustrations each, with Series 1 dropping in late August 2020. Series 2 and Series 3 are scheduled to drop in the last quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021, respectively.

Each illustration in BVH interlocks with the illustration immediately preceding it, and once completed, all three sets will form one massive unbroken chain of interconnecting illustrations.

Each segment is available as a 1-of-1 ultra-rare cinemagraph, or as a 10-of-10 limited edition illustration.

This series was created by CRYPTOPOP! with the support of WavesWorld.io.

About the Artist

Cryptopop.net is a project of artist Luis Buenaventura (@helloluis), and began in 2017 as an attempt to blend the esoteric and often opaque nature of cryptocurrencies with the accessibility of pop culture iconography. He has created artwork for Coindesk, CoinMarketCap, Litecoin Foundation, Monero Foundation, is a coauthor of The Little Bitcoin Book (@littlebitcoinbk), and is the founder of BloomX (@bloomxorg).