[Boudica]

It just says "Benyamin Ahmed is keeping his earnings in the form of Ethereum - the crypto-currency in which they were sold."

To me, that reads as he made the equivalent of 290k GBP.

That's precisely how I Interpreted It when I first read It.

At no point does It mention he was "paid In Ethereum".

Glad it's not just me on that one! It isn't the best article to be fair. I think I was just amused by the little whales.

And, while this is a stretch, there is the irony that video game players in a particular game genre who spend a lot of money on the game are referred to as "whales". There's something funny in some whales making a lot of money.