A 32-year-old living in Abu Dhabi, and who just last year posted an image of his repayment schedule for the nearly $400,000 loan he took out to invest in crypto. His schedule, which began in January 2018, will see him pay a little over $8,000 a month toward his loan until the end of 2021. “Still 3 and half years to go until I’m freed,” he wrote in 2018. “Until then, I’m working for nothing and I’m at 85 percent loss. I hope it gives you a lesson.”