Wences Casares
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Wences Casares is an Argentine technology entrepreneur often credited as the "Patient Zero" of Bitcoin adoption among Silicon Valley elites. He personally evangelized Bitcoin to many tech founders and investors starting around 2011-2012. Casares founded Xapo, one of the first institutional-grade Bitcoin custody services, which he later sold to Coinbase. He famously predicted Bitcoin would reach $1 million per coin.
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- Role
- Founder, Xapo; Bitcoin Evangelist
- Known For
- Spreading Bitcoin to Silicon Valley elite, Xapo Bitcoin custody, 'Patient Zero' for institutional Bitcoin adoption
- Nationality
- Argentine
- Twitter Handle
- wences
- Estimated Holdings
- Significant; personally holds Bitcoin since ~2011
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