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                    <ul class="article__contents-list"><li class="article__contents-item"><a class="article__contents-link link-pseudo" href="#h262167">$160 million Bitcoin loss </a></li><li class="article__contents-item"><a class="article__contents-link link-pseudo" href="#h362167">Softbank's AI bet </a></li></ul>
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SoftBank Group has made a $50 million <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/01/30/3018432/0/en/Cipher-Mining-Announces-50-Million-PIPE-Investment-from-SoftBank-Group.html">investment</a> into industrial-scale Bitcoin mining company Cipher Mining.&nbsp;Matthew Sigel, head of digital asset research at VanEck, has opined that this is a "huge endorsement" for the diversified Bitcoin/AI model from SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son.&nbsp;&nbsp;"Further evidence that Bitcoin is emerging as the hurdle rate for innovators," he said.&nbsp;Cipher CEO Tyler Page said that the company was thrilled to welcome the Japanese financial giant as an investor.&nbsp;
    
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$160 million Bitcoin loss&nbsp;Son, the third-richest Japanese person, initially invested in Bitcoin at the peak of the 2017 bubble. As&nbsp;<a href="https://u.today/billionaire-softbank-founder-reveals-why-he-got-out-of-bitcoin">reported by U.Today</a>, he ended up losing as much as $160 million after deciding to sell his Bitcoin holdings at a huge loss due to viewing it as a distraction.
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Obviously, the disastrous Bitcoin bet hardly made a dent in his massive net worth, which currently stands at a whopping $31.3 billion.&nbsp;<a href="https://u.today/ripple-partner-softbank-leads-800-million-funding-round-for-xrp-friendly-revolut-digital-bank-0">card</a>In 2020, he&nbsp;<a href="https://u.today/billionaire-softbank-founder-reveals-why-he-got-out-of-bitcoin">predicted</a> that digital currencies would be "useful," but he stopped short of singling out a single token.&nbsp;
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                    <ul class="article__contents-list"><li class="article__contents-item"><a class="article__contents-link link-pseudo" href="#h262167">$160 million Bitcoin loss </a></li><li class="article__contents-item"><a class="article__contents-link link-pseudo" href="#h362167">Softbank's AI bet </a></li></ul>
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SoftBank Group has made a $50 million <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/01/30/3018432/0/en/Cipher-Mining-Announces-50-Million-PIPE-Investment-from-SoftBank-Group.html">investment</a> into industrial-scale Bitcoin mining company Cipher Mining.&nbsp;Matthew Sigel, head of digital asset research at VanEck, has opined that this is a "huge endorsement" for the diversified Bitcoin/AI model from SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son.&nbsp;&nbsp;"Further evidence that Bitcoin is emerging as the hurdle rate for innovators," he said.&nbsp;Cipher CEO Tyler Page said that the company was thrilled to welcome the Japanese financial giant as an investor.&nbsp;
    
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$160 million Bitcoin loss&nbsp;Son, the third-richest Japanese person, initially invested in Bitcoin at the peak of the 2017 bubble. As&nbsp;<a href="https://u.today/billionaire-softbank-founder-reveals-why-he-got-out-of-bitcoin">reported by U.Today</a>, he ended up losing as much as $160 million after deciding to sell his Bitcoin holdings at a huge loss due to viewing it as a distraction.
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Obviously, the disastrous Bitcoin bet hardly made a dent in his massive net worth, which currently stands at a whopping $31.3 billion.&nbsp;<a href="https://u.today/ripple-partner-softbank-leads-800-million-funding-round-for-xrp-friendly-revolut-digital-bank-0">card</a>In 2020, he&nbsp;<a href="https://u.today/billionaire-softbank-founder-reveals-why-he-got-out-of-bitcoin">predicted</a> that digital currencies would be "useful," but he stopped short of singling out a single token.&nbsp;
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                    <ul class="article__contents-list"><li class="article__contents-item"><a class="article__contents-link link-pseudo" href="#h262167">$160 million Bitcoin loss </a></li><li class="article__contents-item"><a class="article__contents-link link-pseudo" href="#h362167">Softbank's AI bet </a></li></ul>
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SoftBank Group has made a $50 million <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/01/30/3018432/0/en/Cipher-Mining-Announces-50-Million-PIPE-Investment-from-SoftBank-Group.html">investment</a> into industrial-scale Bitcoin mining company Cipher Mining.&nbsp;Matthew Sigel, head of digital asset research at VanEck, has opined that this is a "huge endorsement" for the diversified Bitcoin/AI model from SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son.&nbsp;&nbsp;"Further evidence that Bitcoin is emerging as the hurdle rate for innovators," he said.&nbsp;Cipher CEO Tyler Page said that the company was thrilled to welcome the Japanese financial giant as an investor.&nbsp;
    
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$160 million Bitcoin loss&nbsp;Son, the third-richest Japanese person, initially invested in Bitcoin at the peak of the 2017 bubble. As&nbsp;<a href="https://u.today/billionaire-softbank-founder-reveals-why-he-got-out-of-bitcoin">reported by U.Today</a>, he ended up losing as much as $160 million after deciding to sell his Bitcoin holdings at a huge loss due to viewing it as a distraction.
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Obviously, the disastrous Bitcoin bet hardly made a dent in his massive net worth, which currently stands at a whopping $31.3 billion.&nbsp;<a href="https://u.today/ripple-partner-softbank-leads-800-million-funding-round-for-xrp-friendly-revolut-digital-bank-0">card</a>In 2020, he&nbsp;<a href="https://u.today/billionaire-softbank-founder-reveals-why-he-got-out-of-bitcoin">predicted</a> that digital currencies would be "useful," but he stopped short of singling out a single token.&nbsp;
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Softbank's AI bet&nbsp;Earlier this week, it was reported that SoftBank was preparing to make a staggering $25 billion million investment in OpenAI. The terms of the investment are yet to be fleshed out, according to the New York Times.&nbsp;The Japanese behemoth is also part of the $100 billion AI project called Stargate, which was announced in partnership with OpenAI, Oracle, and other major names.') (Line: 1262)
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                    <ul class="article__contents-list"><li class="article__contents-item"><a class="article__contents-link link-pseudo" href="#h262167">$160 million Bitcoin loss </a></li><li class="article__contents-item"><a class="article__contents-link link-pseudo" href="#h362167">Softbank's AI bet </a></li></ul>
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    SoftBank Group has made a $50 million investment into industrial-scale Bitcoin mining company Cipher Mining. 

    Matthew Sigel, head of digital asset research at VanEck, has opined that this is a "huge endorsement" for the diversified Bitcoin/AI model from SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son.  

    "Further evidence that Bitcoin is emerging as the hurdle rate for innovators," he said. 

    $160 million Bitcoin loss 

    Son, the third-richest Japanese person, initially invested in Bitcoin at the peak of the 2017 bubble. As reported by U.Today, he ended up losing as much as $160 million after deciding to sell his Bitcoin holdings at a huge loss due to viewing it as a distraction.

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