“His donation is the first bitcoin gift that the college has received, and will fund new business programs”, — write: www.coindesk.com
- Howard Winklevoss has donated $4 million in bitcoin to Grove City College, where he studied in the 1960’s.
- Winklevoss senior first invested in bitcoin in 2013, he said.
- He first learned of the Austrian school of economics, which also influenced Satoshi, while studying at Grove City College.
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