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Peter Thiel’s fund pushes Infinex NFT investments to $67.7M

DIGIT — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 14:00:48 +0000

Thiel co-founded PayPal and provided early funding for platforms like LinkedIn and Yelp.

Bitcoin’s price won’t ‘dramatically’ increase from here, says billionaire

DIGIT — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 01:14:53 +0000

Peter Thiel also believes that Bitcoin’s original vision as a cypherpunk, crypto-anarchist, freedom tool hasn’t been fulfilled.

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Billionaire Peter Thiel Remains a Bitcoin Holder but Questions Its Future Value

DIGIT — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:40:13 +0000

According to American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist Peter Thiel, he still holds bitcoin (BTC) but is uncertain about the future value of the cryptocurrency. Peter Thiel Talks Bitcoin: A Holder With Cautious Optimism Peter Thiel, the renowned billionaire and co-founder of Paypal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, shared his thoughts on bitcoin (BTC) […]

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Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund invests $70M in election betting platform

DIGIT — Tue, 14 May 2024 14:21:10 +0000

Amid increasing U.S. regulatory scrutiny, popular crypto-based betting platform Polymarket secures funding to expand its global operations despite restrictions.

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Peter Thiel Says His ‘Biggest Mistake of the Decade Was Getting Too Late and Too Little Into Bitcoin’

DIGIT — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 21:30:44 +0000

During a discussion published on March 12, 2022, the billionaire entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Peter Thiel discussed how he built Paypal with fellow co-founders Max Levchin, David Sacks, and Luke Nosek. Toward the end of the hour-long conversation, the topic quickly turned to cryptocurrencies and Thiel stressed that his “biggest mistake” during the last ten […]

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New Venture Capital Fund Secures $100M to Invest in Crypto Startups

DIGIT — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:40:37 +0000

Dragonfly Capital Partners, a new crypto-focused venture capital firm, has announced the launch of its first $100 million fund dedicated to investments in crypto assets. Its investors include Okex, Bitmain and other well-known names in the industry. Also Read: Exchanges Roundup: Coinbase Volumes Hit 1-Year Low, UK Exchange to Fire Most Staff Meet Dragonfly Capital […]

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Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund Thinks Institutional Investors Want In On Bitcoin

DIGIT — Wed, 02 May 2018 05:35:49 +0000

On Tuesday, reports regarding the notorious Facebook investor and venture capitalist Peter Thiel and his Founders Fund was revealed. According to sources familiar with the matter, Thiel’s fund has made an investment in the startup Tagomi, a firm that plans to execute cryptocurrency buy and sell orders as a brokerage service dealing with institutional investors […]

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Peter Thiel, Bitcoin Astronaut, Moves Markets with Crypto Moonshot

DIGIT — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 04:19:41 +0000

Investor Peter Thiel has reportedly made an all-in, rather giant, bet on bitcoin. Mainstream financial press is reporting his venture capital fund purchased and held the digital asset through last year’s thousand percent-plus gains, making the decentralized currency one of his firm’s most valuable investments. Also read: Jimmy Song Uses Andreas Antonopoulos Model, Open Sources […]

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