Winklevoss brothers ride bitcoin craze to attain billions (Video)

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Monday, 4 December 2017 ()
Bitcoin has generated plenty of wealth for investors in the U.S. and abroad. The Winklevoss brothers, however, can now claim to be the world's first bitcoin billionaires. According to the New York Post, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss — the twins who were notorious for receiving a large legal settlement for their involvement with the founding of Facebook — used $11 million of the $65 million they pocketed when they settled a lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg to buy bitcoins. That large purchase…
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News video: Why Brown Brothers' Chandler Is Staying Away From Bitcoin

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 Nov.30 -- Marc Chandler, Brown Brothers Harriman's global head of currency strategy, discusses the volatility in bitcoin with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn and Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg Markets."