Billionaire Peter Thiel’s VC Firm Bought BTC and ETH Worth $200 Million in Latter Half of 2023
Founders Fund, a venture capital (VC) firm founded by the billionaire Peter Thiel, is believed to have acquired bitcoin and ethereum worth $200 million sometime in the second half of 2023. The VC firm reportedly began pu...
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