Winklevoss Writer Sells New E book Concerning the Twins Entitled 'Bitcoin Billionaires'

After penning the e-book which impressed “The Social Community,” you might have anticipated Ben Mezrich’s Winklevoss curiosity to have waned. Nevertheless, he not too long ago wrote a brand new e-book detailing their adventures in Bitcoin, which might be accessible subsequent spring.

You’ve all heard the story of how the ‘evil’ automaton Mark Zuckerberg co-opted Fb from the heroic Winklevoss brothers, who actually invented it.

The next, and extremely publicized, lawsuit led to a settlement of $65 million for our third-favorite twins. The lawsuit later turned the topic of Mezrich’s e-book “The Unintentional Billionaires”.

It additionally pre-empted the Winklevoss’ discovery of Bitcoin. Mezrich’s new e-book “Bitcoin Billionaires,” tells that story. It looks like billionaires and Winklevii are twin obsessions of Mr. Mezrich. UK writer Little, Brown has simply picked up the title.

We be part of the story with the brothers planning to make use of their bumper payout to arrange a enterprise capital fund in Silicon Valley. While there, a questionable character satisfied them to overlook in regards to the ‘now mainstream’ Fb. In the event that they needed to be true disruptors, they wanted to purchase into the brand new idea of cryptocurrency.

And purchase in they did. Beginning when the value of Bitcoin was nonetheless simply $6, they ultimately invested $11 million. They now maintain 1 p.c of all Bitcoin in circulation. Final November when the market cap hit $100 billion {dollars}, this formally made them Bitcoin billionaires.

In newer occasions, their battle to obtain SEC approval for his or her Bitcoin exchange-traded fund has been consuming up column inches. It was once more denied on the final listening to, though this time one of many 4 commissioners tweeted her dissent.

Apparently, bitcoin just isn't ripe sufficient, respectable sufficient, or regulated sufficient to be worthy of our markets. I dissent: https://t.co/gH5zXaKtmj

— Hester Peirce (@HesterPeirce) July 26, 2018

Little doubt Mr. Mezrich might be holding out for a constructive consequence to this ongoing saga earlier than publication of the e-book, to create a compelling closing chapter. Or maybe he’s hoping this drags on and on interminably, giving him the right excuse to jot down one other sequel?