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Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust amends SEC report, adopts “COIN” ticker symbol

Posted on 3rd July, 2014

The Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust has spent almost exactly one year slogging through the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval system, with multiple amendments to their filing along the way. In their most recent filing, the Winklevoss twins updated their plans for their bitcoin-backed exchange-traded fund (ETF) with what the Wall Street Journal deemed “minor tweaks” […]

Winklevoss twins buy Virgin Galactic space trip with Bitcoin

Posted on 5th March, 2014

The Winklevii in space? According to a recent post on the Winklevoss Capital company blog, the twins have spent a healthy chunk of their Bitcoin reserves to buy two tickets on Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space tourism experience. Tyler Winklevoss wrote the lengthy post about the twin’s decision to use a portion of their […]

Winkdex: Winklevoss Twins debut new Bitcoin price index

Posted on 20th February, 2014

The Winklevoss twins may well be the best-known faces of Bitcoin investment, and they’re hoping to leverage that small amount of fame with the launch of their new blended price index, the Winkdex. The “Winklevii” plan to use their new index to price assets in their upcoming Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust. Winkdex.com is powered by Math-based […]