From Harvard Drama to Crypto Fame: My Journey with the Winklevoss Twins

I've been fascinated with the Winklevoss twins for years, and their story reads like a Hollywood script – oh wait, it literally became one! Cameron and Tyler, those Harvard rowing jocks who claimed Zuckerberg stole their social network idea, have reinvented themselves as crypto pioneers after getting screwed in Silicon Valley.

Back in 2002 at Harvard, they created HarvardConnection (later ConnectU) and hired that sneaky coder Zuckerberg who supposedly delayed their project while secretly building Facebook behind their backs. Typical tech bro backstabbing! They eventually squeezed $65 million out of him in 2008, but let's be real – Zuck got the better deal considering what Facebook became.

But here's where things get interesting. Instead of fading into obscurity as "those guys who sued Facebook," they took that settlement money and made one of the smartest bets in financial history. In 2012, they dumped a chunk of their millions into Bitcoin when it was just $8 per coin! Who's laughing now, Zuckerberg?

By 2017, they'd become Bitcoin billionaires – talk about sweet revenge! Then in 2014, they launched their own crypto exchange. Unlike some of the shadier platforms out there, they actually tried to play by the rules and get regulatory approval in the US.

Their net worth has been on a crazy rollercoaster ride thanks to crypto volatility – hitting over $3 billion each during the 2021 bull run. Though I wonder how much they've actually cashed out versus just watching their paper wealth swing wildly every day.

These privileged Harvard twins somehow transformed themselves from Facebook footnotes into crypto kingpins. You gotta respect the pivot, even if they still give off that annoying "we row crew" vibe from The Social Network.