At dinner in 2014, my father told me about how people in China pushed a digital internet money to $1200 within a couple of months. Didn't think much of it, as I was just finishing high school and did not know much about Finance & Economics.

When I read about Bitcoin hitting $3000 in 2017, I remembered hearing it before and was immensely surprised that it not only survived 3 years but almost tripled in price after dropping almost 85% before.

Combine this with my interest in economics at that time – a complete watershed moment for me...