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Winklevoss twins become world's first bitcoin billionaires
Published Mon, Dec 4, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Singapore
TYLER and Cameron Winklevoss - the Harvard University rowing twins who famously sued Mark Zuckerberg claiming he stole their idea for Facebook - have just become the world's first bitcoin billionaires, say media reports.
The 36-year-old brothers lost their case against Mr Zuckerberg but received a settlement of US$65 million and used US$11 million of it to invest in bitco…
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