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Atlassian's Cannon-Brookes lays claim to a bitcoin windfall
While the billionaire co-founder of Atlassian, Scott Farquhar, was making headlines with the purchase of of Australia's most expensive house, his business partner, Mike Cannon-Brookes, found something to crow about in another tech punt that has apparently proved a winner.