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| Subject: Zuckerberg's nemeses revealed as Bitcoin moguls Fri Apr 12, 2013 6:09 pm | |
| Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have been many things in a short time: Olympic rowers. Nemeses of Mark Zuckerberg. Characters on The Simpsons. Now they can add a new label: bitcoin moguls.
In the past six months, the 31-year-old identical twins have amassed what appears to be one of the single largest portfolios of the online currency that has caused such a stir in financial and technology circles.
The perils of investing in it have been obvious over the past two days, as bitcoin has gone through its most volatile stretch ever, sinking from a high of $US260 ($A247) a bitcoin, to a low of $US105, before ending Wednesday around $US175. On Thursday it was down again to $US120 when one of the major online exchanges called a 12-hour halt on trading. The volatility has raised questions about whether bitcoin can even be called a currency.
http://www.smh.com.au/money/investing/zuckerbergs-nemeses-revealed-as-bitcoin-moguls-20130412-2hp5h.html |
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