Winklevoss brothers became the first bitcoin billionaires in the world

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The twin brothers Winklevoss became the first bitcoin billionaires in the world. They own 1% of this cryptocurrency, reports The Telegraph.

Earlier, the brothers sued Mark Zuckerberg for stealing the creation of a social network. Facebook. As a result, they received a refund of $ 66 million, $ 11 million of which was immediately invested in a new cryptocurrency, which only appeared on the market and cost $ 120 per unit. It is assumed that the brothers own a total of 1% cryptocurrency, but their exact number remains unknown.

At the peak of November 29, the price tag on some exchanges exceeded $ 11 500, so the edition The Telegraph calculated the investment Winklevoss based on the maximum rate of Bitcoin.

After the peak, the rate slightly decreased, and the twins may no longer be billionaires at the time of writing.

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss studied with the founder Facebook Mark Zuckerberg and co-founder of the company Eduardo Saverin at Harvard, writes TJournal. As the brothers later claimed in court, in 2002, they came up with a social network for university students Harvardconnection, and in 2004, Zuckerberg was asked to help develop it. He agreed, and then launched Facebook, which at first was also available only to Harvard students. Winklevoss tried to prove through court that the rights to the social network belong to them, but in the end the case ended in a peace agreement with the payment of compensation.

In 2010, based on these events, director David Fincher made the film “Social Network”, where Armie Hammer played two twins.

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