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Bitcoin Billionaires Back Woolly Mammoth Revival Project Colossal

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In one of the stranger pieces of news from the crypto world recently, Bitcoin billionaires the Winklevoss twins and Tim Draper have pitched in to a $15 million funding round for a startup aiming to revive the extinct woolly mammoth. According to Fortune, the trio helped fund "de-extinction" startup Colossal, which hopes to restore the ecosystems where woolly mammoths once grazed in an effort to help decarbonize the atmosphere. Harvard genetics professor George Church, together with entrepreneur Ben Lamm, debuted Colossal yesterday with $15 million worth of investment pooled from several venture capital ... (full story)

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