{"id":66837,"date":"2026-01-08T06:16:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T06:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66837"},"modified":"2026-01-08T06:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T06:16:33","slug":"gavin-newsom-stealing-peoples-bitcoin-gemini-exchange-co-founder-accuses-california-governor-of-feeding-his-money-pit-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=66837","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom &#8216;Stealing&#8217; People&#8217;s Bitcoin? Gemini Exchange Co-Founder Accuses California Governor Of Feeding His &#8216;Money Pit&#8217; Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Tyler Winklevoss<\/strong>, co-founder of <strong>Gemini Space Station, Inc.<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/GEMI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(NASDAQ:<\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/GEMI\">GEMI<\/a>), slammed the state of California and Governor <strong>Gavin Newsom<\/strong> on Wednesday for approving a bill that lets authorities take control of unclaimed cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winklevoss Targets Newsom<\/h2>\n<p>In an X post, Winklevoss <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tyler\/status\/2009033703675031639?s=20\">alleged <\/a>that the \u201cfailed state\u201d of California wants to \u201csteal\u201d the Bitcoin <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) that people had held for long periods.<\/p>\n<p>The cryptocurrency mogul said that the state administration is trying to feed its \u201cmoney pit grift machine\u201d with the move.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Tyler and his twin brother Cameron are primarily based in New York City, where Gemini and their venture capital firm, <strong>Winklevoss Capital Management<\/strong>, are also headquartered.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom\u2019s office didn\u2019t immediately return Benzinga\u2019s request for a statement.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do the Allegations Have Merit?<\/h2>\n<p>The bill, which was signed into &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/49774401\/gavin-newsom-stealing-peoples-bitcoin-gemini-exchange-co-founder-accuses-california-governo?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Gavin\" newsom people bitcoin gemini exchange co-founder accuses california governor of feeding his pit machine>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler Winklevoss, co-founder of Gemini Space Station, Inc.\u00a0(NASDAQ:GEMI), slammed the state of California and Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday for approving a bill that lets authorities take control of unclaimed cryptocurrency. Winklevoss Targets Newsom In an X post, Winklevoss alleged that the \u201cfailed state\u201d of California wants to \u201csteal\u201d the Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) that people [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-66837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}