On Sunday morning, the American public got another boost of exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto assets. Renowned New York-based outlet CBS released an extensive feature on the leading cryptocurrency, interviewing the Winklevoss Twins about their involvement in the space.<\/p>\n
As a result, the twins’ brainchild, Gemini, has gained some exposure, just as BTC has surged past $9,000<\/a> in a jaw-dropping turn of events. On Sunday morning (Father’s Day), CBS aired an eight-minute segment<\/a> on Bitcoin \u2014 the latest time a mainstream outlet has discussed the matter in depth. During the episode of the fittingly-named “Sunday Morning”, CBS contributors sat down with Tyler Winklevoss, Cameron Winklevoss, and Ben Mezrich (author of the “Bitcoin Billionaires”).<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/barrysilbert\/status\/08169217<\/p>\n The twins’ early involvement in Facebook and Bitcoin was discussed, with the anchor mentioning that he isn’t surprised that the so-called “Winklevi” have been at the head of two trends: social media and digital money.<\/p>\n Simple Bitcoin concepts were mentioned, with CBS dubbing it “money that works like e-mail” and the twins accentuating that BTC has the potential to surmount gold<\/a>. The anchor also mentioned<\/a> Facebook’s impending cryptocurrency. It isn’t clear how many viewers the segment received, but this figure likely ranges in the single-digit millions \u2014 not bad.<\/p>\n Interestingly, some have come out to criticize the report, which this writer thinks was mostly balanced. Prominent commentator and staunch Bitcoin bull American HODL<\/a> remarked that the fact CBS claims BTC is “slippery and incomprehensible” is a bit irresponsible, in that the outlet is pushing “FUD” if you will.<\/p>\n You see, as HODL explains, “just because you can’t comprehend it, doesn’t mean everyone can’t. Believe it or not, some of us actually get what’s happening here.”<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/MericanHodl\/status\/73577984<\/p>\n Seemingly as a direct result of this extensive report and Bitcoin rallying past $8,800 and $9,200 in rapid succession, regulated crypto exchange Gemini, which the Winklevoss Twins founded, has seen a nice spike in interest from the American public.<\/p>\n As spotted by twin Cameron, the Gemini mobile app is “about to break into the top 20” in the Apple App Store for “Finance” applications.<\/p>\n Bitcoin broke $9,000 and the @Gemini<\/a> mobile app is about to break into the top 20 in the App store for #Finance<\/a> apps! pic.twitter.com\/qjMudEUrzX<\/a><\/p>\n — Cameron Winklevoss (@cameron) June 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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