When the sons of legendary investment banker Paul Stephens met Mighty Ducks star Brock Pierce, they were avid World of Warcraft gamers and he was amassing an empire of digital goods exchanges where players could buy, sell, and trade valuable in-game items and virtual currency. Together they would go on to form Blockchain Capital, the first venture capital firm to fund the blockchain ecosystem.
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Charlie Shrem’s new podcast focuses on stories of Bitcoin’s early days
The Untold Stories podcast centers on interesting people at the heart of Bitcoin’s wild west days from 2011-2014
Hot on the heels of his legal victory over the Winklevii, Bitcoin bad boy and early adopter Charlie Shrem has unleashed a new podcast looking at the early days of the first cryptocurrency and the blockchain technology on which it’s built.
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Winklevoss twins launching Gemini Cryptobus campaign in New York CIty, January 2019. (Photo by Gemini Twitter)Winklevoss twins hit the streets to take on Coinbase and Robinhood for retail customers
Gemini launches Bitcoin giveaway to battle two giants
In a surprise announcement over the weekend, Tyler Winklevoss, co-founder & CEO of crypto exchange Gemini, tweeted, “Let’s play a game: Spot the @Gemini Crypto Bus. Reply to this tweet with your pics and #CryptoBus, best one wins 1 bitcoin (BTC). Right now they are in San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington D.C. Happy hunting!”
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Winklevoss twins end lawsuit against Charlie Shrem
The case, over the alleged theft of 5,000 bitcoins, has ended with no damages
Charlie Shrem has come out on top of his legal dispute with Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss. Two months after Winklevoss Capital Fund was ordered to pay Shrem $45,000 in court fees after a federal judge overturned an order freezing more than $30 million of Shrem’s assets, the case was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled. Both sides agreed to pay their own costs as part of the agreement.
