Bitcoin Makes Winklevoss Twins Billionaires Without Facebook

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss show living well is the best revenge.

Twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss
Twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. (Photo by Christy Bowe/Corbis via Getty Images)
Corbis via Getty Images

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who sued Mark Zuckerberg 13 years ago for allegedly stealing the idea for Facebook, became the first bitcoin billionaires last week.  The wealth from the digital currency helped the twins moved beyond their reputation as portrayed by Armie Hammer in the 2010 movie The Social Network, which told the story of the Facebook lawsuit. The twins eventually settled their dispute with Zuckerberg and invested $11 million of the settlement money into bitcoin.

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