He is only 12 years old, but this guy from London is already a real millionaire.

Everything from creating figures online - when he is not busy doing math tasks.

Benyamin Ahmed, an eighth-grader with the ability to create original images known as NFTs, has turned personal skills into a massive portfolio of cryptocurrencies worth about $ 1 million.

And he did it in less than a year, reports

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The signature collection of 3,350 pixel images features whales wearing baseball caps or sweatshirts, tobacco pipes or top hats, with a variety of colorful backgrounds, the Telegraph reports.

These NFTs - non-interchangeable images - are cartoon, digitally copyrighted figures who are highly sought after in the bitcoin and metaverse group.

Some of Ahmed's "Strange Whales" sold for $ 20,000.

"I decided on a whale because someone who owns 1000 bitcoins is called a whale," said Ahmed.

He learned about the NFT when a friend of his father, who is a programmer for the London Stock Exchange, bought an image of Rare Pepe for $ 27,000.

"It seemed very expensive at the time, but my dad's friend sold his NFT just a few months later for half a million dollars," Ahmed said. jpeg! ”

And this kind of profit was not uncommon.

The most popular NFTs are from the CryptoPunks collection, with several images costing millions.

In 2021, NFT sales reached $ 25 billion.

Thus, the brave boy, who learned the basics of coding when he was just five years old, taught himself how to use OpenSea, the largest NFT online marketplace, and how to create his own profile pictures.

He published "Wird Whales" in June 2021.

Following his launch, Ahmed posted a topic on Twitter about the creation of his whales.

His publications went viral and he became a famous character in the NFT universe.

He is now collaborating on other collections with stylists who have worked for Marvel and Disney.

To date, the collections he has worked with have traded at a staggering $ 15 million, he says.

The guy has personally earned about $ 1 million, which he keeps all in cryptocurrencies.

He has not converted a single penny and does not even have a traditional bank account.

"There is a risk that everything can go to zero, but I do not need the money yet," he said.

"I am convinced that [crypto] prices will rise much more," he said.

The 8th grader, who enjoys swimming and taekwondo when he is not fattening his wallet, initially wanted to keep quiet about the amazing success.

But when the story started to become public, when friends and family started congratulating him.

His grandparents are especially proud of his successes, "My grandfather is really sick at the moment, so it was exciting to see him following all my successes," Ahmed said.

"It is not the money, but the moments like this that bring me more happiness", he concluded.

Otherwise, OpenSea, which is the world's largest trading center for NFT (Non-Fungible Token), broke its previous record for monthly trading volume from August 2021.

During January of this year, OpenSea generated more than $ 4.95 billion on its platform when it comes to Ethereum cryptocurrency trading volume.