Bitcoin boom makes Aussie a paper billionaireThe cryptocurrency frenzy has minted another billionaire. JAMES GILBERT/LINKED IN James Gilbert is now a rich, rich man. Gilbert's stake has increased more than eight-fold this week as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continued to skyrocket. Crypto co-founder and Chief Investment Officer Rafe Furst now has a stake worth NZ$661m. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twins who sued Mark Zuckerberg over the genesis of Facebook, said in 2013 that they had bought NZ$16 million worth of bitcoin.

Source: Stuff December 07, 2017 23:15 UTC