Some people plan their careers. Others stumble into them. For Nnamdi, the journey from social media manager to crypto editor wasn’t so much a grand design as a chain of small, restless moves, each born from boredom, ambition, and a need to make sense of the world he lived in.
Today, at 27, he’s the editor of a crypto publication, earning $3,500 a month and holding around $30,000 in investments. He calls himself an aggressive investor. He also calls himself a “fine and sexy boy.” Both are true, and both make his life complicated in ways he’s still learning to manage.
The Beginning
Nnamdi didn’t grow up poor. His father, a contractor, built homes and commercial projects around Lagos; his mother, a medical doctor, ran a small but reputable private clinic. The family lived well, not lavishly, but comfortably enough for Nnamdi to never worry about rent, food, or power.
He attended good schools, had access to computers early, and got pocket money that rose with every term. But comfort has its own kind of pressure, the silent demand to measure up. “I didn’t set out hustling to survive,” he says, “I was hustling to matter.”
His father expected results, not excuses and his mother believed in education as destiny. “You can’t be average in this house,” she’d say.
These admonitions made him focus squarely on his studies in secondary school and in the University.
The Early Days
After NYSC, Nnamdi found himself in that familiar post-service limbo, too comfortable to panic, too restless to sit still. He took to social media to keep himself company. He was fascinated with crypto as an emerging technology. He saw that people made money from trading. After a few losses, he decided that he wasn’t cut out for the losses, and decided to use his skills: writing. He started talking about how crypto works, how it could change finance, how regular people could participate. He tweeted about it constantly, breaking down complex ideas into threads that people actually understood.
His threads got attention. One day, someone reached out and asked him to manage their page, offering to pay $20 monthly. It wasn’t much, but it was a start. After two months of delayed payments, Nnamdi quit.
He discovered Medium as a platform to share his thoughts on any topic of his choice, and crypto was the topic. He started a page, sharing his crypto thoughts, breakdowns, and small essays. That page changed everything. It caught the attention of an editor of a small crypto and DeFi publication that was hiring remote writers. They offered $100. It felt like a windfall.
“The first $100 hit like crack,” He said laughing. “I didn’t remember anything tangible with the first salary. I flexed myself”
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He threw himself into the work, writing explainers, tutorials, and news pieces. He freelanced for other outlets too, testing his range and building a name in the growing crypto writing scene, and while at this, he invested 70% of my monthly salary.
“I worked remotely, and that meant that my spendings were very low, and in the absence of what to spend on, I invested it”
Then came the next leap: another publication reached out, offering $700 a month. The work was more demanding, but also more structured. He joined, sharpened his editorial eye, and learned to navigate deadlines, editors, and crypto chaos.
“$700 was a huge leap” He said grinning. “I saved and bought a car. I was living the life,”
Not long after, a bigger company headhunted him. During negotiations, he shot his shot: he asked for $4,000. They settled at $3,500. He accepted and that’s where he works now, editing crypto stories, fixing tone, and sniffing out fake news and leading a team of writers covering global crypto trends from his Lagos apartment. His bosses noticed. Two years later, he became editor-in-chief, managing a team spread across time zones.
The Portfolio and the Philosophy
Nnamdi’s financial life mirrors his personality. Measured, restless, and quietly strategic. His investment portfolio (crypto, stock and real estate) which has grown to $30,000 is a result of years of deliberate, disciplined decisions and a few experimental early-stage tokens.
He’s long on conviction, not speculation. While others chase meme coins and quick pumps, Nnamdi plays the slow, patient game.
“I don’t trade,” he says. “I accumulate. I don’t have the temperament to watch charts all day. I’d rather let time do the compounding.”
Despite his growing wealth, Nnamdi resists the Lagos pressure to perform success. He dresses well, but not expensively. He travels, but rarely for show. His indulgences are quiet: occasional trips abroad, and tasting menus at minimalist restaurants.
“I like comfort,” he says, “but I don’t like noise.”
He believes money should enhance experience, not inflate ego. The goal isn’t to look rich; it’s to live deliberately.
Family and Money
Nnamdi sends money home, but not out of compulsion, but because he wants to. His parents are well-off. His father is a contractor who handles multi-million-naira projects, and his mother runs a successful medical practice.
“They don’t need my money,” he says, half-proud, half-amused. “They just like that I can make mine.”
His financial obligations are minimal, a few transfers to his younger brother in school, occasional ₦100k or ₦200k gifts to his parents on birthdays or anniversaries.
However in Lagos, money and charisma often travel together and Nnamdi has both in healthy supply. He calls himself “fine and sexy boy” a running joke that became part of his personal brand. Women like him, and he knows it. Some like his charm; others like his stability. He’s dated older women, ambitious women, and women who could easily pay the bill before he reached for it.
“Sometimes it’s love,” he says with a smirk. “Sometimes it’s strategy. Lagos is a game, you just have to know what league you’re in.”
Still, beneath the ease and laughter, there’s a quiet solitude. The kind that lingers after the music fades.
“I’m visible,” he admits. “But visibility doesn’t always mean connection.”
He spends nearly ₦500k monthly maintaining this lifestyle, the outings, the drinks, the dinners. It’s indulgent, but not reckless. “Outside is expensive,” he says, “but it’s cheaper than regretting.”
Ethics and Ambition
As an editor in the crypto space, Nnamdi stands in the gray zone between journalism and marketing, a place where many lose their way. PR firms often dangle “coverage deals,” token projects offer “partnerships,” and influencers blur the line between reporting and promotion. Nnamdi’s rule is simple: don’t sell your credibility.
“I’ve seen people throw away their integrity for $200,” he says. “Once that happens, your byline stops meaning anything.”
He’s built a reputation for being meticulous; fact-checking whitepapers, cross-referencing on-chain data, and insisting that every claim be verifiable. It’s his own way to protect their reputations before they even know how fragile credibility is.
“I’ve made mistakes,” he says. “But not the kind you can’t recover from.”
His ethics don’t come from moral superiority, but from experience. He’s seen how quickly good names can vanish in the noise of the crypto market.
The Next Chapter
Nnamdi’s dream is quietly ambitious. “It’s two fold. My mum is already asking me to bring a girlfriend home, but she has to wait,” His long-term ambition is either work in the media or marketing department of a crypto company or build an African crypto newsroom that merges financial storytelling with cultural depth. He wants stories that show how blockchain shapes identity, finance, and power across the continent.
He’s not chasing overnight wealth. The goal now is relevance, longevity, and influence, to be someone whose work outlasts the bull cycles.
“I couldn’t trade my way to wealth,” he says, leaning back with a small smile. “But I can write my way to freedom.”
I’ve lived many lives, but one lesson ties them all together: money is only as powerful as its utility. Through my work, I share stories about money and create guides for Africans who want to get the best out of theirs.