Winklevoss Twins Invest In Bitcoin Trading Platform Company BitInstant

We already knew that Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss were Bitcoin enthusiasts.  The brothers own around 1% of the Bitcoin currency, which is reportedly now worth about $11 million.  Recently the brothers have reaffirmed their commitment to the P2P open source currency by investing in a Bitcoin trading platform called BitInstant.  The investment was made through the Winklevoss Capital, a VC firm started by the two brothers.  BitInstant has raised a total of $1.5 million in seed funding led by Winklevoss Capital with participated from other investors including David Azar.

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The Winklevoss Twins Own Millions In Bitcoins

You may know Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss as the Olympic rowers that attended Harvard University with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.  The twin athletes sued Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg claiming that he stole their idea while at school, which is the basis for the Academy Award winning movie The Social Network.  The Winklevoss twins are venture capitalists today and they own millions in bitcoins.

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Winklevoss Brothers Invest In Hukkster

The Winklevoss twins, Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss, have invested in Hukkster.  Hukkster is a shopping startup website where users can receive a notification when the price drops.  The Winklevoss brothers led the $750,000 investment in Hukkster.

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Winklevoss Twins Invest In SumZero

When I first wrote about SumZero in May 2010, it was about how Divya Narendra invested in the company.  Narendra is a close friend of Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and co-founded a company with them called ConnectU, which was the subject of the movie The Social Network.  Now the Winklevoss twins have put some of their own money into SumZero.

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Grafitti Artist David Choe May Make $200 Million When Facebook Goes Public

Grafitti artist David Choe took Facebook stock instead of cash for painting the walls at the company’s first headquarters. That was a great move because his stock may be worth $200 million when the company goes public later this year. Facebook announced a $5 billion public offering on Wednesday afternoon that would value the company at between $75-$100 billion.
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Paul Ceglia Now Interested In Talking To Winklevoss Twins

Paul Ceglia is best known for filing a lawsuit against Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg.  Ceglia said he had a document that shows that Zuckerberg promised him equity in Facebook that would be worth over half of the company.  Interestingly Paul Ceglia has decided to contact the Winklevoss twins via Twitter.
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Winklevoss Twins Expected To Pay $13 Million To Facebook Settlement Lawyers

An appellate court in New York has decided not to hear any further arguments about why Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss should not have to pay $13 million to a law firm that helped them draft a settlement agreement with Facebook. The Winklevoss twins sued Facebook several years ago and eventually agreed to a $65 million settlement.
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