How sharemarket bets took this NBA champion from basketball to bitcoin
Sports champion and Young Rich Lister Matthew Dellavedova is investing his wealth in tech start-ups and crypto as he worries about central banks printing money.
Sitting at the back of what feels like a farmer’s shed in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond is Australian basketball star, triple Olympian, NBA champion and now bitcoin apostle, Matthew Dellavedova.
The Young Rich Lister, 33, who has an estimated net worth of $44 million, returned from the US this year with his Californian wife, Anna, and their two young children. He has signed a two-year contract with Melbourne United and is settling his family into the city.
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