$275 of Free Bitcoin. A great + okay kicker | by Chris DeMuth Jr | The Capital | Feb, 2025
In 2010, a fellow bitcoin fan had a website where he gave away five bitcoins for solving a CAPTCHA to prove that you were human. It took just a few seconds to grab free bitcoin worth just under half a million dollars today. In 2010, the average price was $0.06. The deal below would have bought 4,583 BTC at that price, now worth ~$437 million.
Gemini’s best offer ever is $75 of bitcoin when you buy your first $100 on their site. This part is a no-brainer. I always do these myself before writing about them to make sure there’s no catch. In this case: no catch. 100% worth it. Easy sign-up process that just takes a few minutes. Free money.
Their card: meh. I was there anyway so signed up and put $3k on it to get another $200 in bitcoin as their sign-up bonus. I doubt I’ll use it beyond that. But I was already on their platform so happy to suck out whatever sign-up bonuses were laying around. It is more than twice as good as my Robinhood (HOOD) Gold 3% cash back.
