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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

2 years

Holding strong on the bestseller lists :):):) I spy with my little eye

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

I’ll tell you one thing, I’m never turning down getting paid in bitcoin again.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

2 years

At 26 I was nearly two million dollars in debt; I had an IRS agent who knew me by name; I paid my rent with those blank checks the credit card people sent you; I even paid one credit card off with another; I foolishly drank and foolishly gambled and foolishly partied…. 1)

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Ben Mezrich

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In 2009, I wrote the book that became The Social Network because I believed Facebook was going to change our world. Ten years later I wrote Bitcoin Billionaires for a similar reason. I believe bitcoin is going to change our world.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

2 years

As some of you know, I’ve spent a lot of time with Russian oligarchs; especially while writing my book Once Upon A Time In Russia, which many of you have read. So I figure it’s time for the crazy fucking Russian oligarch thread… 1)

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Elon Musk, The World’s Richest Man, Wants To Be Paid In Bitcoin

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

It’s hard to believe people are still trying to make the argument that Bitcoin is being used by criminals. How many episodes of Narcos ended with the DEA confiscating suitcases full of bitcoin???

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

A billion market cap isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A TRILLION market cap! #bitcoin

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

My @elonmusk book is going to be epic. Like The Social Network, except this time the eccentric genius is trying to SAVE humanity...

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

2 years

To white list for our meme stock NFT launch: 1. Like and RT this tweet 2. Join the discord 3. Verify and drop your information in the #whitelist channel Whitelist will be capped at 2,500 addresses.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

2 years

I don’t know who the world’s first trillionaire is going to be, but I’m pretty sure he’s going to own Bitcoin.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Holy crap @elonmusk just made my day. What about a book, man? Any story you want to tell. Mission to Mars. Car of the future. Flamethrowers for everyone. You name it!

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

3 years

@benmezrich Me neither

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

So now that Bitcoin is bigger than Facebook, isn’t it time for another movie??? :)

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

4 years

Billions this Sunday night... I’m not sayin’ there’s definitely gonna be some Bitcoin... I’m just saying I did happen to write the episode...I mean, just sayin’...

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

2 years

If I were in my twenties I’d be living and breathing NFTs right now because I’m convinced it’s gonna be a trillion dollar market within a decade.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

2 years

At this point, GameStop should step in and buy RobinHood and blow everyone’s mind.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

11 months

By the end of tonight Tom Wambsgans gonna be the President of Russia.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Now I’m gonna get @elonmusk to admit that he’s Satoshi.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

I would be genuinely surprised if Bitcoin doesn’t hit 100k this year.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

4 years

My next book is going to be called Bitcoin Trillionaires.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Now you can buy the car of the future with the coin of the future.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

11 months

Holy fucking shit! :)

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

2 years

And when lightning does strike, do your damndest to hold on tight and not make the same mistakes that led you down that hole in the first place. :) 12)

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Try emailing someone a bar of gold.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

I sincerely don’t understand the logic of people who, after seeing the data, fear the vaccine for covid but don’t fear covid itself. At least be consistent.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Ten years ago the only people who had even heard of bitcoin were libertarian computer geeks, Silk Road enthusiasts, and the Winklevoss Twins. Today Morgan Stanley becomes the first major US Bank to offer bitcoin to its clients. What a ride it’s been.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

You know this all ends with Elon Musk as the new CEO of GameStop.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

The technology behind Bitcoin isn’t a fad or a bubble or a scheme. It’s a fundamental paradigm shift, and it will eventually change everything.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

On the anniversary of The Social Network I think I should tell the story of how it happened again. 1)

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Boomers still think people are using their bitcoin to buy pot brownies on Silk Road.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

4 years

We gonna shake Hollywood up, Bitcoin style :)

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

2 years

In case you read this far… end) end):)

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

YOLO.

MGM Lands Rights To Ben Mezrich’s Book Proposal ‘The Antisocial Network’; Would Chronicle Recent...

MGM has acquired the book proposal The Antisocial Network from New York Times best-selling author Ben Mezrich, which tells one of the biggest news stories of the year, about a ragtag group of amateur...

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

4 years

I hope all you HODlers and Bitcoin believers get filthy rich this Summer because you freakin’ deserve it.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

When I wrote the book that became The Social Network, I knew I was writing about something that was going to change the world. I felt the same way when I wrote Bitcoin Billionaires.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Wake me when bitcoin hits 100k.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Bitcoin at 100k in 2021 looks more and more likely every day.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

7 months

I know this is controversial to some people, but the AMC community is proving over and over that they are carrying the Roaring Kitty torch; retail traders fighting the good fight in support of a company they love.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Bitcoin just ruined every time travel movie. Because from now on, all any time traveler is going to do is go back a few years and buy bitcoin.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

8 months

Dumb Money isn’t a 100 million dollar action film. It isn’t a cartoon about puppies who drive around in police cars and fire engines. It’s not a serial killer movie about saws or a nuns. This is a smart, funny, powerful film about an American hero, and the dirtbags who are

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Bitcoin 20k! Now everyone who ever bought bitcoin and held has made money.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

When I get to 100,000 followers I’m gonna tell you who I think Satoshi is.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

1 year

The best part of arguing on twitter is that if you misuse the word “your” then you’re entire argument can be thrown out.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

When Bitcoin Billionaires came out, bitcoin was at 3k. I hope on my next book tour I get to meet some of you who got rich after reading the book!! :)

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

4 years

Is Bitcoin on Billions going to push Bitcoin over 10k? #billions :)

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Nice to see a chart like this that has nothing to do with Covid.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Every bitcoin millionaire and bitcoin billionaire is self-made. That’s part of the reason the old guard hates on crypto so hard. The walls are coming down.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

4 years

Just want to point out, nobody’s hacked accounts were asking people to send them bars of gold.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

2 years

Which is all to say, I know what it feels like to be in that desperate hole, and I know I was lucky as hell- but it really can all change in an instant. You never know when that lightning is going to strike, but be ready when it does…11)

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

6 months

Bottom line is Elon is willing to kill twitter, a brand that the vast majority of people loved and used- as close to a global town hall as there ever was- because advertisers want him to trim hate speech and he doesn’t want to be told what to do. It’s a take my toys and leave the

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

4 years

It took ten years to realize, but Mark Zuckerberg was the bad guy in the movie- and the Winklevoss Twins were the heroes.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

4 years

Bitcoin on Billions! It’s beautiful, baby. :):):):)

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

If my high school had assigned the Bitcoin white paper I’d be a billionaire today.

Cameron Winklevoss

@cameron

3 years

The #Bitcoin white paper should be required high school reading. Full stop.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

4 years

Some really wild news! My serialized novella The Mechanic has been bought by Steven Spielberg and Amblin Pictures, and I will be writing the screenplay! So excited!!!!

Amblin Wins Auction For Ben Mezrich Novella ‘The Mechanic’; Author Behind ‘The Social Network’ To...

Amblin Wins Auction For Ben Mezrich Novella 'The Mechanic;' Author Behind 'The Social Network' To Adapt

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Half the Lambos bought in 2021 are gonna have license plates that say “bitcoin”, the other half are gonna say “GameStop”.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

I swear to god every time I look at the Robinhood App I think of Pied Piper.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

8 months

This isn’t a movie. It’s a movement. #DumbMoney

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

This is why I so want to write it. Not a biography- I believe you are going to succeed and I want to document it. And you’ve just written the perfect first line of the book. Give me the chance to write the rest.

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

3 years

@benmezrich I am primarily trying to advance two causes: sustainable energy & extending life/consciousness beyond Earth. There is also the existential threat of AI, which we should aspire to mitigate. This doesn’t leave time to write books.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

4 years

When I first published Bitcoin Billionaires the price of Bitcoin was 3k. If I’d taken my advance in Bitcoin instead of dollars I’d be sitting in a much nicer house right now. :(

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

4 years

Anyone else watching that debate think to themselves, now might be a good time to buy some Bitcoin?

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

4 months

@stoolpresidente Dave! Big fan here, love your work! I’m just the author of the book, but I’m guessing it falls under fair use? Anyway I love that you’re in this movie. Your interview with Vlad was epic. Awesome and classic cameo.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

I’m putting all your tweets in the movie.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

4 years

And so it begins....:)

Stampede Ventures Teams With Winklevoss Twins To Adapt Ben Mezrich’s ‘Bitcoin Billionaires’

Stampede Ventures Teams With Winklevoss Twins To Adapt 'Bitcoin Billionaires'

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

11 months

Getting a call that Aaron Sorkin wants to adapt your book- followed by a call that David Fincher wants to direct- and then a call that Trent Reznor wants to score- makes you pretty happy you fought through 190 rejections to get your career going in the first place. :)

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@barstoolsports

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"The Social Network" Remains One Of The Best Films Of The 21st Century

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Mark my words- the GameStop short broke Wall Street. You can only see a few cracks right now but it’s only a matter of time… #CitadelScandal #theantisocialnetwork

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@benmezrich

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@elonmusk This is why I so want to write it. Not a biography- I believe you are going to succeed and I want to document it. And you’ve just written the perfect first line of the book. Give me the chance to write the rest.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

4 years

One bitcoin is now officially more valuable than a brand new Hyundai.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

5 years

I’m not saying Bitcoin Billionaires is the reason bitcoin is about to cross 10,000, but when I started promoting the book, it was around 4000. :) #bitcoinbillionaires

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Nobody who read Bitcoin Billionaires will be surprised when bitcoin blasts past 20k.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Guys, I’ve written books about UFOs, Russian oligarchs, and Mark Zuckerberg. I LOVE conspiracy theories. But nobody is trying to put a microchip in your veins. Take the fucking vaccine.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

8 months

Let me get this straight. Dumb Money opens wide tonight, and GameStop just appointed Ryan Cohen as CEO. I’m not saying they are related…. But hhmmmmmm to the moon!!!!!!!!

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@benmezrich

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Yes, it’s volatile. Yes, there are some shadows in its past. But Bitcoin isn’t a fad, or a scheme, or a bubble. It’s an entirely new paradigm.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

8 months

Dumb Money the sequel begins today.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

8 months

Back at it! Another 100 copies for the wonderful Apes!!

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

4 years

Retweet if you’ve seen both The Social Network and 21. Because you are my people. :)

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@benmezrich

8 months

HODL #dumbmoney

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

8 months

125,000 views and growing, sooner or later Wall Street will get the message.

Squawk Box

@SquawkCNBC

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"If you ignore the fact that millions of people were pissed off enough to buy $GME to stick it to one hedge fund, you're blinding yourself." says author @benmezrich . "Wall Street opened its eyes because it was trying to treat the market as rational when it's emotional."

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

8 months

In central London. So cool!

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

2 years

It takes an hour to burn 543 calories and 5 minutes to consume 5430 calories. How is that fair?

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

8 months

The light is finally shining on them and they are scrambling like cockroaches… #DumbMoney

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

2 years

To meet a bunch of friends of hers from MIT who had too much money, and all of it in 100 dollar bills… they turned out to be the MIT Blackjack Team, and that turned into my book Bringing Down The House, which by way of Kevin Spacey (another story:)) turned into the movie 21…9)

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

2 years

I think @jack and @elonmusk should have me along for the ride to document all this. It’s gonna make a hell of a book and movie.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Miami gonna be the bitcoin capital of the world. :)

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

2 years

Really excited about my NFT project launching one week from today. Join the discord for the details- but simply put, I’m dropping three lines NFTs, and the owners of the NFTs will share in a movie I’m writing about the NFT revolution. . 1)

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

8 months

Hey apes, you’ve got me working hard this morning! You freaking rock. If anyone looking for signed books, I’m not gonna stop until GME and AMC are on the moon! Here’s the link for signed books from a wonderful indie book store:

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

8 months

Wow that was a battle!!!

Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

8 months

Going on @SquawkCNBC in 10 min! LFG!!!!!!! Dumb Money forever!!!

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

At this point I think I owe half my career to Twitter. Thank you @jack .

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

The only way to stop bitcoin is to turn off the Internet.

Tyler Winklevoss

@tyler

3 years

Journo tried to kill #Bitcoin today with FUD. Newsflash, won’t work, we’ve been here before. We know the drill. Stay calm and stack on.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

4 years

I think it’s pretty clear now that @jk_rowling is actually Satoshi.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

Now that you’re the richest man alive, it’s definitely time for the book @elonmusk . How many dogecoin will it cost me to get you to say yes?

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

8 months

Going on @SquawkCNBC in 10 min! LFG!!!!!!! Dumb Money forever!!!

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

I love all these vulture-like journalists waiting for bitcoin to dip so they can spit out their doom and gloom articles. Bitcoin is here to stay. Deal with it!

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

It’s not just David vs Goliath. It’s David vs Goliath and Goliath’s billionaire buddies and Goliath’s friends in government and all the little minions on Goliath’s payroll...

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

5 years

Bitcoin just cracked 10k and I just cracked 20k twitter followers! To the moon! :):)

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

3 years

I absolutely love the fact that the next Forbes 400 is gonna include a couple of college kids who got stoned and spent their parents stimulus checks on Dogecoin.

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

8 months

Wall Street still doesn’t understand. It was not about the money. It’s still not about the money!

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

8 months

We don’t have movie stars to promote our little movie because of the strike. But we do have wonderful, real people, who lived the story. This means more to me than any movie star pushing a film. Make this go viral, because this is why we made #DumbMoney

Rachel

@meta_rach

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Hi. I’m Rachel. Also known as Dumb Money 💎 🙌 🦍

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Ben Mezrich

@benmezrich

4 months

Today’s the day! Dumb Money is on Netflix! If you haven’t seen it yet (and I know a lot of you haven’t :):)) I highly recommend. One of the best movies of the year that maybe went under the radar a bit. Killer soundtrack, too. :)