AuthorIma Asuquo

Writer | Creative | A little obsessed with spinning stories.

My Crypto Story: Episode Eight #BreetStories

My best friend would say; “The fear of January is the beginning of wise financial decisions.” And anyone would agree. Unless you get coconut head, and December was a “we outside” month for you.  In other words — unless you’re me, you know to be wise financially in January 😬.  After nearly emptying...

My Crypto Story: Episode Seven #BreetStories

“I-Just-Got-Back people are in town o, hide your babe o!”  We’ve all heard this talk, abi?  Well, wahala for who get babe. Some of us don’t have to worry about that this December 👀.  For people like me, it’s money we’re worried about. Or rather, it’s money I was worried about. Let me rewind. This...

My Crypto Story: Episode Six #BreetStories

In this life, fear women.  Again, I repeat, fear women. Before you start to think it’s a man saying this — I’m Isabella, and I’ve seen shege 😢. Last week was my anniversary with my boyfriend. Duke and I met in November 2021. He’d come into the country for Detty December much earlier than his guys...

My Crypto Story: Episode Five #BreetStories

One thing 2022 taught me? It’s “try dey calm down.” Impatient dog don chop the thinnest bone o 😢. It all started right after the ASUU strike began. I wanted to try Crypto, and I connected with a crypto arbitrage trader, Prince.  Baba didn’t even brief me well, and I was too greedy to ask the right...

My Crypto Story: Episode Four #BreetStories

Mehn, ignorance is expensive o.  At the beginning of this year, I was struggling to eat, squatting in a self-con inside Ikorodu & begging my fiancée not to leave me for another man 😢 .  While chesting all of life’s shege, I was also trying to build an online presence as a crypto influencer...

My Crypto Story: Episode Three #BreetStories

You know how boys say things like “dem collect my babe with iPhone 14”, “dem collect my babe with Range Rover?”  In my case, dem collect my babe with Crypto classes o 😢!  But make I no lie, I get small fault.  Let me explain.  So, Doris had been talking about us taking a Crypto trading class...

My Crypto Story: Episode Two #BreetStories

Three weeks had passed since I lost over $10,000, and omo, I still cannot believe it. One minute, you’re making mad money, the next minute, scammer don run you street 😢.   The year actually started great; I moved in with Uncle Emeka who’d just gotten married, and I quickly became friends with his...

My Crypto Story: Episode One #BreetStories

August was just starting and I was already broke.  Don’t ask me why o; blame Dapo 🌚 How is a student supposed to make money when we’ve been at home since February?  After being turned into a houseboy in my father’s house, no allowance, and my footwear business on hold because my customers were boys...