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DurwinBurger King gave candy to a worker has worked for more than 20 years.
The Whopper, which was first introduced in 1957, was a quarter-pound, oversized burger on a vast five-inch bun that cost a reasonable 29 cents.Large corporations can be cruel and uncaring. They often claim to care about their employees, but sometimes the reality can be quite different. This is the story of Kevin Ford, a cook and cashier at Burger King who had worked tirelessly for over two decades. To celebrate his remarkable feat of never taking a sick day, Burger King decided to shower him ...
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DurwinThe youngest self-made billionaire just bought Forbes.
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Peter Thiel is a machine.
He is worth $7.4B.
He is the co-founder of PayPal, Palantir, and Founders Fund
He HODLed BTC for 8 years then sold just before the crash in 2022 and made ~$2B.
He makes huge bets and sticks to his guns.
You get to become a self-made Billy by playing it shy or taking the soft approach.
And he just did it again.
A staggering $200 million bet that’s as audacious as it is brilliant.
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, a titan in the venture capital world, is the epitome of the adage: fortune favors the bold.
BTC is on a slight bull run now, and so is the rest of crypto.
Rewind to the pre-bull run of 2024, and you find Thiel’s fund quietly snapping up $200 million worth of Bitcoin and Ether.
Not surprising but the timing is quite spot-on.
But this isn’t Thiel’s first rodeo in the crypto corral.
Back in 2014, when Bitcoin was more a geek’s gamble than a mainstream magnet, Founders Fund was already placing bets.
And it wasn’t just chump change; they cashed out a cool $1.8 billion before the market took a nosedive in 2022.
Talk about a well-timed exit!
They always say you can’t time the market.
Errrr, you are not Peter Thiel.
He obviously is working on more information than the rest of us.
Let’s not sugarcoat it.
The crypto market has been more volatile than a barrel of nitroglycerin.
In 2022, Bitcoin’s value plunged to the dismal depths of $15,000.
As the old saying goes, “buy low, sell high,” and Thiel’s team did just that.
As Bitcoin simmered below $30,000, they began their buying spree, their faith in crypto unshaken by the FTX fiasco or regulatory rumbles.
Hard to bet millions when all the shenanigans were going down to be frank.
What’s fascinating here is the strategy.
Thiel, a PayPal pioneer and a Palantir co-founder, sees Bitcoin not just as digital gold but as a bulwark against the whims of central banks.
Remember he went on stage at Bitcoin 2022 and threw wads of cash at the audience claiming it was useless money?
He also runs Founders Fund. which isn’t just any VC firm.
Their portfolio reads like a who’s who of tech titans — think SpaceX, think Meta.
They’ve got the Midas touch, and their re-entry into the crypto market is telling.
Their latest crypto foray comes at a time when the market is witnessing a resurgence. Bitcoin and Ether are clawing back, and institutional investors are returning, lured by the siren song of potential profits.
But let’s not forget, in the world of crypto, things are volatile.
When Peter Thiel and his Founders Fund make a move, the world watches.
All I know is these are some of the smartest, shrewdest, most resourceful guys in the world.
They have teams of researchers, coders, consultants, insiders and rainmakers to help them make decisions.
They don’t make these decisions easily.
If they are buying into crypto now, who am I to say otherwise?
The real question is, when are they cashing out.
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Do you like Peter Thiel?
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Peter Thiel is a machine.
He is worth $7.4B.
He is the co-founder of PayPal, Palantir, and Founders Fund
He HODLed BTC for 8 years then sold just before the crash in 2022 and made ~$2B.
He makes huge bets and sticks to his guns.
You get to become a self-made Billy by playing it shy or taking the soft approach.
And he just did it again.
A staggering $200 million bet that’s as audacious as it is brilliant.
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, a titan in the venture capital world, is the epitome of the adage: fortune favors the bold.
BTC is on a slight bull run now, and so is the rest of crypto.
Rewind to the pre-bull run of 2024, and you find Thiel’s fund quietly snapping up $200 million worth of Bitcoin and Ether.
Not surprising but the timing is quite spot-on.
But this isn’t Thiel’s first rodeo in the crypto corral.
Back in 2014, when Bitcoin was more a geek’s gamble than a mainstream magnet, Founders Fund was already placing bets.
And it wasn’t just chump change; they cashed out a cool $1.8 billion before the market took a nosedive in 2022.
Talk about a well-timed exit!
They always say you can’t time the market.
Errrr, you are not Peter Thiel.
He obviously is working on more information than the rest of us.
Let’s not sugarcoat it.
The crypto market has been more volatile than a barrel of nitroglycerin.
In 2022, Bitcoin’s value plunged to the dismal depths of $15,000.
As the old saying goes, “buy low, sell high,” and Thiel’s team did just that.
As Bitcoin simmered below $30,000, they began their buying spree, their faith in crypto unshaken by the FTX fiasco or regulatory rumbles.
Hard to bet millions when all the shenanigans were going down to be frank.
What’s fascinating here is the strategy.
Thiel, a PayPal pioneer and a Palantir co-founder, sees Bitcoin not just as digital gold but as a bulwark against the whims of central banks.
Remember he went on stage at Bitcoin 2022 and threw wads of cash at the audience claiming it was useless money?
He also runs Founders Fund. which isn’t just any VC firm.
Their portfolio reads like a who’s who of tech titans — think SpaceX, think Meta.
They’ve got the Midas touch, and their re-entry into the crypto market is telling.
Their latest crypto foray comes at a time when the market is witnessing a resurgence. Bitcoin and Ether are clawing back, and institutional investors are returning, lured by the siren song of potential profits.
But let’s not forget, in the world of crypto, things are volatile.
When Peter Thiel and his Founders Fund make a move, the world watches.
All I know is these are some of the smartest, shrewdest, most resourceful guys in the world.
They have teams of researchers, coders, consultants, insiders and rainmakers to help them make decisions.
They don’t make these decisions easily.
If they are buying into crypto now, who am I to say otherwise?
The real question is, when are they cashing out.
-
Do you like Peter Thiel?
-
#FoundersFund #CryptoInvestment #BitcoinBullRun #EtherRise #PeterThiel #SiliconValley #CryptoComeback #DigitalGold #VentureCapital #BlockchainBet #CryptoStrategy #BitcoinResurgence #EtherInvestment #CryptoMarket #DigitalCurrency #TechTitans #CryptoCrusade #SiliconValleySavvy #Cryptocurrency #TechInvestment #DigitalEra #MarketWatch #InvestmentStrategy #FinancialForesight #CryptoWildWest
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