The Winklevoss twins (the guys who sued Mark Zukerberg for stealing their Idea) are now Bitcoin billionaires
The Winklevoss twins, famously known for suing Mark Zuckerberg after claiming he stole their idea for Facebook, are now Bitcoin billionaires, according to a few reports. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss won $65 million from the Facebook lawsuit, and invested $11 million of their payout into Bitcoin in 2013, amassing one of the largest portfolios of Bitcoin in the world — 1 percent of the entire currency’s dollar value equivalent, said the twins at the time. Their slice of the Bitcoin pie is now worth over $1 billion after Bitcoin surged past $10,000 last week to now trade at $11,100, according to CoinDesk. The cryptocurrency has surged over 10,000 percent since the Winklevoss’ investment, when one coin traded at around $120.
"If Bitcoin is a better gold or seen as a type of gold-like asset, then it could be in the trillions on a market cap," Tyler Winklevoss told CNNMoney in 2015. "We do feel those are very real possibilities." The twins have never sold a single Bitcoin, reports The Telegraph, noting that only a handful of Bitcoin wallets hold more than $1 billion worth of the cryptocurrency. One of those wallets belongs to the mysterious inventor, known only under the pseudonym of Satoshi Nakamoto.
I love this! They should make a movie about this! Even use the same actor that plaid them in Social Network!
How does it compare to Zuckerberg's total wealth?
But they are billionaires just as Mark. Thats the stuff that matters. All they need do is to use their billions of dollars well
Exactly! And Facebook value (99.999% of Mark’s net worth)
Will likely Correct next recession while bitcoin moves up so this will happen. They will beat out mark.
Obviously less but if bitcoin keeps moving that will change
It would be kind of funny if they surpassed him
It will likley happen. Even if a part of the move has to be Facebook shares going down next recession. That plus bitcoin surging they will pass mark id bet