Ben Mezrich’s "Bitcoin Billionaires" is a new account of the Winklevii's move into crypto. According to the FT it makes an easily digested cryptocurrency primer.
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Bitcoin Billionaires — return of the Winklevoss twins
This book begins with the final legal showdown with Zuckerberg. The twins emerge with a $65m settlement — not pocket change, but still a pittance compared with the wealth Facebook has generated. They put some of the money to good use. Cameron and Tyler were early to bitcoin. Starting in 2011 they bought up 1 per cent of all the bitcoin in circulation for a total of $11m. By late 2017, with the price of the cryptocurrency surging past $10,000, they were worth a combined $2bn, making them the billionaires of the title.
