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December 20, 2017 05:09 pm GMT
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Bitcoin is inspiring people to do crazy, paranoid things
As the value of cryptocurrency continues to skyrocket, so, too, does the number of crazy things people will do to protect or retrieve their sweet, sweet digital nest egg.
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Most notable are the Winklevoss Twins, that hard-luck pair of entrepreneurs who famously wound up on the outside of Facebook. They've gained a redemption story, though, with their new-found bitcoin fortune.
Way back in 2012, the twins used some of the money from their settlement with Facebook to invest in bitcoin when it was around $9 per bitcoin. Fast forward to today and they are billionaires as they — and everyone else — wait for that bubble to burst. Read more...
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