How I Lost $5.2 Million off Crypto

I lost $5.2 million. I had 40 employees. One month we did $450,000 worth of revenue and I could not pay rent. I had 10 days left. I was completely broke. I had to let go of all of my employees, people I've been training, I've been investing in. I lost $5.2 million. I remember literally doing a $120,000 trade Live on my YouTube channel. I remember having a million plus liquid in crypto, not like my net worth's a million. No, I had a million plus liquid in cash. I was doing over $100K in revenue a month and I was broke. I, I was broke, like completely broke. I got down to the point, 10 days left. I'm talking about no money. I've been trying to make money Every way possible, to the point where I sold my Tesla Model 3, which was like my prized possession. Guys, think about this. I actually made one trade and paid $70,000 to buy the car. I literally— it was like $75,000. I put a $250,000 loan into Ethereum. I took a collateralized loan against the Ethereum, bought the Tesla, and the loan paid off the $70,000 I thought I was the man, bro. At the exact top of the market last cycle, I rented 3 yachts. I put a yacht here, a yacht in the middle, and a yacht at the end because I hit 100,000 subscribers, bro. This was what timing I was on. I was going to Wynwood every single weekend, spending $2,000 on bottles and VIP. I would randomly— I was in my office and I was literally like, okay, we're going to Colombia. Literally, I was bored. Listen to what I'm saying. I was bored out of my mind. I had no fulfillment in my heart. I had no fulfillment in my heart. And I'm like, yo, we're going to Colombia. We're just going to pop out to Colombia because I felt like it. This is the type of life I lived. I had a whole warehouse. It wasn't like I was a billionaire. It wasn't like Wolf of Wall Street status. That dude was making like $500 million, $1 billion. It wasn't that crazy. But I lived comfortably. I came from a place where, bro, I couldn't afford to go to Disney World. I I came from a place where my parents used to make sandwiches because we couldn't afford the food in Disney World. And like, bro, imagine, imagine grinding your whole life. I used to sell weed, right? I would sell a whole bunch of weed. I would sell all these drugs. I would try to rob people, home invasion, grand theft auto, all this type of stuff. And then I decided I was going to go into business, went broke for 4 years, completely broke. Almost made it out my first cycle. First cycle, I invested in Ethereum at $7, made like less than 6 figures, lost all my money. And then I did it again, made $5.2 million. Then I lost it all again. And this is kind of the story. I want to break it down for you guys. I'm sitting in my room, like, just listen to what I'm saying. You know, I found God and I love God and he's been teaching me a lot, but he's also been humbling me. Because I idolized my business, I idolized crypto, I put that above God. And so he was humbling me, humbling me, humbling me, showing me that, Alex, your heart's in the wrong place. Alex, like, you do obsess over money, you obsess over your business. And he was showing me that if he didn't do that, if I didn't idolize it, he'd show me the, the right way, right? So for example, I'll give you a hypothetical. God's way would be like, Alex, like, just chill, make content, Focus on your research. Do trade, bro. Like trade. You know what to do. Trade. I made a whole AI marketing agency. I spun it up in a week because I was idolizing the money and I was idolizing because there was like a whole AI revolution. Don't get me wrong. It taught me a lot about AI that I didn't know before. And God used that skill set for where I'm at now. It wasn't like it was a complete waste, but I was frantic. I was frantic. I was over here. I was all over the place. I didn't know. You know, how to control myself. And I made this whole AI agency. I had to delete it. And I know some people know about that story. Definitely, there's a lot of people that are probably watching this like, wow, I remember that time. And I was frantic. I was all over the place. I didn't understand the godly way of making money. I didn't understand that you're supposed to gather little by little. The Bible says God makes one rich and adds no toil with it. I would work 12-hour days. I was freaking out, you know, drinking as much caffeine as possible, hardly sleeping. Working as hard as I possibly can. Now there's nothing wrong with hard work, but there's a point where you put it above God and God had to humble me. So I'm in my room, I'm completely broke. I remember my brother called me and bought the server. I had a server where we would edit videos. It was worth like $2,000. He bought that. I had to sell my Tesla Model 3 for— I sold it for $25,000, bro. I bought it for 70 bands. I sold it for $25,000 just so I can make rent. Going through all of this tribulation, and I'm on my on my knees. Ten days left to pay rent. I'll never forget it. I'm on my knees and I'm crying, and there was a certain moment. Listen to this right here because a lot of people that are going through something similar listen to what I'm saying. There was a certain moment where I really in my heart, in my heart gave it to God. I gave it to God. I said, "God, bro, I don't know what's going on." I don't understand it. I have this amazing skill set that I know I'm supposed to be making money right now, but for some reason it's not working out. And I believe God's doing this for this right here because he gave me the meaning and purpose of my life. He gave me true fulfillment, true happiness. I knew God and I believed in him, but I still had these things in my heart that was tied to the world, that was tied to money. And so I'm at the lowest of the low. And I made the commitment. I said, God, this business is yours. It might sound crazy for people. Maybe you don't understand it. But imagine making $5.2 million, having 40 employees, being able to call the shots for like 5 years, just calling the shots. I'm calling the shots. Being the man to now having to go and remake his resume. And which what was killing me at the time is that when I made the resume, I realized that I have no work experience. I've been in business for 5 years. So I'm sitting there like, bro, what do I do? And I'm remaking the resume. I even went to my closet. I put on a whole entire suit. I went, I printed my resume. I started walking into businesses cold, just trying to get a job, doing whatever it takes. I went into wealth management firms. I was like, hey, I can help you with crypto. I went into different places. And ultimately, I gassed out. It was hard for me. I was like, it was hard for me to like, Really conceptualize that, to really like put that in my mind and embody it. Like it was difficult, but I know God saw my heart because at that moment, I'll never forget it. I'm on my knees and I'm crying and I said, God, like it's yours, bro. Like it's yours. Like you got it. It's your business. It's over. Like take it. And you know what's the crazy part about all this is that I actually recorded the videos and I put it on YouTube. Go look at my YouTube channel. You can see the videos of when I got hacked, lost all my cryptocurrency, when I was broke. I even made a video when I was broke. I made a video. It's real. It's super real. People don't want to talk about these details. And I'm sitting there on my knees, and there was this moment where I'm like, God, it's truly yours. But it really hit me all that time. I was like kind of low-key pretending, and God knew me. Deep down. And I, and I just like, I really gave it to him. I said, God, if you want me to get a job, then I'm with you to the end. I'm with you to the end. You are more important to the— than the business, than the money. I'm with it. I'm willing to kill this for you right now, for my family. The Bible says if you don't provide for your family, you're worse than an unbeliever. And I killed it. I said, God, it's yours. I'm getting a job. I don't know how I'm gonna get paid in the next 10 days because the paycheck is not gonna come in in 10 days. I don't know how I'm gonna get a high-paying job to overcome all of these liabilities I accumulated with my vast wealth. Had all these liabilities. I didn't know what I was gonna do. I did not know what I was gonna do, but I knew that I had to take my business, my richness, my identity and money, and I had to put it on On the altar and I had to give it to God for real. And that's what I did. I gave it to God for real, for real. Not a lie. Not you want to say it to sound holy in church. No, a pastor didn't hype me up and then I'm like, yeah, boo, I don't believe in money. None of that stuff. I actually did give it to him. A lot of you are traders. A lot of you are business owners, but you're unfulfilled. Your heart is not whole. You're lusting, you're doing drugs, you're drinking on weekends, and you're in addiction, and you're probably cheating on your wife because that's basically how Wolf of Wall Street is. That's the vibes of Wolf of Wall Street. You have multiple girlfriends, you're lusting and masturbating all day. There's these kind of things that happen in lust in a financial asset class. The people, the type of people that want to make a lot of money, they're types of people, they're types of demonic— I'm not going to go into it— suppressions. There's these spirits, these principalities That control you in a certain way. And it's the same thing for people that are even broke. The rich person that's lusting over money and the broke person that doesn't have enough deal with the same exact spirits and the same exact problems. The same exact problems. I know a lot of people are right now struggling because you are idolizing the trading or the business over God. And see, God wants to give it to you. But you cannot put it above him, because if it's above him and then he does give it to you, you will leave him. You will leave him. And so I'm at the exact bottom. I'm broke, dead broke, don't know what to do. I come home from going from business to business. It's— I remember it like, I remember so clear. I'll never forget this moment. It's like 1 PM, 1:20 PM. I get hit with the Holy Ghost. I feel the power of God, just like I feel right now. The power of God, feel the Holy Ghost fill me, and I feel so inspired. I feel so inspired that I make a video, one video, a really good video. It generates me like $15K to $16K, just enough to cash out and to pay my bills, bro. Nobody gave me a handout. I didn't have to get a job because I truly gave— it's, you can call it a trading experience, trading dirt, whatever, or you could call it a business. I really, it really, really is, is your identity. I gave that part of my identity that I'm this rich guy that has all this money and I do this. I gave that. I took it. I said, here, God, it's yours. It's not me. I'm a man of God. I believe in you over everything. And if it's truly what you want me to do, in 10 years you're gonna get me out this job and we're gonna do it again. And I put my faith and trust in him, and because I did that, he exalted it. Because I truly let go, I passed the test. I really let go. I really let go. And he said, okay, you let go. I'm above— you're not idolizing money now. I'm gonna give you some. To maintain you, I'mma give it to you. And he did instantly, just like that. He answered my prayers. A lot of you thinks that prayers don't work. No, they do. It's your faith. Your faith don't work. God is real, the creator of the universe. People are like, "I don't believe in God." I mean, what? Like, what's that? How could I'm not gonna go into this? Try to convince you there's a God, bro. If you don't believe in God, that's your own construct. You have become your own God, bro. Because there's so much evidence behind. Like, I'm not gonna even go into. But the point I'm trying to make here. I just want to bring it home for you guys so you really comprehend this. Like, bro, you're not broke because if you don't have a lack of a skill set. Is that part of it? Yes, of course it's part of it, but that's not the root cause of it. You're not broke because of the suppression of the man and somehow these guys at the top, they control the monetary system and they've made it really, really hard for me. You're not broke because the altcoin season didn't pop off. You're broke Because you idolize money. It's because you made money your god, and that money controls you. That's why you're broke. The creator of the universe does want to give people abundance, but why would he give you the world if it costs you your soul? It doesn't make sense. There's only two paths, and I'm drawing this line here for everybody who watches my videos. There's only 2 paths you can go in life. You can follow the devil or you can follow God. There is no in-between. There is no in-between. And in the path of God, you cannot make money without submitting your entire existence to Jesus. It's impossible. Now, you could get exalted. If you're getting exalted and you have a lot of money, your business is doing well, and you don't know God, The devil is exalting you. You're being exalted by the devil. There is no in-between. I know this for a fact, and I hope that one day you surrender your life to Christ and you truly give it to him. And for the people that do believe in God, I hope that you truly, you truly give it to him, because you acting like it. You're acting like it, but is it real though? Are you willing to give up everything for real, for real? Are you willing to go homeless for God? Are you willing to just let it all go? You know, the Bible says you will know them by their fruit. Where's your fruit? I mean, and there's probably some people here that are kingdom financiers. If you are a kingdom financier, I'm looking to connect with people. Hit me up on Instagram, Alexander E. Lorenzo. If you're a kingdom financier, send me a DM. I'm trying to talk to people like that. I want people that not just make money— that's easy— I want people that follow God and make money. That's a whole nother ball game. The people that just make money, they have made something else their god. There's something wrong. You're exalted by the devil. Nobody can have good morals. It's impossible. I'm not going to go into that. Maybe we'll talk about it in other videos. But thank you guys for watching this video. I appreciate you. Somebody's calling my phone. I'll talk to you guys later. Peace out.