2013-07-05 Financial Times - Bitcoin Brothers

[kiko]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/51b78cb6-e40e-11e2-91a3-00144feabdc0.html

More of a profile piece on the Winklevoss twins than a bitcoin article.

Funny cartoon though:

[CoinGames]

Seriously, I don't get how they get so much press. What have they actually done apart from buying some BTC and investing in a couple of co.s?

[jgarzik]

Seriously, I don't get how they get so much press. What have they actually done apart from buying some BTC and investing in a couple of co.s?

A bitcoin ETF is huge.

(note: they are not the only ones working on one...)

[prophetx]

Seriously, I don't get how they get so much press. What have they actually done apart from buying some BTC and investing in a couple of co.s?

A bitcoin ETF is huge.

(note: they are not the only ones working on one...)

who else? is it public?

[bassclef]

Seriously, I don't get how they get so much press. What have they actually done apart from buying some BTC and investing in a couple of co.s?

Because they are tall, handsome, went to Harvard, are mega rich, have had movies made about them... Etc... People love that crap.

[tstang]

I dont think ETF is huge. If i recall, it was just couple of millions.

[Cubic Earth]

I dont think ETF is huge. If i recall, it was just couple of millions.

The impact of the ETF is not about the number of bitcoins it currently holds.  It is the impact of the ETF's legal and financial structure that is truly huge, or will be when and if it is approved.  The CONCEPT is extensible to ANY NUMBER of bitcoins and or dollars.

[jgarzik]

I dont think ETF is huge. If i recall, it was just couple of millions.

It is huge to expand bitcoin access to the millions of people globally that already have a brokerage account.