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Winklevoss Twins’ plan to list new bitcoin trust on NASDAQ

Posted on 9th May, 2014

It’s no secret that the Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have high hopes for their soon-to-launch Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust (WBT). What may be more suprising, however, is just how mainstream the “Winklevii” plan to make their new exchange traded fund (ETF). Rather than testing the waters by listing on a smaller exchange, the brothers plan to […]

Who will win the bitcoin race: Winklevoss Twins or SecondMarket?

Posted on 22nd March, 2014

Last year, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss announced their plans to launch the world’s first publicly traded Bitcoin exchange-traded fund. Unfortunately, the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust has been mired in the complexities of Securities and Exchange Commission regulation, leaving the field open for competition. If Barry Silbert’s SecondMarket has their way, the Winklevii will be stuck in […]

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 […]