Each country have their own regulations, in the past it was easier these days it is way harder to buy and believe me I know many exist that doesn’t make it easier for children to buy. Monero for example is very hard to buy, swapping with another crypto coin is easier than buying it from a crypto exchange.

This is why I posted it not the ChatGPT part, but kids basically investing in the stock market. You are correct though the article is horribly written.

I am aware you can create an address without any verification, but purchasing it is difficult in some countries. Maybe he used local bitcoin before it was shutdown.

The price of bitcoin 7 years ago was 9200, I doubt he had a lot of money when he was 8 years old, the question is how did he make an account to buy bitcoin?