Peter Thiel's Founders Fund bought $20 mn Bitcoin since 2012
PayPal Co-founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel's venture capital firm Founders Fund has bought $15-20 million of Bitcoin since 2012, according to reports. A Founders Fund spokeswoman confirmed that the firm invested in Bitcoin infrastructure companies BitPay, BitGo, Polychain and MetaStable. Amid these reports, Bitcoin rose more than 13.5% to over $15,000, according to Coinbase.