Atlassian's Mike Cannon-Brookes lays claim to a bitcoin windfall
While the billionaire co-founder of Atlassian, Scott Farquhar, was making headlines with the purchase of of Australia's most expensive house - the $70 million Point Piper estate Elaine - his business partner, Mike Cannon-Brookes, found something to crow about in another tech punt that has apparently proved a winner.
One ounce of Bitcoin, the crypto currency, is now worth more than an ounce of gold, Cannon-Brookes tweeted on Monday.
As Cannon-Brookes tweeted, his bitcoin bet is based on the theory "It will be worth a lot, or zero".
Although the bitcoin bubble might prove to be a bit less resilient than the Aussie property bubble that Farquhar has bought in to.
The only remaining questions are just how many bitcoins did Cannon-Brookes acquire and when? He is understood to have a number of public bets in the crypto currency space via tech investor Blackbird Ventures and bank disrupter Tyro.
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