Gemini, the platform of the “crypto billionaire” Winklevoss twins, launches in France

« I'm in it for the long haul »declared Cameron Winklevoss on a Reddit forum in 2013 about his investment in bitcoin. At the time, few were ready to bet as much as he did on the future of this cryptocurrency. With his twin Tyler, the Winklevosses became known to the general public through the story of their confrontation with Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, in David Fincher's film The Social Network . From the agreement finally reached between the two parties, they came out with $65 million in cash, which they invested partly in this still little-known digital asset that is bitcoin.

Approached during a stay in Ibiza by a certain David Azar, who then worked for the crypto platform BitInstant, the Winklevoss brothers quickly became convinced that this technology had the potential to play an important role in the financial ecosystem in the future. On condition of connecting these digital assets to the world of traditional finance…